Danoz Direct
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In my opinion, he shouldn't be.
Hunt has put the cue in the rack
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In my opinion, he shouldn't be.
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The Qld heirarchy seem to have a conflicting opinion
Mister Wright
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He was 18th man for Origin & I reckon he would have made the squad this year.
Yeah, possibly. But possibly not.
I deliberately tried to NOT answer that question though. Just wanted to point out that judging his worth at Hooker (against Hunt or otherwise) based on his rep honours so far in his career is far from an accurate judgement and unfair to him.
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He was never actually 18th man.
IIRC, he was brought into camp because Broncos had the bye, not because he was actually going to be the back up. They bring players into the camp to introduce them to the system and get them familiar with it etc in case that call ever comes in the future. They rotate players around depending on when they are playing.
Mister Wright
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Doesn't change the fact he was 1 injury away from a bench spot.
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He wasn't.
Munster was 18th man for Game 2 and Kaufusi for Game 3.
Do you think Kevvie was going to overlook them for McCullough? Maybe Munster would have been overlooked for Game 2, although he had other forwards ahead of him at that particular time.
If Broncos were playing on those bye weeks then Macca wouldn't be in camp. I think people read just a little too much into his call up into camp.
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I'm pretty sure it was game two and Hunt and McCullough both were brought in. Roosters also were on the bye iirc so it suggests McCullough is (was) next in line for the 9 jersey over Friend who had previously been in camp (again I think)
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Friend had also suffered a concussion in the game on the weekend prior to the players being called up.
McCullough is probably next in line but then he probably isn't, as well. Everyone gets brough into camp.
Mitchell_Broncos
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He was brought into origin and did **** all
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Not a lot can be done in 7 minutes with the game already in the bag
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With Morgan likely to play beside Cronk, who's a better utility option than Hunt?
Lockysillegitimatechild
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Munster..... by a long way, particularly when you factor in that smith will play the full game, Munster has more team mates in the team, he covers more positions then hunt, is a better defender and is a bigger body...
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Fair, but this is for the world cup. Tbh you'd need more than one for all the games.
Mitchell_Broncos
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Smith never gets hurt
GCBRONCO
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His like Superman but without the Kryptonite.
