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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3629887, member: 9052"] I wouldn't look too much into the extended squad. Piakura and Mam are future selections to get them around the group and we're also on the bye... Fifita has been around the squad for years now so not all that important to have him around the group if he's not being picked. Only thing I'm not sure about is that I'm sure they used to invite future players without having to name them in the squad... I'm also not sure how stringent NRL will be if an injury pops up... I dont think the 20 man squad is the same as team list Tuesday so if a second rower goes down I daresay he can bring someone in from outside the squad... it would be stupid of the NRL to impact its showpiece event with semantics and not allow an 11th hour change to have the best teams represented. I probably would've liked to see Fifita in the 18 jersey over Kaufusi (at worst... I think he's going better than Sua and Nanai)... can only think that Billy has been happy with how Kaufusi is providing middle coverage for phins so far and he has Cobbo on the bench to cover 1-5... so across Cobbo and Kaufusi he's covering 1-5 & 8, 10, 11 & 12. In the 17 he'll have Cobbo covering 1-5, Bhunt covering 6,7 & 9 (and some 13), Cotter to cover 11 & 12 and Hopgood to cover 13. It's pretty flexible if injuries occur on the night, and I can see Cobbo being fine if he's injected into the middle as a roving lock / second fullback... he could be very dangerous under Billy. [/QUOTE]

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