this year will be a fresh start

6 dragons picked in the squad

and some titans Six Dragons and four Titans have been added to train on squad. Matt Cooper unavailable through injury.


Dragons: Darius Boyd, Ben Creagh, Jamie Soward, Brett Morris, Michael Weyman, Justin Poore

Titans: Scott Prince, Anthony Laffranchi, Ashley Harrison, Luke Bailey

he is australian. it is our ridiculous rules which enabled players to play for another country after players such as hayne missed out on their national team. the arl are so obssessed with 'evening up' the teams they allow countries to make farcical selections instead of actually developing national teams.

I Know hence why i said "he's back to being Australian now is he"...

no as he has always been australian.

In response to the england selection thread, and how difficult it was to pick a decent 3/4 line I just got to thinking about the Australian options I have seen this year... and without trying I came up with 18 players who If English would be ahead of the current international incumbents...


Jared Hayne, Israel Falou, Greg Inglis, Joel Reddy, Eric Grothe, Luke Burt, Josh Morris, Brett Morris, Matt Cooper, Justin Hodges, Jamal Idris, Jarrod Croker, Willie Tonga, Jamie Lyon, David Williams, Adam MacDougal, Michael Jennings, Beau Champion,


Im sure there are more

for the NZ team there are more than 10 top class players competing for the 4 threequarter positions...



its a sobering thought!

and 5 or 6 world class fullbacks

He obviously classed himself as Fijian otherwise why would he represent them flower...

his father played nrl aswell

Barrett

Squad is now at 46 with one game left to play

Johnathan Thurston - (Cowboys)

Luke O’Donnell - (Cowboys)

Matthew Scott – (Cowboys)

Nate Myles – (Roosters)

John Sutton – (Souths)

Trent Barrett (Sharks)

Paul Gallen - (Sharks)

Luke Douglas - (Sharks)

Terry Campese - (Raiders)

Joel Monaghan - (Raiders)

David Shillington - (Raiders)

Tom Learoyd-Lahrs - (Raiders)

Michael Jennings - (Panthers)

Trent Waterhouse - (Panthers)

Luke Lewis - (Panthers)

Petero Civoniceva - (Panthers)

Robbie Farah - (Tigers)

Chris Lawrence - (Tigers)

Keith Galloway (Tigers)

Glenn Stewart (Manly)

Brett Stewart (Manly)

Anthony Watmough - (Manly)

George Rose- (Manly)

Josh Perry - (Manly)

Chris Houston - (Newcastle)

Kurt Gidley - (Newcastle)

Darius Boyd (Dragons)

Ben Creagh (Dragons)

Jamie Soward (Dragons)

Brett Morris (Dragons)

Michael Weyman (Dragons)

Justin Poore (Dragons)

Scott Prince (Titans)

Anthony Laffranchi (Titans)

Ashley Harrison (Titans)

Luke Bailey (Titans)

David Taylor (Broncos)

Nick Kenny (Broncos)

Israel Folau (Broncos)

Justin Hodges (Broncos)

Darren Lockyer (Broncos)

Sam Thaiday (Bulldogs)

Michael Ennis (Bulldogs)

Ben Hannant (Bulldogs)

Josh Morris (Bulldogs)

David Stagg (Bulldogs) players from the 2 grand final teams picked next week

Honestly, these extended train on squads are ridiculous!