Billy Slater

Ryan Hall, Greg Inglis, Jamie Lyon, Blake Ferguson

Johnathan Thurston
Cooper Cronk

Sam Burgess
Sonny Bill Williams, Boyd Cordner
Jared Whaerea-Hargreaves, Cameron Smith, James Graham

Interchange: Isaac Luke, Andrew Fifita, George Burgess, Frank Pritchard

How can you put Graham in starting team over George Burgess? No chance!

Because James Graham can play a full 80 minutes if necessary. George Burgess cannot do that and is more of an impact player off the bench.

Fifita is the most overrated player currently in the NRL.

On what grounds? He can't kick goals?

He carries the ball up and down the field with consistent results, tackles strong and makes breaks. Cracking front rower. Better than test front rowers Tamou and Scott

Hall over Charnley on this season's form?

Mental.

I presume you don't watch much NRL?

It didn't take long for the thread to degenerate into a parochial “my team should have a representative in a dream team”

Honestly John? Why do this before the world cup?

Anyway, fwiw...

1. Taylor Welch
2. Fabricio Ciaurro
3. Adam Timler
4. Siuatonga Likiliki
5. Alipate Noilea
6. Dalibor Vukanovic
7. Ase Boas
8. Curtis Cunz
9. Apple Pope
10. Benedict Rehm
11. Zane Tetevano
12. Rhodri Lloyd
13. Sam Burgess

1 - Inglis
2 - Tuivasa Shek (Just because his footwork is amazing to watch)
3 - Lyon
4 - Hodges (if fit - if not, Watkins)
5 - Hall
6 - Foran (Best all round 6 in the world - has everything in attack and has rock solid defence)
7 - Cherry-Evans (Although behind Cronk for QLD because of the 'spine', I actually think hes a better all round player)
8 - Sam Burgess
9 - Smith
10 - Warea-Hargreaves
11 - Luke Lewis
12 - SBW
13 - Gallen

14 - Nate Myles
15 - G Burgess
16 - Fifita (best prop in the world right now - big minutes, meters, offloads and tackle count)
17 - James Segyaro

1 Greg Inglis
2 Nat Merritt
3 Josh Morris
4 Jamie Lyon
5 Joel Monaghan
6 Jon Thurston
7 Adam Reynolds
8 Jamie Peacock
9 Issac Luke
10 Sam Burgess
11 Ryan Hoffman
12 Sonny Bill
13 Greg Stewart
14 Shaun Johnson
15 George Burgess
16 James Graham
17 Cam Smith

Thought this would be difficult, but it picked itself once I started typing..

Wow.

This a serious question now, not just to you but to anyone who rates him highly. What makes Monaghan so good in your eyes?

He scores alot of easy tries in an excellent attacking team, but as I see it he is slow for a winger. His work rate is fairly good but only on par with the other top wingers. He is reasonably strong in the tackle but not in the same league as guys like Briscoe and Hall to name just a couple. His defence is average at best bordering on poor and he makes more than his fair share of errors. As far as I can see the only area he excels is in the air.

He is a good dependable winger who will always offer a threat due to his size. He isn't in the top 5 Superleague wingers, to suggest him for the world team is crazy.

Because Monaghan plays for the team he supports.