160 odd games for the Manley with just shy of 90 tries to his name; and lets sit him out , complete madness to even think that .

If he isn't performing to his best, why should his previous record get him a place.
We may as well get the legends out of Fox's Bar. Challenge Cups, Championship, record breaking appearances and points in there if your record is the only measure of current form.

Like I said. I'm OK with him playing,but best two on form should play, not in record.

I suppose my guess and that’s all it is but I have a feeling he will go without Murphy.

I'm going to stick my neck out and say you are wrong.

Jowitt
Murphy
Hall
Lynne
Kershaw
Gaskell
Lino
Whitbread
Bowes
Atoni
Ashurst
Pitts
Langi

Kay
Tanginoa
Eseh
Proctor

Why should his record get him a game , seriously. He’s had a game n a half for us and your saying his form isn’t up to scratch , boy that takes the biscuit . So we fly a top quality winger half way around the world , he gets his arm broken in the second game, and you’ve seen enough to say he’s not up to scratch . Well pray tell me how will he get up to scratch if he doesn’t get game time , apart from a friendly , or do we just cash him in and send him home .

Same here, can’t leave Murphy out I’m afraid. He has been the best winger pre - season.

I've seen enough to know that his current form isn't as good as our other options.
I didn't say he wasn't a good player. Possibly the best we have based on his record.

If we have friendlies to see how players are progressing, why wouldn't you pick based on form.

I just have a feeling you might be right on this one.

Our world cup squad was picked more on reputation than form, that went well didn't it. It's form everything for me

But all to a man everyone says that you can’t read anything into friendliest , but now your picking the squad Based on them , very strange . If that were the case then , that young hooker with take hoods place for the foreseeable . Doesn’t quite work like that .

We lost to a drop goal so not too shabby and Tomkins wasn’t the form fullback neither was mcllorum the form hooker , more like mates , so that’s dead in the water .

Taufua looks like he simply wants to go home. He looks lost, lonely, forlorn, awkward.

Form is ok during the season.
However, warm up matches are totally different.
Apart from fringe players hoping to make the 17 for the first game, players tend not to bust a gut (home or away), making it difficult to judge form.
OK is someone has been awful then, maybe dont play them but, the pre season games are about trying some combinations and trying to get some match fitness into as many of the squad as you can.
The threequarters will be hardest to pick and then whether we go with 4 forwards on the bench or, 3,plus a half/hooker.
Langi is a great bench option but, he may want a bit more than that.

Well whoever plays on the left wing will be up against TJ.