2013 State of Origin

It gets named in about an hour and a half but the QLD team for Game 2 is apparently:

1.Slater
2.Boyd
3.Inglis
4.Hodges
5.Tate
6.Thurston
7.Cronk
8.Scott
9.Smith
10.Myles
11.Papalii
12.Thaiday
13.Parker

14.Gillett
15.Shillington/Hannant
16.Te'o
17.Cherry-Evans/McQueen



Much better team than Game I. First and most obvious is an actual fucking prop on the bench. No Harrison is a pure error of judgement but it's not a major issue because Parker and Papalii are both excellent. Dropping Harrison but keeping Gillett and Te'o boggles my mind but anyway.

The word is Cherry-Evans and Gillett may both be there with McQueen dropping to 18th man.

 

Yeah. I'm dying to see him pull on a QLD jersery. Same with Papalii the pocket rocket.

 

I really like Dugan as a player. He's a traditional fullback, of which I am fond. But he just isn't that good.

 

I think Dugan will go fine. His one game for NSW in 2011 was very good. He will not add the creativity that NSW need but that is to do with selectons/injury rather than his play.

 

You can have a traditional fullback, in fact I think it's preferable, if you have genuinely creative halves. If you don't, then yes, it almost becomes a necessity.

 

Watching the live stream of the press conference.

QLD Team for Game II

1.Slater
2.Boyd
3.Inglis
4.Hodges
5.Tate
6.Thurston
7.Cronk
8.Scott
9.Smith (c)
10.Myles
11.McQueen
12.Thaiday
13.Parker

14.Cherry-Evans
15.Te'o
16.Gillett
17.Papalii

18.Kennedy

 

:facepalm:..........

 

If you'd have told me at the start of the year that we wouldn't pick Shillington and Hannant when they're fit............

 

I think the cherry on top is that Kennedy has been named as 18th man ...