Matt Ballin (Sea Eagles)

Darius Boyd (Dragons)

Petero Civoniceva (Panthers)

Neville Costigan (Dragons)

Cooper Cronk (Storm)

Israel Folau (Broncos)

Ben Hannant (Bulldogs)

Ashley Harrison (Titans)

Justin Hodges (Broncos)

Karmichael Hunt (Broncos)

Greg Inglis (Storm)

Dallas Johnson (Storm)

Darren Lockyer (Broncos)

Steve Michaels (Broncos)

Nate Myles (Roosters)

Corey Parker (Broncos)

Steven Price (Warriors)

Scott Prince (Titans)

Billy Slater (Storm)

Cameron Smith (Storm)

David Shillington (Raiders)

David Stagg (Bulldogs)

Sam Thaiday (Broncos)

Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys)

Willie Tonga (Cowboys)





Good squad...



Id go:



Hunt

Michaels

Hodges

Inglis

Falou

Lockyer

Prince

Price

Smith

Civinoceva

Thaiday

Parker

Johnson



Slater

Hannant

Myles

Schillington



Fook me though... what a set of reserves.

myles has been very poor when i've seen him recently

Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys)

hunt over slater, no way in hell.



id put hunt on the bench though.



inglis, slater, folau, hodges, thurston, locker.



does the rest matter.

Hunt looks to be coming back to his form from 2 years back and I think its a very close call between the 2. Either way one should be on the bench for the utility value. As for Prince and Thurston, again very close. Prince must be doing something right though as the Titans are up there.



I agree though, what a backline whoever plays. Cant see NSW getting near this year.

Hunt or Slater will do the job just fine.



Going into the World Cup, I thought we should play Slater against the Poms and Hunt against the Kiwis. Now we obviously didn't play Hunt against the Kiwis, but based on the performances from Slater, I still feel my opinion is justified. Going by the same logic, I think Hunt would be best choice against us, especially if we're dumb enough to play Hoffman again.



Slater has certainly scored some spectacular tries against us, but his impact in Origin has always been sporadic. Hunt is more consistent.

Ballin has been pretty ordinary so far this season for me,NathanFriend will be wondering what more he can do to make the squad.

yeah if you are going on current form hunt is going better than slater.



and if it were up to me id go with prince and thurston and put lockyer on the bench. or go prince and lockyer and drop thurston.



NSW would die for these choices



and theyve still got cooper cronk waiting in the wings

good call on that, friend is a better player than ballin



i think they picked him cause his team won the GF last year

it was a great try he scored though years back



probably the most attractive try ever scored at origin imo

Can't see NSW getting anywhere near this lot if they turn up and play - could be embarrassing

FMD finally you make a post about RL in australia that is close to the truth.



how long before you make a second

There is nothing in the game that is more exciting than having 500 players named in extended rep squads months out from the actual reps games.



Honestly, I wish they did it every day instead of just every second day.

One thing is for sure it will be before you make your first