Informer
Ward Prentice (10)
"As for the players who missed out on the Oz team - who would have made a difference had they been picked? Who were they? Sure the team lacked balance and they could have had more of these and fewer of those, but who would have made a difference? Why did we have to pick so many young players? Who were the better older guys? Australia was so far off the pace I doubt if a few better players would have changed things."
I think it has been pretty well documented already that there are a few standouts who were overlooked, including Donlan, McCaffrey and KIllingworth. I also believe Dunbar is playing excellent footy in first/second grade with Uni at the moment and how you could pick Merriman ahead of him and Donlan is beyond me, after all Merriman has been playing colts for the same club. Do the Oz selectors know something that the Uni selectors don't know? These boys are playing seniors rugby each week, which surely has to count for something. I really thought our wingers were so far of the pace (pardon the pun); I find it hard to believe we could not find 3 quick, reliable specialist wingers. Number 8 was a big problem, McCaffrey has been playing well in that position for Eastwood firsts and would have been a far better choice than the annointed one. At prop Guy Millar has been going well with Uni seconds and how you could pick a kid just out of school ahead of him is beyond me. I could go on but you get the drift. The selectors played two up and lost the house.
I think it has been pretty well documented already that there are a few standouts who were overlooked, including Donlan, McCaffrey and KIllingworth. I also believe Dunbar is playing excellent footy in first/second grade with Uni at the moment and how you could pick Merriman ahead of him and Donlan is beyond me, after all Merriman has been playing colts for the same club. Do the Oz selectors know something that the Uni selectors don't know? These boys are playing seniors rugby each week, which surely has to count for something. I really thought our wingers were so far of the pace (pardon the pun); I find it hard to believe we could not find 3 quick, reliable specialist wingers. Number 8 was a big problem, McCaffrey has been playing well in that position for Eastwood firsts and would have been a far better choice than the annointed one. At prop Guy Millar has been going well with Uni seconds and how you could pick a kid just out of school ahead of him is beyond me. I could go on but you get the drift. The selectors played two up and lost the house.