Burgess is one of the few players who seems to be able to offload the ball almost at will. He went well again tonight, and it was his hard work to find the floor and get a quick play of the ball that gave Souths their opening try tonight.

It's no coincidence that Champion and Merritt are scoring plenty of trys between them this year. Burgess draws so much attention from opposition defenders with his running game (with and without the ball) and the players outside of him are really reaping the benefits!

Kurt Gidley - Newcastle Knights
Brett Morris - St George Illawarra Dragons
Matt Cooper - St George Illawarra Dragons
Timana Tahu - Parramatta Eels
Jarryd Hayne - Parramatta Eels
Michael Weyman - St George Illawarra Dragons
Michael Ennis - Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
Trent Waterhouse - Penrith Panthers
Ben Creagh - St George Illawarra Dragons
Jamal Idris - Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
Tom Learoyd-Lahrs - Canberra Raiders
Luke Lewis - Penrith Panthers
Brett White - Melbourne Storm
Jason King - Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Luke O'Donnell - North Queensland Cowboys
Josh Dugan - Canberra Raiders
Trent Barrett - Cronulla Sharks
Paul Gallen - Cronulla Sharks
Mitchell Pearce - Sydney Roosters
Beau Scott - St George Illawarra Dragons
Nathan Hindmarsh - Parramatta Eels

NSW have announced a 21 man squad, the first time in origin history I believe, to cover the judiciary meeting.

Haynes already been found not guilty.

Slater didn't have a case to answer and Queensland have done the unthinkable and picked Falou.

Hayne

It's funny that Aussie test selectors refuse to pick any player who chooses to play " RL" in England but Queensland pick Falou who is changing codes.

I would have had Bird at 13 with Barrett and Pearce in the halves. Would use Gidley off the bench.

Position - Player - Club
Fullback - Jarryd Hayne - Parramatta Eels
Wing - Brett Morris - St George Illawarra Dragons
Centre - Matt Cooper - St George Illawarra Dragons
Centre - Beau Scott - St George Illawarra Dragons
Wing - Timana Tahu - Parramatta Eels
Five-eighth - Trent Barrett (vc) - Cronulla Sharks
Halfback - Mitchell Pearce - Sydney Roosters
Front Row - Michael Weyman - St George Illawarra Dragons
Hooker - Michael Ennis - Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Front Row - Brett White - Melbourne Storm
Second Row - Trent Waterhouse - Penrith Panthers
Second Row - Ben Creagh - St George Illawarra Dragons
Lock - Paul Gallen - Cronulla Sharks
Interchange - Kurt Gidley © - Newcastle Knights
Interchange - Nathan Hindmarsh - Parramatta Eels
Interchange - Tom Learoyd-Lahrs - Canberra Raiders
Interchange - Luke O’Donnell - Nth Qld Cowboys

Agar gets slagged off for his use of the bench but thankfully he's never put 3 backrowers there!

Must be a third Hull fan in Aus then! haha.

Im not sure tbh, to me, there wasn't that much in it, but the way the disciplinary seem to be pushing hard to protect kickers ever more so this year, I can see him missing the Broncos game on Sunday

What do you think to Lang picking both Luke Capewell and Jamie Simpson on the bench for Sundays game? I find it a bit baffling tbh!

I think player power within the QLD team made sure Izzy wasn't dropped for game 2. They have such a good team ethic within the squad up there, and I think Mal and the selectors dropping Folau would have dammaged that, somewhat.

It's a better looking side than the first one, the bench looks a bit strange to me though and I can't believe Bird never got a look in. Is Lyon injured?

I watched the Canberra /Titans game last night . Raiders have been a bit hit and miss this season but they played some good open rugby at times . I like the fullback Dugan , A real handful for the Titans at times before he got injured . Good entertaining game .

I finished that game off last night, cracking game. I was willing the Titans over the line in the last few minutes. Prince was class and I love watching Preston Campbell.

yeah Lyons out turned his ankle.