It's out today ($18.95). Interestingly, Jamie Lyon did not make their team of the year. The centres are Greg Inglis and Josh Morris.
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual If i take my Maroon coloured glasses off, Both did have pretty good years.
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual Inglis played the bulk of the season at fullback did he not ?? Was Slater fullback or Barba ?
2012 Rugby League Annual Exactly! GI misses out on the fullback spot, tough luck, can't then pick him somewhere else.
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual Morris was outstanding at Origin level so no dramas there for me Does anybody have any idea where I could pick up last years annual ?
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual Yeah agree. That's why I just said 'interestingly'. But IMO Lyon was the best centre in the game this year and Inglis played most of the year at fullback. The teams for every round are named and Inglis played just two games at centre for his club. He moved to fullback in Rd 3 and stayed there for the remainder of the year. Add the three state of origin games and one test match. That's six games at centre all year. Hardly enough to be named centre of the year. The team is: Fullback :Barba Wingers: B Morris and Tate Centres: Inglis and J Morris 5/8: Thurston 1/2: Cronk Props: Tamou and Ear Biter Hooker: Smith 2nd Row: Myles and S Burgess Lock: Gallen
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual Dave Middleton is on twitter bones would be interesting to see how Inglis got to be centre over Lyon
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual Tamou and EB props of the year? What happened to the Dally M prop of the year, fat Sammy?
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual lyon is a class above any other centre in the game and a goalkicking one at that!
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual I'm pretty sure they got Jamie Lyon to name the side this year due to his excellent player judgement ability, and all round superior knowledge of the game. Being a humble bloke, I guess he decided to give a couple of strugglers, by comparison, the honours.
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual I tweeted Middleton with "How did Inglis make your team of the year at centre? He only played there twice for Souths + 4 Rep games. Just 6 games all year". He replied with "Good enough for QLD and Australian selectors to name him in their 'teams of the year' so good enough for me." I just remembered Inglis played fullback in Origin 3 as Slater was out injured. So he played centre in just 5 games.
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual Well if middleton doesn't have an original opinion he should save time and just name the aussie team.
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual I asked him if that's his reason then why didn't Billy Slater make his team?
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual A valid question with a high probability of either no response or some crappy one. "Awww Bones I just like him and the arlc wanted me to put in marquee players and my employer told me to so there." -would possibly be an accurate answer.
RE: 2012 Rugby League Annual His response: "Yet you have no issue with me selecting Bret Tate on the wing - 23 games at centre for NQ and 3 games on the wing for QLD" I tweeted back: " only because I wasn't aware of it. Now I do (have an issue with it). Another ridiculous decision"
