List of those eligible, who haven't started a first grade game before Season 3. North Code: Contracted Yeeb Chris Ardley Neil Barry Thomas Bradford Zinzan Brumby Darren Cave Jono Chewie Cobra Classified Aby Dforum Supple Dong Charlie Downes Rusty Downpipes Jaz Eightyfour Clayton Evans Maroon Faithful Chuck Faldo Reece Fittaman Bruce Force Mister Fourex Element Freak Ginger Furball Ouadougou Gbagbo Niru Gurupur Anamul Haque Gavin Henshaw Leumas Himann Jake Howe Helen Huntsface Matt Kaye Truman Lee League Lover Tool Man Geraint Martyn Alex Mediocre Roger Mellie Mathew Mitchell David Mulray Ishan Narang Carlson Ochocinco Chris Raftery Keith Rask Jonny Ridd Rob Romas Ivan Ryabovol Amyia Shreyas SB Slippy Noah Smith Bobrad Smith Soft Steel James Steele Cunning Stunt Girve Swervington Hal Teja Sachet Tuladhar Chris Warrington Rob West Reagan Wheelson Oscar Wood Uncontracted KR Aditya Dave Cowie Robert Dawson Ronnie Hauritz Harvey Hebditch Bibu Immanuel Matthew Jones Johnathan Jones Koal Kao Billy Kazim JK Lyons Ethan McNamara Matthew Nathanson Michael Portillo Karwin Rodgers Adam Smith JD Smith Sid Westlake South Code: Contracted Paul Adams John Anraad Dexter Astele Bobby Baker Alec Bannerman Thad Bochat Herr Burger Bosh Burger Nach Chance BMT Con Anthony Couch Dirk Diggler Os du Toit Chad Dyer DJ Edwards Hache Emm AB Gloury Brett Hall John Heads James Hughes Nigel Hunt Crossfire Hurricane Zohaib Ikram Peter Jackson Matt James Bill Kirk Matthew Kozole Uve Locity Zac MacDonald Henry Marshall Mike Martyn Alex O'Driscoll Aaron O'Neill Paul Oz Daniel Petrucci Sticky Phlegm Luke Popovic Brian Quilty Jimmy Read Paulson Reframe Jonty Rhodes Antone Sciappapetre Nick Scott Chris Smith Geoff Smith Kovana Solosolo Pretzel Spark Ether Starris Teddy Tiger Lloyd Townsend Samuel Vimes Dan Wayne Eliot Witters Ryu Yamadera Uncontracted ZT Bankes CA Bolt Rabbit Boy C Chapnis CJ Corka Dave Crowley Jack Holbitt Deddy Lehmann Volt Man Nick Miokovic Murray Mister Tipple Nickler Security Nielson Brenton Phifer Mark Phifteenplus Zachy Poole Sam Somerset Jake Taylor Daniel Veza Coenraad Vlietstra Travis Webber Kyle Wright
As for a team, could see something like this: North 1. Narang 2. Gbagbo 3. Ridd 4. Force 5. Dong 6. Brumby 7. Howe 8. Martyn 9. Classified 10. Ryabovol 11. Lee 12. B.Smith 13. Warrington 14. Raftery 15. Furball South 1. H. Burger 2. Rhodes 3. O'Neill 4. Scott 5. DJ Edwards 6. Hurricane 7. Martyn 8. Hall/Spark 9. Hughes 10. Dyer 11. MacDonald 12. G. Smith 13. Heads 14. Diggler 15. Phlegm North have next to no half depth, whereas South are very lacking in the second row. South would probably win if they played today though.
I'm a better option as a flanker than Chewie since I actually have some points allocated there. Not so sure about Downes though as he's got much more points allocated albeit with less posts.
League Lover is a decent 7 ftr. But I would more likely have myself there with one of Faldo, B Smith or Eightyfour coming through the centres. Classified is easily the North scrum half right now.
Also Rask is incorrectly listed as North. He and O'Driscoll would be competing with Mike for a Souths place.
Obviously, anyone who gets in the North/South squads won't be playing for the Academy. Obviously no idea who might make those squads, but there's a few guys in Mariner's potential line-ups who have a chance. I'm picking Rhodes as my bolter on current form. Seeing as (I think) he only made his full firsts debut this year, he's been exceptional whilst Delonge and Izett have been a little underwhelming. There's time for that to change, of course.
I reckon N 1. Jonny Ridd 2. Ouadougou Gbagbo 3. Ishan Narang 4. Bruce Force 5. Yeeb 6. Zinzan Brumby 7. Jake Howe 8. Geraint Martyn 9. Cobra Classified 10. Ivan Ryabovol 11. Chris Raftery 12. Chuck Faldo 13. Chris Warrington 14. Girve Swervington 15. Ginger Furball 16. Clayton Evans 17. Supple Dong 18. Charlie Downes 19. Leumas Himann 20. Aby Dforum 21. Bobrad Smith 22. Truman Lee S 1. Aaron O'Neill 2. Jonty Rhodes 3. Herr Burger 4. Nick Scott 5. Bobby Baker 6. Crossfire Hurricane 7. Alex O'Driscoll 8. Pretzel Spark 9. James Hughes 10. Chad Dyer 11. Geoff Smith 12. Zohaib Ikram 13. John Heads 14. Dirk Diggler 15. Sticky Phlegm 16. Os du Toit 17. Samuel Vimes 18. Mike Martyn 19. Dexter Astele 20. Bill Kirk 21. Zac MacDonald 22. Peter Jackson
That's a massive step up for Yeeb there. Got to say though, those are two really different teams. Not in quality like, but just the strength in positions and the way they'll want to play.