I heard he made II's along with many of the TSS lads. Seems the new coach may have been a bit 'overshadowed' in his push for his players. Mind you, his personal cause wasn't helped in any way by the fact that the ball rarely if ever went that way due to the tactics of the TSS#10. He is one one of those players that if you give him the ball he can win a game bit if you don't pass it to him even if he goes looking for it he is wasted. Maybe Brockhoff was right, "all wingers should be drowned at birth."
The the problem with these selections. School teachers pushing their own players. There is always going to be some horse trading in these affairs.
Even last year the State II side had a smackering of nepostism around it.
I might also add that Ian Jones (Churchie) would have gone into that meeting hell bent on getting his players in over TSS players. He has not been the most gracious of opposition coaches towards TSS this year. He would have pushed mightily hard for Riley O'Connor and there would be NO way he would concede the new TSS coach a player without a right royal donnybrook.
The State High coach also would have been pressing very hard for Gareth Nowlan as well so yes, that position might well have had some serious and I might add questionable debate.