Four Nations Week 2

[Big Pete]

New Zealand

1.Peta Hiku
2.Jason Nightingale
3.Dean Whare
4.Shaun Kenny-Dowall
5.Manu Vatuvei
6.Kieran Foran
7.Shaun Johnson
8.Jesse Bromwich
9.Issac Luke
10.Adam Blair
11.Simon Mannering (captain)
12.Kevin Proctor
13.Jason Taumalolo
14.Lewis Brown
15.Suaia Matagi
16.Martin Taupau
17.Tohu Harris
18.Bodene Thompson

Luke in for Leuluai

Vatuvei in for Beale

Matagi in for Eastwood

 

[Danoz Direct]

Farah covers hooker, and **** in the halves.
Hunt covers halves, and **** at hooker.

What's the big difference?

Not that I disagree with playing Hunt instead, but I can admit it's because I'm a Broncos fan, not come up with some weird reasoning.

Hunt is pretty decent at hooker, Farah is not decent as a half.

 

[Alec]

That being said, our injury concern is where...?

And that's fair enough if you want him just in case DCE can't play on. Though after seeing underdone players like DCE in Origin and Inglis last week, I'd just give DCE the week off.

But my point was Hunt and Farah cover the same positions, Hunt doesn't cover more...and neither does Farah.

 

[Alec]

Hunt is pretty decent at hooker, Farah is not decent as a half.

They are about the same. Both pretty shit in those positions.

 

[Big Pete]

Australia

1. Greg Inglis
2. Josh Mansour
3. Michael Jennings
4. Dylan Walker
5. Sione Mata’utia
6. Daly Cherry-Evans
7. Cooper Cronk
8. Aaron Woods
9. Cameron Smith (c)
10. Sam Thaiday
11. Beau Scott
12. Greg Bird
13. Corey Parker
Interchange:
14. Boyd Cordner
15. Robbie Farah
16. Aidan Guerra
17. Ryan Hoffman
18. Ben Hunt
19. David Klemmer
20. Josh Papalii

Mata'utia in for Tupou.

Cordner in for Papalii

 

[Grimmiq]

What the ****?

1 prop? And a shit one at that?

 

[broncsgoat]

^ same as last week.

farah still in the 17 fmd its like he wants to lose.

 

[Super Freak]

That's it, I fucking hope Australia lose.

They fucking deserve it.

 

[Grimmiq]

DCE going to be a repeat of Origin..going in with an injury, training 0-1 times in the leadup, then being useless on the field.

 

[broncos4life]

**** **** fucking **** **** fucking ****

Are you fucking shitting me sheens? You have no other job you dumb **** yet you seem intent on losing this one. **** you!

Well cheering for the poms this weekend. Cmon burgess boys

 

[Big Pete]

I doubt DCE will play.

His selection is merely portrayed as a smokescreen.

Hunt will replace him and I suspect we'll see a change to that bench.

Mata'utia in for Tupou is a big call but a huge vote in confidence for the youngster. We could be witnessing the start of something special on Sunday.

Parker to lock with Bird on the fringe is a good move.

 

[Big Pete]

Samoa
1. Tim Simona
2. Antonio Winterstein
3. Tim Lafai
4. Joey Leilua
5. Daniel Vidot
6. Ben Roberts
7. Kyle Stanley
8. Isaac Liu
9. Pita Godinet
10. David Fa’alogo (c)
11. Frank Pritchard
12. Leeson Ah Mau
13. Josh McGuire Interchange
14. Dunamis Lui
15. Jesse Sene-Lefao
16. Sauaso Sue
17. Mose Masoe
18. Dominique Peyroux
19. Penani Manumalealii

Lafai in for Leutele

Lui in for Tagataese

Sue in for Sio

 

[Battler]

Can we sack Sheens immediately following the loss and appoint Smith as the captain coach (dead serious)? DCE is a confirmed dick head. His form has been garbage in the second half of the year, and he continually tries to play (extremely poorly) through injury. He cost us the origin series, and it looks like he's going to cost us the four nations as well.

 

[Harry Sack]

I doubt DCE will play.

His selection is merely portrayed as a smokescreen.

Hunt will replace him and I suspect we'll see a change to that bench.

Mata'utia in for Tupou is a big call but a huge vote in confidence for the youngster. We could be witnessing the start of something special on Sunday.

Parker to lock with Bird on the fringe is a good move.

That's how I'm hoping it pans out personally. I'm also hoping the change on the bench happens to be Klemmer. We were too light last game and it showed. I was hoping they'd shuffle Mansour to the other side though.

 

[Big Pete]

England
1. Sam Tomkins
2. Josh Charnley
3. Kallum Watkins
4. Michael Shenton
5. Ryan Hall
6. Gareth Widdop
7. Matty Smith
8. George Burgess
9. Josh Hodgson
10. James Graham (c)
11. Liam Farrell
12. Joel Tomkins
13. Joe Westerman

Interchange:
14. Daryl Clark
15. Brett Ferres
16. Thomas Burgess
17. Chris Hill

No changes.

 

[Battler]

I doubt DCE will play.

His selection is merely portrayed as a smokescreen.

Hunt will replace him and I suspect we'll see a change to that bench.
.

I heard the same thing for game 2 in SOO this year... DCE played, and played poorly.

 

[Big Pete]

DCE was always a fair chance of playing that game.

Here he's extremely long odds. Not only has he torn his hip, but his wife is expecting their first child around the time of the game.

Out of curiosity, what would your 17 look like mate?

 

[Battler]

DCE was always a fair chance of playing that game.

Here he's extremely long odds. Not only has he torn his hip, but his wife is expecting their first child around the time of the game.

Out of curiosity, what would your 17 look like mate?

I think I posted it somewhere in this thread, and it's limited to the squad chosen, but something like this: 1. Inglis, 2. Mansour, 3. Jennings, 4. Walker, 5. Johnston, 6. Hunt, 7. Cronk, 8. Woods, 9. Smith, 10. Klemmer (I know he hasn't ever started for his club, but we need specialist props in the run on side for England), 11. Scott, 12. Bird/ Thaiday, 13. Parker, 14. Guerra, 15. Bird/ Thaiday, 16 Cordner. 17. Jackson (?, honestly can't think of anyone else, but we need a forward here).