BHQ Fantasy: All Stars

[Big Pete]

Cult3 suggested we should pick our own All Star teams.

And we said yes.

No this isn't an ad for Optus - this is your opportunity to pick your very own All Stars team. See if you can out-do the master and put together the best 20 non-Indigenous players.

The only rule is that these players must be from the NRL and you must include at least one player from each team.

Ready...
Set...
Go!!!

 

[Cult]

1 Matt Moylan
2 Semi Radradra
3 Jarod Croker
4 Dale Copley
5 Manu Vatuvei
6 Kieran Foran
7 Cooper Cronk
8 Jared Waeria-Hargreaves
9 Cameron Smith
10 James Graham
11 Jason Taumalolo
12 Simon Mannering
13 Corey Parker
14 Martin Tapau
15 George Burgess
16 Dave Taylor
17 Trent Merrin
18 Sione Mata'utia
19 Tariq Sims
20 Gerard Beale

 

[Kimlo]

Is this a 17 we'd most like to see play, or a best 17?

 

[Big Pete]

It's 20.

1 Player From Each Club. (16)
Then 4 players of your pick.

Like Cult3, you can follow the old rules and pick the two national captains from Aus and NZ.

 

[Big Pete]

Since I have no idea on who is actually available I'm just going to put together a squad as if I had complete access. Only proviso is that I will pick both Australian and NZ captains.

1. James Tedesco (Wests Tigers)
2. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (Sydney Roosters)
3. Jamie Lyon (Manly Sea Eagles)
4. Dylan Walker (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
5. Semi Redradra (Parramatta Eels)
6. Jarrod Mullen (Newcastle Knights)
7. Shaun Johnson (Warriors)
8. James Graham (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
9. Cam Smith (c) (Australian Captain)
10. Jesse Bromwich (Melbourne Storm)
11. Josh Papalii (Canberra Raiders)
12. Simon Mannering (New Zealand Captain)
13. Corey Parker (Brisbane Broncos)

14. Josh Dugan (St. George Illawarra Dragons)
15. Michael Ennis (Cronulla Sharks)
16. Josh Mansour (Penrith Panthers)
17. Jason Taumalolo (North Queensland Cowboys)
18. David Taylor (Gold Coast Titans)
19. Anthony Milford (Coach's Pick)
20. George Burgess (Coach's Pick)

That was tough. Not the best side per say, but certainly entertaining. Cronulla was the toughest team to pick - the other contenders were Gallen and Graham but I reckon if you mic'd Ennis up it's be hilarious. These games need a villain and I'd be casting him for that role.

Titans were also rough. The only other candidate I considered was Myles, who I'd put in if I wanted to win but Taylor would be there for entertainment purposes.