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Great for NSW but the ARU selectors have seemed to forgotten that it is a Combined States team and should include those players from Qld,ACT, Vic and NSW that just missed out on selection. Just as the selection of a QLD dominated U20s Australian side was ridiculous so is the NSW domination of...

If you followed the thread you would have seen that the Oceania team was named on the Wednesday with no Goddard but he was available and then Genia got injured on the Friday, so then Goddard was called into Rebels. Unless the 20s selectors has a crystal ball and knew Genia was going to get...

From your reasoning if an Australian player plays in Japan for two years he should then be considered Japanese and not an Australian??? The whole point is that these boys grew up in Qld and were constantly seen by this Qld coach and selector. That is why they would be favoured - because the...

Settle big fella- let’s see how close this team is to the one announced tonight 1 Hoopert Qld 2 Ma’afu Qld 3 Ross Act 4 Hocking Qld 5 Blythe Qld 6 Esei NSW 7 McReight Qld 8 Pat Tafa Qld 9 McDermott Qld 10 Stewart Qld 11 McTaggertNSW 12 Lucas Qld 13 Tupou Qld 14 Jordan Petai Qld 15 Hanson ACT 16...

You obviously haven’t been reading this thread.We are 16 pages in to this thread and starting all over!!! It is well established that this year group has been far from dominant. You are thinking about last years 20s. Qld hasn’t won a schoolboy national championship since 2011 so unless miracles...

I am predicting 12 or 13 Qld in the starting side v New Zealand. They should run out in Red because it is a national disgrace that an Aus team can be picked with such arrogance and bias toward one state that is performing so poorly in Rugby. What the hell are the ARU thinking giving control to...

I have first hand knowledge that Goddard was left out of the squad and it was not due to Genias injury. That was a coincidence. He’s not busy this weekend and should have been flown over straight away. Oh but he’s not from Qld!!!

I think Suttor may have played lock before. More of a concern is no specialist 12 with size. Still think mistake not having Morris, Wilkinson or Lough over there who are all playing Shute shield. And I think you might find there are 4 flyhalfs in the team - Kuenzle,Lucas,Harrison,Creighton????

Jordan Morris would have been a great asset and also a fit Luke Lough if he'd been looked at for the squad

He is a solid player and like his Sydney Uni partner Suttor has played little this year due to injury. Both are good players but can hardly be match hardened for a World championships. Its further evidence of the incompetent selection process that has occurred. We've got a team dominated by...

The question I want answered is how do we have players selected and sent overseas in an AU’s 20s side to play against the top nations in the world that have not played this year for their clubs at all due to injuries. To play at that level takes match fitness and the confidence that only comes...

Is anyone who has any knowledge of the makeup of this team really surprised at this result???? From my knowledge we have never lost to Wales at this level before but as I have said before if you pick a State team for a World Cup you are going to fall well short. The fish rots from the head and...

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Once again the Gilmore/ Thompson selection panel has picked a player from their Qld squad above all those deserving NSW players that are fit,available and playing good football. These two are an absolute disgrace and instead of developing our top National rugby players are promoting second tier...

He’s not impressed beacause the state that is monopolising the Rugby pathway is producing results like this. I don’t think anyone is impressed

I believe the players have already been named. I can assure you that no one from NSW would have been complaining if 16 NSW boys had been selected. It would have been Qld then who would have had some right to complain. It is not about naming individual players. All the players in question are...

The 8 is a good player but unfortunately has been injured and sick all year. Hard to get into good form when youre not playing games. Again selection stupidity

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You need to get your timeline right. Wednesday Goddard not named in Rebels side as Genia had returned from injury so Goddard available Friday 4pm under 20s Aus v NZ team announced with no Goddard Friday 7 pm Genia injures himself so Goddard would have been pulled but was not named so didnt have...

Aussie 20s team v New Zealand 3 NSW Starters 6 Esei Haangana NSW 8 Josh Kemeny NSW 11 McTaggert NSW 3 ACT Starters 3 Tom Ross Prop 9 Ryan Lonerghan 15 Mark Hanson 9 Qld Starters 1 Harry Hoopert Prop Qld 2 Efi Ma afu 4 Trevor Hosea 5 Harry Hockings 10 Lawson Creighton 12 Isaac Lucas 13 Len...