I have no real issues with Gagai as a centre. In fact he was very good yesterday in a beaten side, playing him on the wing out of position would concern me though.
Re: ben barba/josh hoffman
Fullbacks usually run off 5/8's especially on the sweeping 2nd man play and ours doesn't pass. Sure Barba is out of sorts but our halves especially our 6 are making it alot harder for him.
I don't see enough points in that NSW spine. Outside of Hayne there are no massively creative players in the spine nor the backrow (Bird and GStewart are huge losses) and Hayne is not incredibly creative for others and doesn't get as much space to really isolate defenders in Origin. I really...
Love the team except for McQueen who is not in great form. Id have Te'o starting and Lillyman on the bench. I get the theory though that qupta of extra mobile forwards won us games two and three last year and Parker, Myles, Scott, Te'o, Papalii all played tight for periods last year and I...
Bottom line though Lillyman has to be the 3rd prop. Has always been good when picked and is in tremendous form despite his sides horrible inconsistency.
I agree on Ben Hunt especially when you think he has had a winger next to him and for the most part an out of sorts fullback not contributing as much as you'd hope. My one criticism is the lack of consistency in his kicking game both short and long which I think in no small part comes back to...
Aiden Guerra should be there before both Papalii or McQueen on this years form. I think he plays a hard running and tackling edge game that screams Origin.
Wallace runs hard and tackles hard he will go well with the added responsibility of starting. I don't understand the notion of always having your best two props starting as they usually play in pairs why not split them up so some good experience comes into the game after 20 odd minutes.
Other coaches and players do admire him and his achievements it is just fans like us who don't so realistically his adversaries do respect him and his accomplishments. Also he was never found guilty of anything in the salary cap scandal all wrong doing was put on the board and management who are...