The Selectors have made the hard choices of culling those with no test caps.
Some WTG deadbeats have absolutely rocketed into contention.
1st XV
1 Parmeet Dabas (IND): murdered 3
2 Henry Tromp (SA) killing a farm worker
3 John Ryan (IRE): busted for an attempted armed hold-up.
4 Api Ratuniyarawa (FIJ) rapist
5 Ali Williams (NZ): coke bust and general gormlessness.
6 Shannon Frizell (NZ) charged over assaulting woman
7 Simon Poidevin (AUS): stockmarket shenanigans (not sure here. how bad was this?)
8 Marc Cecillon (FRA): performing the eternal willie-away on own wife
9 B.Kelleher (NZ): drunk and disorderly + innumerable crimes, many of them against All Black heritage.
10 Paddy Jackson (IRE): rape
11 Eric Rush (NZ): careless driving causing death and injury
12 Japie Mulder SA): teen rape
13 Glen Ella (AUS): nicking 20 million from kids charity
14 Alejandro Puccio (ARG). triple kidnap/murderer
15 Matthew Ridge (NZ): property development company went bust owing tradies & suppliers millions
Bench
Tony Woodcock (NZ): drink driving
James Dalton (SA) attempted murder
R.Brooke (NZ) (trying to root some kid up in the islands or something?)
Amanaki Mafi (JPN): kidnapping LOL
Mark Catchpole (AUS): busted for dealing drugs. 9 months P.D
Amenoni Nasilasila (FIJ) rapist
Brendan Mullin (IRE): stealing millions
Zac Guildford (NZ): stealing money from his own grandad, bashing up the ladies, drunk driving, getting naked in Rarotonga etc etc etc
Wider training group
props:
0
hookers
Andrew Hore (NZ): killing seals
locks:
0
loosies
Sione Luaaki (NZ): trashing motel room/charged with assault at a Tron bar/charged for careless driving and crashing
Scott Higginbotham (AUS): assaulting cops
George Smith (AUS): charged with assault
Cliff Palu (AUS): weekend detention for assault.
Billy Vunipola (ENG). bashing up cops
Lopeti Timani (AUS): doing a Begby
halfbacks
Brett Sheehan (AUS): DV
Matt Henjak (AUS): broke Haig Sare's jaw
Jimmy Cowan (NZ): assaulting 2 bouncers. Plus stuffing up Auckland Blues backline for a season
1st 5's
Steve Pokere (NZ), helping fleece his fellow Mormons of $3.9M, 2 1/2 years jail.
Doug Rolleson (NZ) pokie machine money fraud: not for personal gain hence no jail
Stephen Bachop (NZ): wifebeater
Stuart Hogg (Scot) stalking ex-wife
Elton Jantjies (SA). plane freakout
Centres
John Payne (TON): crippling someone in a bar fight.
Sam Burgess (ENG): drugs and DV. The only dual international (Alltime Airport XV)
Regan King (NZ): borrowing chicks $$ to fuel gambling addiction
Outside backs
Sevu Reece (NZ): bashing up his missus
Sivivatu (NZ): domestic violence against his girlfriend/wife
Wendell Sailor (AUS) : failed drug test for cocaine banned for 2 years
Khunt (AUS): distributing cocaine and not offering me any at all.
Brian Lima (SAM) GBH
G.Moala (NZ): bashing people up on K Rd.
James O'Connor (AUS) : cock I mean coke bust.
Yamanaka (JPN): failed roid test, banned for 2 years 2011-2013. Bonus points for saying he was "just trying to grow a moustache"
Mercy Droppings?
- Keith Murdoch (NZ): punching a pom in 1862 and maybe killing some bloke in the outback? Never convicted of anything, let him be
- Carl Hayman (NZ): wifebeater (although does he get off due to the alibi of CTE? Perhaps one for The Supreme Court of Selectors to deliberate over....)
- Rudi Virage (SA): Not really sure he should be here as he thought he was shooting an intruder and accidentally shot and killed his 19 yo daughter. The Selectors tend to show leniency in cases such as these. Poor bugger really.