Thought experiment:
If Eddie names this 35 man squad, explicitly for the first two games of the RC, & with Donaldson, T Hooper, Kemeny, Perese & Pietsch explicitly called out as injury replacement players, is there as much noise around the squad as there was? Hooker aside, where Eddie clearly sees something we miss in Uelese, no one from the probable best 23 is missing, and line calls are all around the travelling reserves.
Hooker: Faessler, Porecki, Uelese
Prop: Ala'alatoa, Bell, Gibbon, Nonggorr, Slipper, Tupou
Lock: Arnold, Frost, Phillip*, Skelton
Backrow: Gleeson*, Holloway, M Hooper, Leota, McReight, Samu, Valetini,
Scrum Halves: Lonergan, McDermott, White
Fly Halves: Cooper, C Gordon
Centers: Foketi, Ikitau, Kerevi*
Outside Backs: Kellaway*, Koroibete, Nawaqanitawase, Vunivalu, Wright
Utility Back: Hodge, Petaia*