Queensland 1. Rusty Downpipes 2. Ryan Gayler 3. Will Robinson 4. Choco Man 5. Charlie Downes 6. Ben Manera 7. League Lover 8. Brett Gemmell 9. Luke Pilgrim 10. Ivan Ryabovol 11. Chris Devonshire 12. Thomas Bradford 13. Steve Cambridge 14. Adam Vago 15. Paddy Orr 16. Alec Funkotron 17. Brian Quilty 18. Jeff Rocker 19. Mate Perry 20. Jaz Eightyfour Asia 1.Narang 2.Evans 3.Gurupur 4.Dong 5.Teja 6.Himann 7.Chung 8.Chewie 9.Classified 10.Ikram 11.Lee 12.Kao 13.Shriram 14.Farhat 15.Rogers 16.Bolt 17.Immanuel 18.Shreyas 19.Ochocinco 20.Dforum 21.Borisc 22.Haque
Preview Queensland should have the wood over the Asians. The Asians' only top quality player, Michael Chung should be kept reasonably quiet by the Queenslanders bustling flanker Ben Manera who's been in decent form this season. This should give roving #8, Brett Gemmell licence to bust through a defensively suspect looking Asian back line. That said, there are a couple of notable weaknesses in the Queensland team due to injuries. Filling in at full back is Paddy Orr. A reliable player in the Centres, the full back position is unknown to him and I think it likely that the Asian kickers will try to exploit this lack of experience by targeting him with a few bombs. Similarly, it looks a risky option to throw rookie winger, Thomas Bradford, in at second five-eight. Errors from the rookie could see key back Steve Cambridge only receiving scraps. From the Asian perspective, they'll be hoping that up-and-coming lock duo Double Dong and Hal Teja can dominate a make-shift second row Queensland pairing. Dong in particular is building up a firm reputation as a thief at the line out, and will be looking to steal clean ball from Choco Man. Overall: Well, much will depend on the weather. The quality of the Queenslanders should shine through in good conditions. However, if conditions are wet and the game comes down to kicks at goal, then the Asians could be a decent outside bet to take this one.
Should do. But the (well, the ONE logo there is at the moment) really needs to be loaded onto the server so you can do "%srasia" and it automatically appears.
"I want to live like common Asians, I want to do whatever common Asians do, I want chapattis with common Asians, I want to eat curry with common Asians, like you." [/cricsim]
Starting at 7.30pm NZT (6.30am GMT/5.30pm AEST). http://www.cricsim.com/site/srlive.php So, in about 20 minutes.
