I wouldn't be surprised if The Ox is the favourite to play at 7 in SOO this year. I reckon The Ox wasn't selected in city country as the selectors already know what he is capable of. Mitchell Pearce is clearly to young and the selectors should learn their lesson from selecting Mullins last year. Finch simply has very little creative spark, which was clearly shown in the Manly v Parra game. What do you reckon?
Of course he will play if there is an outbreak of halfbackitis that strikes down all the other number 7's. I doubt he'll get picked for Game 1. If it was me I'd pick Gidley with Anasta at 5/8.
Yeah we'll be screwed, I happy for him not to play, for Manly's sake. But I'd like to see how he goes in SOO. Maybe Le Strange would get the gig.
There's absolutely no good reason why selectors would pick Orford that I've read. Where is this coming from?
