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WESTS Tigers captain Robbie Farah has forced his way into the Kangaroos outfit to play England at Wembley in round two of the Four Nations.
The Kangaroos have named a 19-man squad including Farah and Beau Scott, with the Tigers hooker set to replace bench utility Cooper Cronk.
Coach Tim Sheens has left David Shillington out of the squad after the Test prop failed to recover from an ankle injury sustained in Issac Luke’s cannonball tackle.
The Australian side will use the same starting 13 as they did against New Zealand in the Four Nations opener, with a six-man bench to be trimmed to four tomorrow.
The Daily Telegraph has been told St George Illawarra forward Beau Scott will make his debut from the interchange bench with Australia looking to play an up-tempo game designed to move England around.
Utility Cooper Cronk is still recovering from a broken nose and will be rested in favour of Robbie Farah, who has trained all week in London at dummy-half.
Brisbane Bronco Corey Parker is also on a six-man bench but will be cut provided everyone else is fit.
“There’s a couple of things we still need to resolve and obviously how we’re going to use the bench is the main one,” Sheens said.
“Cooper’s nose is still an issue. It was broken badly and there’s no guarantee it won’t bleed badly so that’s a big consideration.”
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Australia coach Tim Sheens has named a 19-man squad for Saturday’s Four Nations clash with England at Wembley.
Prop David Shillington has failed to recover from the knee and ankle injuries he sustained in the 26-12 win over New Zealand at Warrington, with Beau Scott, who is included on a six-man bench, likely to take his place.
Greg Inglis returns at left centre after Willie Tonga’s sustained a hip and pectoral injury against the Kiwis, with Chris Lawrence shifting to the opposite side.
Robbie Farah is named on the bench for the first time in the tournament.
Sheens said Shillington would have been available for selection had the game been the final, but is confident the decision to rest Inglis for the clash at Warrington will be vindicated.
“I think it was a smart move to rest him, he looks in the best shape I have seen him,” Sheens told reporters at the launch for the double-header clash at London’s Hard Rock Cafe.
However, the veteran coach admitted he was wary about how little match action Inglis has under his belt leading into the game, having been sidelined since round 25 of the NRL season two months ago.
“Greg is rated as probably the premier centre in the world,” Sheens said.
"But it doesn’t matter how good a player you are, you can’t beat game play.
“Obviously I hope he’ll go well. But it may be a case of getting him to play his way back into the game slowly and build it up. I don’t want him to have a shocker.”
Team: Billy Slater, Akuila Uate, Greg Inglis, Chris Lawrence, Darius Boyd, Darren Lockyer (capt), Johnathan Thurston, Paul Gallen, Cameron Smith, Matt Scott, Luke Lewis, Sam Thaiday, Anthony Watmough. Interchange: Cooper Cronk, Keith Galloway, Robbie Farah, Tony Williams, Beau Scott, Corey Parker.
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Still not keen on the Gallen at prop idea If one of our 3 props get hurt what then
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Could only really see Robbie getting game time if we’re flogging them with 20 to go.
Smith is far too good to replace if the game is in the balance.
Anyway big congrats to Rob….5 tigers in this game.
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Go robbie farah nsw hooker and playing for aus how could is our team in the four nations almost players in every nation
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Go robbie farah nsw hooker and playing for aus how could is our team in the four nations almost players in every nation
What ?? :roll
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Go robbie farah nsw hooker and playing for aus how could is our team in the four nations almost players in every nation
Oh my…. I think that’s one of your worst tr4l!
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Go robbie farah nsw hooker and playing for aus how could is our team in the four nations almost players in every nation
Oh my…. I think that’s one of your worst tr4l!
He is saying Go Farah 4 NSW hooker Isn’t it cool that many players are playing from our side in the 4 nations
This doesn’t make me his translator though .
Go Tigersrules4life -
@happy tiger:
Go robbie farah nsw hooker and playing for aus how could is our team in the four nations almost players in every nation
Oh my…. I think that’s one of your worst tr4l!
He is saying Go Farah 4 NSW hooker Isn’t it cool that many players are playing from our side in the 4 nations
This doesn’t make me his translator though .
Go Tigersrules4lifeGood try Happy, but I think what he is trying to say is "Go Robbie Farah, NSW and AUS hooker. How good is our team, ( Tigers ) so many players, playing in the 4 Nation.
Well done T4life,
keep it up and welcome to out beautiful country! -
Sorry T4life,
Your starting to rub of on me.
I meant to say, welcome to “our” beautiful country. -
@happy tiger:
Go robbie farah nsw hooker and playing for aus how could is our team in the four nations almost players in every nation
Oh my…. I think that’s one of your worst tr4l!
He is saying Go Farah 4 NSW hooker Isn’t it cool that many players are playing from our side in the 4 nations
This doesn’t make me his translator though .
Go Tigersrules4lifeNicely said TR4l and Happy, I agree, best of luck to all the Wests Tigers representing in this game and may Australia win.
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Soz i rushed it in the morning i meant to say robbie farah should play for nsw and aus. And how many gud players from our club is playing in the four nations.
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I heard today Robbie is on his way back home. Family reasons.
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Where did you hear this bob56?
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On a side note,
I understand his posts are hard to read at times (i’ve even commented on it on occasion) can people stop neg-repping tigersrul4life?
you don’t get a much more enthusiastic and passionate supporter on these boards then him.
seriously guys…
