Friday Nite RL TEST ROOs vs KIWIs

[Gad]

While most of the Kangaroos side picked itself, the Kiwis were forced to make a raft of changes to the side which got dismantled in the final of last year's Rugby League World Cup.

Kangaroos team

B Slater; D Boyd, G Inglis, J Morris, B Morris; J Thurston, C Cronk; M Scott, C Smith ©, J Tamou; G Bird, M Gillett , P Gallen. Int: D Cherry-Evans, B Cordner, N Myles, C Parker. B Tate (One to be omitted)

Sam Thaiday out due to calf muscle injury

11 Qlders in run on side, if they drop Cordner it will be an all Qld bench… can`t go past a Qlder :cheer:

I would post the kiwi side but the fact is, after their selection committee named the side, the Kiwi administration and kiwi media are trying to figure out who the 11 new names belong to..

[Gad]

with the team Aus fielded the final result was inevitable, but the 30 - 18 score going into the record books will not tell of the 65 mins the younger inexperienced Kiwis players put in.

That 65mins may have told the Aus selectors that a changing of the guard in some areas, is near. Maybe leading into the Four Nations tournament at the end of this season will see a couple of rep retirements open the door for the beginning of the next generation

[ellicat]

The first Australian to retire should be Shane Hayne.....he should've retired 10 years ago.

[Old Scaley]

Too many blues in our team - nearly lost it for us

[Gad]

Too many blues in our team - nearly lost it for us

too true, Bird wouldn`t give a squirrel grip and Gallen wouldn`t throw a punch, that left the hard yards to Myles and Scott