kimlo said:Many times players who are in better form won't get selected because of the performance of their team, luke bailey who in his time with ST George (dominant team back then) had been selected for Australia and in NSW starting side every year, when he went to the titans, everyone had said that he is a much better player and in much better form, yet he gets chosen on the bench for NSW and not chosen for Australia hmm.... Maybe cause titans weren't so dominant, or do you also want to deny that it was because form and the fact his team wasn't that great had no part to play in his non-selection/bench selection.
When were St. George dominant when Luke Bailey was playing rep footy at there club??? They have been a middle tier to mid-rounds of the finals club for the entire period he was there. The reason he was on the bench had nothing to do with the Titans and where they were it had to do with the fact that they were obviously concerned with what happened to him last time he started in an Origin (he was late in his opening stint and Carl Webb came on and rattled his cage 2 or 3 times) he and the entire NSW pack was shaken up and the match was really turned in our favour.