Aussie Team: 1. Slater 2. Boyd 3. Inglis 4. Hodges 5. Folou 6. Lockyer 7. Thurston 8. Price 9. Smith 10. Civoniceva 11. Laffranachi 12. Gallen 13. Stewart 14. Gidley 15. Kite 16. Bailey 17. Watmough Kiwis squad: Roy Asotasi, Adam Blair, Greg Eastwood, David Fa'alogo Nathan Fien, Bronson Harrison, Lance Hohaia, Jeff Lima, Issac Luke, Simon Mannering, Benji Marshall (capt), Jason Nightingale, Sam Perrett, Frank Pritchard, Jerome Ropati, Jeremy Smith, Iosia Soliola, Manu Vatuvei. http://www.livenews.com.au/sport/benji-marshall-to-captain-kiwis/2009/5/3/205059
Im suprised Watmough made it and suprised Matai missed out So are these players out of the broncos game? or can they backup?
Assume Matai will be picked for NZ, or has Kiwi team been announced? Understand players can back up, although Manly's forwards will presumably be more affected by the short turnaround than the Bronco backs.
Personally I would have picked Matai, but don't mind the loyalty they have shown, Soliola is always average for the chooks, but dynamite for the Kiwis
