City and Country teams 2011

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Cribbage, Apr 12, 2011.

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  1. Cribbage RG Cribb

    I thought I'd start a thread on this. Lets assume for a minute that Morris, Gallen, Bird and Gidley make the Test team but no other New South Welshmen do. Also assume that Lewis, Weyman and Josh Morris wont be fit for the game (as I don't believe they will be). What do you think the teams should be?

    I'll have a stab:

    City
    1. Hayne
    2. Merritt
    3. Gasnier
    4. Jennings
    5. Gardner
    6. Sutton
    7. Pearce
    8. Mannah
    9. Farah
    10. Galloway
    11. Watmough
    12. Waterhouse
    13. Anasta

    14. Grant
    15. King
    16. Mateo
    17. Buhrer


    Country
    1. Dugan
    2. Uate
    3. Idris
    4. Thompson
    5. Gordon
    6. Carney
    7. Mullen
    8. Snowden
    9. Ennis
    10. Tolman
    11. Creagh
    12. Laffranchi
    13. Hindmarsh

    14. Douglas
    15. Learoyd
    16. Tupou
    17. Soward

    I've left Lyon out of Country's team because I think Idris and Thompson are both potential NSW players in the next couple of years and they'd get a lot more out of the run. He will probably be there though and fair enough if he is.

    I've picked a few players in really bad form (Sutton and Jennings top the list there) but I think it makes more sense to pick potential Origin players in questionable form for a game like this than to pick guys who are realistically not good enough to ever play Origin like Keating.

    Country's team looks so much stronger IMO.
     
    Cribbage, Apr 12, 2011
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  2. Old Mate M Perry

    Peter Wallace.
     
    Old Mate, Apr 12, 2011
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  3. Cribbage RG Cribb

    He or Graham could play ahead of Sutton I guess.
     
    Cribbage, Apr 12, 2011
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  4. Old Mate M Perry

    Yeah definitely ahead of Sutton.
     
    Old Mate, Apr 12, 2011
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  5. BigGuns DA Astele

    Probs have Blake Ferguson in one of the wing spots.
     
    BigGuns, Apr 12, 2011
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  6. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Nah. He's definitely not better than Gordon or Uate.
     
    Cribbage, Apr 12, 2011
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  7. AVA T Delonge

    Maybe City, but not Country.


    Anyway, Country FTW!
     
    AVA, Apr 12, 2011
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  8. BigGuns DA Astele

    Definitly better option than your selection of Gardner :ph34r:
     
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    BigGuns, Apr 12, 2011
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  9. AVA T Delonge

    Hindmarsh at lock is interesting, I reckon he'd be pretty gun there though.
     
    AVA, Apr 12, 2011
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  10. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Hindmarsh plays lock for Parramatta tbh; he just wears 11. Horo plays as a second rower.
     
    Cribbage, Apr 12, 2011
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  11. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Ferguson's from Dubbo though. :p
     
    Cribbage, Apr 12, 2011
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  12. AVA T Delonge

    Yeah, but actually picking him at lock is a step no one else has taken yet. :p
     
    AVA, Apr 12, 2011
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  13. Lukic L Popovic

    Surely a better winger than Gardner available.
     
    Lukic, Apr 12, 2011
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  14. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Stewart brothers are from the Gong so they're Country. I really wanted to fit Brett Stewart in (he's actually in my extended NSW squad) but I really couldn't. Both he and Dugan are experiencing a lot of injuries this season so it'll probably just be a matter of whoever is fittest.
     
    Cribbage, Apr 12, 2011
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  15. Lukic L Popovic

    Yeah, I thought they were city. Keep thinking the biggish regional nsw areas are city, wollongong, newc etc.
     
    Lukic, Apr 12, 2011
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  16. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Other options are Reddy and Minichiello. I suppose you could bring Champion in and put Jennings on the wing like they did last year, but I think Gardner would be a gun winger.

    We should be able to pick Nightingale but he decided to be a Kiwi.
     
    Cribbage, Apr 12, 2011
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  17. AVA T Delonge

    Country's team pretty much rapes City's in every single aspect of the team. Such a stronger forward pack and backline (overall, Hayne is still > Dugan :p) and halves are pretty even (on form seeing as Carney is playing like a retard atm), but have the potential to be better as well.
     
    AVA, Apr 12, 2011
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  18. Wilson SB Wilson

    Better off putting Gardner at fullback and Hayne on the wing. Gardner has been immense.
     
    Wilson, Apr 12, 2011
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  19. Wilson SB Wilson

    And he'd be a poop winger, his best attributes would be nullified somewhat.
     
    Wilson, Apr 12, 2011
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  20. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Pearce and Sutton have played like retards too though, especially Sutton. Country definitely have the better halves by far IMO.
     
    Cribbage, Apr 12, 2011
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