Teams City v Country

[Klim]

City coach Brad Fittler and Country coach Trent Barrett have named their squads for next weekend's City v Country clash. Its set to be a blockbuster. The annual City vs Country game will take place in Wagga Wagga on Sunday 3rd May and the game will be televised on Channel Nine.

 

[Klim]

City:
1. Matt Moylan (Penrith Panthers)
2. James Tedesco (Wests Tigers)
3. James Roberts (Gold Coast Titans)
4. Waqa Blake (Penrith Panthers)
5. Daniel Tupou (Sydney Roosters)
6. Josh Reynolds (Canterbury Bulldogs)
7. Blake Austin (Canberra Raiders)
8. Andrew Fifita (Cronulla Sharks)
9. Nathan Peats (Parramatta Eels)
10. David Klemmer (Canterbury Bulldogs)
11. Curtis Sironen (Wests Tigers)
12. Wade Graham (Captain - Cronulla Sharks)
13. Tyrone Peachey (Penrith Panthers)

INTERCHANGE
14. Joseph Paulo (Parramatta Eels)
15. Reagan Campbell-Gillard (Penrith Panthers)
16. Kane Evans (Sydney Roosters)
17. Jason Clark (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
18. Bryce Cartwright (Penrith Panthers)

 

[Klim]

Country:
1. David Mead
2. Akuila Uate
3. Jarrod Croker
4. Jack Wighton
5. James McManus
6. James Maloney
7. Jarrod Mullen
8. Dale Finucane
9. Ryan Hinchcliffe
10. Kade Snowden
11. Joel Thompson
12. Tyson Frizell
13. Josh Jackson

Int: Jack Bird, Paul Vaughan, Tariq Sims, Ryan James

 

[moto748]

Should be a cracker.

 

[royboy2]

Squads really show how NSW are lacking in the Halves

 

[balmainforever]

Strange seeing a city country without both Farah and Ennis.

 

[nobbyiscool]

A friend and I were planning to drive over for this game - 7 years I've been in Canberra and I never found a reason to go to Wagga (and I'm hoping to leave Canberra soon).

Unfortunately the friend baled... I'm not sure how much I care. Despite the recent history of this fixture producing some cracking games with great finishes... I dunno. I look at both the teams and wonder 'are these really the best players we have in NSW?'

 

[moto748]

Who would you prefer to see? Squads look decent to me.

 

[balmainforever]

The fact is that this is a glorified trial for NSW.
Test players missing, Robbie. Pearce and Gallen missing.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Who would you prefer to see? Squads look decent to me.

It's not so much the players that weren't picked - it's more a disbelief that the Blues seem to have a much lower quality of players to pick from than we have in previous years.

The one player that should have been a no-brainer in the squad, without an ounce of bias, is Shaun Fensom. He's been a tackling machine for 3 years now, and as a lock forward Josh Jackson couldn't wipe Fensom's arse.