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Phil Kearns (64)
Ewen Mckenzie will take deans job if he doesn't win at least one test. Some of his selections are valid but some aren't based on this super 15 season at all they are based on players pasted years of form, why pick players that aren't at their best this year and leave out other who are in top form and have worked hard to deserve a spot
It really does not matter much why a particular player is chosen. What matters is the result. I can totally understand why Beale would be chosen - ditto McCalman. Test matches in front of a full house are a very different challenge to playing the next level down.
The higher the standard, the more important are the player's natural qualities, and his ability to produce them under huge duress. The only way to know how a player will cope at that level, is for him to play at that level. Super Rugby form is a guide, but nothing more.
Class is permanent, form is temporary.