Quote ="CGD"It's not quite the same case. First, a World Cup Squad is different to a Four Nations squad in that we always knew every World Cup squad member would get a run at some point in the tournament. For the non-regulars, that would be against PNG. It's unlikely the whole squad will play in England this year, although I admit there's no precedence with France yet. Most of the time, a few players are picked to tour to cover for injuries and for the experience only.
Secondly, there were no concerns over Campese's defence, which rep selectors in Australia put high value on. Obviously there is concern with Soward's defence.
We've seen how hard it's been for Prince to play for the Kangaroos, and he's been at it for years. He does have a few caps to his name now, but it goes to show that it is unrealistic to expect Soward to walk right in.
Soward has had twice the season Campo had last year, but I save for a Churchill Medallist performance or something close, I still don't see him getting there.'"
another thing :
campeses good form last year saw him in the WC squad and continued good club form this year saw him in origin.
and remember canberra werent doing that well in the nrl.
soward is playing in the top nrl side and if that continues hell have built a great platform for rep. duties
