NSW Selections - Backrow, Trent Merrin

[Killer03]

I see today Gus coming out and trumpeting Trent Merrin, and whilst Gus does push the Panthers, what is the obsessin with Merrin? He seems to be a walk up start each year for NSW, but I just don't get why?

He's not a bad player, but I certainly don't see how he is seen as an automatic selection for NSW.

Now I push the case constantly for Jake, and I am unashamedly biased, but I see Jake as offering so much more, and yet he seems to have been forgotten about in the NSW discussion.

 

[Fluffy]

Merrin lacks impact at SOO level and is too much like Gallen (and Jake for that matter).

I would pick Gallen first (better than Merrin), Jake second (Gallens replacement and has 10 years ahead of him) and Merrin third. They are all fighting over max 2 positions possibly only 1.