Anzac Test

Fucking Tedesco. How many times are we gonna pick blokes before they play origin and then they just vanish from the scene. And who plays on the right wing out of Boyd and Semi?

 

Tui Lolohea
Jordan Rapana
Dean Whare
Peta Hiku
Curtis Rona/Jason Nightingale
Shaun Johnson
Kieran Foran
Jesse Bromwich
Isaac Luke
Adam Blair
Simon Mannering
Tohu Harris
Jason Taumololo

Ben Matulino
Martin Taupau
Isaac Liu
Lewis Brown

18th man: Alex Glenn

* Presuming that JWH and SST are unfit.

 

Picking Boyd at fullback is sort of doing the same thing though isn't it?

 

I tell you what. Cronk would only be there because he's an incumbent. He's been fucking terrible this year. Milford and Morgan have easily trumped him IMO.

 

I don't think so. Has nothing to do with Australian selection.

 

Tedesco over Boyd easily.

 

Not at all. Boyd has played origin for years and is a proven origin performer.

He said he won't pick them.

Agreed. But he has enough runs on the board to get another crack at rep footy.

I really don't want Radradra in the team. The cunt should be playing for Fiji, he barely speaks English.

 

Proven on the wing.

 

And has played grand finals at fullback. What big games has Tedesco played in? This is an Australian team selection. Purple patches should mean fuck all, you should have to earn your side through atleast a full season of great performances and a a strong origin series. Oates is in the same boat as Tedesco, deserves to be there on club form but hasn't proven himself for long enough, or at origin.

 

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Will never ever agree with picking players because they've been in better club sides.

 

I wouldn't pick Tedesco in an ideal world, but I wouldn't pick Boyd at fullback.

 

But you can't discount it either. He has performed in a high pressure game. Tedesco has played NRL and City/Country as far as I know, unless he played for Italy or something.

Boyd is one of the form fullbacks in the comp, and he has plenty of origin and international experience. Tedesco is one of, if not the form fullback in the comp, with no other experience or big game exposure.

 

Don't disagree. But Tedesco is pretty obviously a better fullback than Darius Boyd. You have to be picked for your first big game at some point. If Tedesco were to be picked Boyd and Inglis would be there on the left edge anyway.

 

Origin 1 should be the first big game for Tedesco. If he has a good origin series, send him on tour at the end of the year.

 

On drugs if you'd take Lowe over Gillett.