So last night before bed I was thinking about their depth, and did a quick 2nds team from my head to see if it was as weak as I thought. 1. Matt Bowen 2. Denan Kemp 3. Steve Michaels 4. Joel Moon 5. Wendell Sailor 6. Cooper Cronk 7. Scott Prince 8. Antonio Kaufusi 9. Nathan Friend 10. Matt Scott 11. Corey Parker 12. Jacob Lillyman 13. Micheal Luck 14. Matt Ballin 15. Nick Kenny 16. Dave Taylor 17. Carl Webb Might have missed players, and pretty heavy bench, but thoughts? Do NSW have much better depth than Queensland, or do we just pick shitter teams so our non-selected players are of a higher quality?
Shillington > every prop you named in that team. He is 18th man, but Costigan would in the backrow over Lillyman as well. I'd have Ashley Graham as well.
Yeah, Tate would have made the real QLD side, so that means Boyd would have to make this one. Re-shuffling the side to include Boyd we get - 1. Matt Bowen 2. Denan Kemp 3. Steve Michaels 4. Joel Moon 5. Wendell Sailor 6. Cooper Cronk 7. Scott Prince 8. Antonio Kaufusi 9. Nathan Friend 10. Matt Scott 11. Corey Parker 12. Jacob Lillyman 13. Micheal Luck 14. Matt Ballin 15. Nick Kenny 16. Dave Taylor 17. Carl Webb 18. Darius Boyd
I know this thread isn't about that team specifically, but I don't think that would be QLD's second string side.
Anyway, my "full strength" Queensland Second XVII: 1. Matt Bowen 2. Darius Boyd 3. Willie Tonga 4. Mat Rogers 5. Wendell Salilor 6. Cooper Cronk 7. Scott Prince 8. Ben Ross 9. Nathan Friend 10. David Shillington 11. Brad Meyers 12. Corey Parker 13. David Stagg 14. Nick Kenny 15. Matt Scott 16. Michael Luck 17. Anthony Watts Bold = not named by Kovas.