QLD Squad 2020

[Big Pete]

I'm happy to see Coates' name. It's before his time, but he's got a massive ceiling and he's going to be a part of this team in the long term. The experience will do him wonders.

I like the Kerr selection as well. The Maroons need some size in the middle and Kerr would be a handy player to come on and take it to a Saifiti and the like.

 

[Big Pete]

Queensland Maroons 2020 Squad
Jai ARROW - Gold Coast Titans
AJ BRIMSON* - Gold Coast Titans
Patrick CARRIGAN* - Brisbane Broncos
Daly CHERRY-EVANS - Manly Sea Eagles
Xavier COATES* - Brisbane Broncos
Moeaki FOTUAIKA *- Gold Coast Titans
Harry GRANT* - Wests Tigers
Coen HESS - North Queensland Cowboys
Valentine HOLMES - North Queensland Cowboys
Ben HUNT - St George Illawarra Dragons
Hymel HUNT* - Newcastle Knights
Josh KERR* - St George Illawarra Dragons
Edrick LEE* - Newcastle Knights
Kalyn PONGA - Newcastle Knights
Phillip SAMI* - Gold Coast Titans

* indicates potential debutants

 

[vertigo]

Bennett has cut Hodges from the Queensland set up.

Set to replace him with Neil Henry.

Good move.

 

[Big Pete]

Eligible Queensland Finalists

Josh Papalii
Dunamis Lui
Corey Horsburgh
Cameron Munster
Felise Kaufusi
Christian Welch
Brenko Lee
Marion Seve
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui
Ryley Jacks
Darryn Schonig
Reed Mahoney
Andrew Davey
Kurt Capewell
Dane Gagai
Jaydn Su'A
Corey Allan
Jake Friend
Lindsay Collins
Lachlan Lam

Bold are the players I consider givens. Collins and Capewell are close, with Friend and Horsburgh coming down to injury and the make-up of the squad.

We might see a few more bolters from that list.

 

[Unbreakable]

We're picking 27 man squads, so the other 12 players named should be -

Papalii, Munster, Kaufusi, Welch, B.Lee, Tino, Capewell, Gagai, Su'A, Allan, Friend, Collins

 

[Unbreakable]

Based on that squad, this is what I would expect Wayne to pick for Game 1, assuming Ponga unavailable -

1. Brimson
2. E.Lee
3. Gagai
4. B.Lee
5. Allan
6. Munster
7. Cherry-Evans (c)
8. Papalii
9. Friend
10. Welch
11. Su'A
12. Kaufusi
13. Arrow

14. Hunt
15. Tino
16. Fotuaika
17. Carrigan / Collins

God help us.

 

[Wolfie]

We will smash those filthy blues.

 

[Fernando]

Dropping McGuire for Kerr is one of the dumbest calls I’ve seen

 

[BooKhaki]

Dropping McGuire for Kerr is one of the dumbest calls I’ve seen

It's an absolute all time stinker. The only debate that should happen for McGuire is if he deserves a starting spot or dropped to the bench. Not making the squad of 27, and then going on to pick a few reserve graders, is insanity. Bennett has always had a few selection shockers in him.

 

[Alec]

NSW dropped Klemmer so we have to drop someone experienced too.

 

[Big Pete]

Kurt Mann missing out is a fucking joke. He should literally be one of the first players picked.

There's a possibility he was omitted to be with his mother who has terminal cancer and doesn't have much longer to live.

 

[theshed]

Who’d have thought we’d see the day Lee is a real chance of playing origin.

 

[Unbreakable]

There's a possibility he was omitted to be with his mother who has terminal cancer and doesn't have much longer to live.

That might explain it

 

[Alec]

Who’d have thought we’d see the day Lee is a real chance of playing origin.

I thought we'd be seeing it for sure back when he really hit the scene, does that count lol? He looked like he had all the tools to be an elite winger those days.

 

[Renegade]

I thought we'd be seeing it for sure back when he really hit the scene, does that count lol? He looked like he had all the tools to be an elite winger those days.

Agreed, when I first saw him in qld u20's I thought, dude just needs to work on his hands and put on a bit of muscle and he'll be playing for us for years...

nevermind but BIG EDDERS GOT HIS DEBUT.

 

[mrslong]

We will smash those filthy blues.

Qld by 30

 

[Petch67]

Who’d have thought we’d see the day Lee is a real chance of playing origin.

Both of them

 

[Kooly87]

So after seeing the players that were named it's pretty obvious that McGuire's axing has to do with things outside just his football.

His omission was always a bit shocking, but to see the guys picked in front of him just reinforces that it was not a football based decision.

Josh Kerr is a decent talent, but if you polled 100 Rugby League fans and asked them on face value if McGuire was the better player, or the more experienced player, or the player in better form in 2020, then 100 of them would absolutely answer yes to every one of those questions.