Billy Slater

Ryan Hall, Greg Inglis, Jamie Lyon, Blake Ferguson

Johnathan Thurston
Cooper Cronk

Sam Burgess
Sonny Bill Williams, Boyd Cordner
Jared Whaerea-Hargreaves, Cameron Smith, James Graham

Interchange: Isaac Luke, Andrew Fifita, George Burgess, Frank Pritchard

How can you put Graham in starting team over George Burgess? No chance!

Because James Graham can play a full 80 minutes if necessary. George Burgess cannot do that and is more of an impact player off the bench.

Fifita is the most overrated player currently in the NRL.

On what grounds? He can't kick goals?

He carries the ball up and down the field with consistent results, tackles strong and makes breaks. Cracking front rower. Better than test front rowers Tamou and Scott

Hall over Charnley on this season's form?

If this is selected on form, Charnley is head and shoulders the right winger for this side. But still, given the choice of the two, I'd pick Hall. I don't know why, he just seems the more complete player and rarely gets outplayed. That being said, I would have Monaghan over both.

Mental.

I presume you don't watch much NRL?

It didn't take long for the thread to degenerate into a parochial “my team should have a representative in a dream team”

Charnley has issues in defence that Hall does not have.

Of course some might argue that Jarryd Hayne as a winger is better than either of them.

Honestly John? Why do this before the world cup?

Anyway, fwiw...

1. Taylor Welch
2. Fabricio Ciaurro
3. Adam Timler
4. Siuatonga Likiliki
5. Alipate Noilea
6. Dalibor Vukanovic
7. Ase Boas
8. Curtis Cunz
9. Apple Pope
10. Benedict Rehm
11. Zane Tetevano
12. Rhodri Lloyd
13. Sam Burgess

1 - Inglis
2 - Tuivasa Shek (Just because his footwork is amazing to watch)
3 - Lyon
4 - Hodges (if fit - if not, Watkins)
5 - Hall
6 - Foran (Best all round 6 in the world - has everything in attack and has rock solid defence)
7 - Cherry-Evans (Although behind Cronk for QLD because of the 'spine', I actually think hes a better all round player)
8 - Sam Burgess
9 - Smith
10 - Warea-Hargreaves
11 - Luke Lewis
12 - SBW
13 - Gallen

14 - Nate Myles
15 - G Burgess
16 - Fifita (best prop in the world right now - big minutes, meters, offloads and tackle count)
17 - James Segyaro

1 Greg Inglis
2 Nat Merritt
3 Josh Morris
4 Jamie Lyon
5 Joel Monaghan
6 Jon Thurston
7 Adam Reynolds
8 Jamie Peacock
9 Issac Luke
10 Sam Burgess
11 Ryan Hoffman
12 Sonny Bill
13 Greg Stewart
14 Shaun Johnson
15 George Burgess
16 James Graham
17 Cam Smith

Thought this would be difficult, but it picked itself once I started typing..

Wow.

This a serious question now, not just to you but to anyone who rates him highly. What makes Monaghan so good in your eyes?

He scores alot of easy tries in an excellent attacking team, but as I see it he is slow for a winger. His work rate is fairly good but only on par with the other top wingers. He is reasonably strong in the tackle but not in the same league as guys like Briscoe and Hall to name just a couple. His defence is average at best bordering on poor and he makes more than his fair share of errors. As far as I can see the only area he excels is in the air.

He is a good dependable winger who will always offer a threat due to his size. He isn't in the top 5 Superleague wingers, to suggest him for the world team is crazy.

Because Monaghan plays for the team he supports.

Just checking, Liam or Kieran?

Hmm let me think...?????

Poor old Koucash - What a blunder signing the awful 1 of a pair of brothers.... That would be like signing Steve Rapira instead of Sam Rapira....

To be fair, the Foran deal was done before Koukash took over. Not that Salford have a history of getting the wrong brother or anything - Ian Sinfield, Chris Morley, Matt Gardner, Darren Betts...

OUCH!!! That list is a shocker....

I stopped reading there, hes a average NRL player,

Not sure how you can pick Ferguson, he has missed half the season. If your going to pick Inglis he should be at Full back as that is where he has played all season. Surely you should be looking at the best players who have performed in that position.

Absolutely... And Billy Slater has been average all year - on his day, he's still great, but the majority of time this year, he's looked like he's carrying an injury and has not been the threat he once was.

If it wasn't for QLD sticking with that Melbourne 'Spine', I think both Cronk and Slater would be under serious pressure if you just looked at individual qualities. Daly Cherry-Evans is a much better all round player than Cronk nowadays (I'd say Manly have got the 2 best half backs in the world), and if it wasn't for a lack of real quality centres available to QLD, GI should replace Slater at fullback (and on this years form, Boyd would be better than Slater at fullback - but he's needed on the wing for QLD and Aus).

Firstly, this is only my opinion, and I can understand other people's views.

It took a while for me to fully appreciate what he brought alongside the tries. But if you see his carries, they are regularly up around 15 carries and more often than not goes for over 100 meters. Without seeing the stats for Saturday, I'd be confident in saying that he wouldn't be far away from this again.

He finishes tries with distinction and when the ball is in the air their is nobody better, including King and the 'one trick pony' that was Fa'fili that were very good in the air also.

And he does the little things right, doesn't (touch wood) make errors, and doesn't get put into touch. One more thing, it's not much, but he would be the first one in to celebrate a try or console an error. Adds a lot to a team when an Aussie test player is right by your side, especially the younger players.

Like I say, it's my opinion, rightly or wrongly.

Greg Inglis
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Jamie Lyon
Josh Morris
Jorge Taufua
Jonathan Thurston
Cooper Cronk
Matt Scott
Cam Smith
Jares Waerea-Hargreaves
Sonny Bill Williams
Sam Burgess
Paul Gallen

Robbie Farah
Luke Lewis
Anthony Watmough
James Graham

Boyd better than Slater? The worlds gone mad.