There're several excellent wingers in the world so why not play one of them on the wing and one of the best full backs of all time at full back instead (I'm talking about Slater btw)?

I noticed you also had Hock and Moi Moi in your team. Pure gold!

Hock isn't really a debate. He is currently the most devastating backrower in the world.

Moi Moi is a strange one but I wanted to pick the 4 best impact players I could think of. There are too many good props to pick one for the bench so I just went for the one who offers the most impact.

Jamie Lyon would be nowhere near this team.

Nor would moi moi, darius Boyd and Ryan hall based on form this year!

Lyon's been superb this year, if he hadn't have taken himself out of rep footy he'd be playing for nsw.

Agreed sheldon - Lyon has been absolutely sublime for Manly this year. He doesn't have the blockbusting power/pace of an Inglis, but he's a delight to watch, absolutely terrorising defences at times.

If I were a coach I'd get a greatest hits video of Lyon and make sure any young centre in my team sat and watched it many times.

Billy Slater
Brett Morris
Greg Inglis
Justin Hodges
Jharal Yow Yeh

Johnathan Thurston
Cooper Cronk

Matt Scott
Cameron Smith
James Graham
Sam Burgess
Sam Thaiday
Paul Gallen

Luke Lewis
Ben Matulino
David Taylor
Benji Marshall

Several players could be in or out of that team but its as good as I can think of off the top of my head.

I wouldn't put Hall in myself, but how has he been in poor form? This statement confuses me.

Slater
Hall
Lyon
Inglis
Boyd
Marshall
Thurston
Graham
Smith
Scott
Burgess
Thaiday
Gallen

Tomkins/Roby
Taylor
Lewis
Whatmough

Not even Warrington could keep that team under the salary cap!!

1. Tomkins
2. Yow Yeh
3. Slater
4. Inglis
5. Uate
6. Marshall
7. Thuston
8. Graham
9. Smith
10. Burgess
11. Taylor
12. Hock
13. Gallen

A lot of selections are in the Eye of the beholder.
Look at Brett Morris he is not in anyone's team as a Winger yet he has the best figures of any current Winger at Test level in recent times.
11 tries from 10 games 5 v NZ, 3 v Eng, 1 v PNG and 2 V France.
Compared to Ryan Hall the BWW, 6 tries from 10 games 3 v Aus, 2 v France and 1 v NZ

Both have Test careers since 2009.


Edit, I have talked myself into including Morris, Uate is too hit and miss.

There is no way I would play the best player in his position in the World out of place.
Slater is a Fullback and he is the best around.
You may play with second best Centres or Fullbacks on the wing as a utility.

1. Billy Slater
2. Akuila Uate
3. Jamie Lyon
4. Greg Inglis
5. Ryan Hall
6. Benji Marshall
7. Jonathan Thurston
8. Matt Scott
9. Cameron Smith
10. Ben Hannant
11. Sam Burgess
12. Gareth Ellis
13. Paul Gallen

14. Sam Tomkins
15. Dave Taylor
16. Tony Williams
17. Sam Thaiday

i heard somewhere that inglis is actually the better fullback and when slater and inglis where at the same club the coach shifted slater to the wing to accomodate inglis at fullback.

i have seen inglis at fb for souffs and he looks superb there

Not sure where you heard this.
Slater has been the Storms first choice Fullback since he has been there, Inglis has filled in when he has been injured.

Inglis does not have the acceleration to play the game that Slater does as he is a far bigger build.

Slater was picked on the Wing for Qld for a few games early in his career.

I cant believe that people are putting Tomkins ahead of Slater, Hall as one of the wingers, Ben Westwood on the bench, Graham in at prop and Gallen as a back rower!

Slater
Uate
Inglis
Hodges
Yow Yeh
Marshall
Thurston
Scott
Smith
Gallen
Thaiday
Ellis
Lewis

Slater

Brett Morris
Justin Hodges
Greg Inglis
Jason Nightingale

Benji Marshall
Jon Thurston

Matt Scott
Cam Smith
Paul Gallen

Tony Williams
David Taylor
Greg Bird

Sam Tomkins
Feleti Mateo
Sam Kasiano
James Tamou

Slater started off in the centres at Melbourne but moved to fullback pretty early on.

He made his debut on the wing, then played a game at fb, 5 at centre then fb ever since.

Gallen is a back rower.

He only plays prop because the rep sides are stronger in the back row than front.

1. Billy Slater
2. Jarryd Hayne
3. Greg Inglis
4. Jamie Lyon
5. Akuila Uate
6. Benji Marshall
7. Johnathan Thurston
8. Matt Scott
9. Cameron Smith
10. Paul Gallen
11. Gareth Ellis
12. Sam Thaiday
13. Sam Burgess

14. Sam Tomkins
15. James Graham
16. Luke Lewis
17. James Tamou

Tomkins & Graham are the only British players who would get into a 20 man squad for the World's best team.

Wigan.

You mean the James Graham who is in the top 6 of every single stat measured for props in the World's toughest comp?

No, why on earth would you choose him?.....

Ellis.

Slater

Boyd
Lyon
Inglis
Hall

Marshall
Thurston

Graham
Smith
Gallen

Myles
D Taylor
Burgess

Tomkins
Roby
Thaiday
Williams