With Origin I now under two months away and some players having had better starts to the year than others, we have decided to have a look at which players are in danger of missing out on selection for Origin I. With the reasons ranging from injury to suspension, to just plain bad form.
1. Tyrone Peachey
Much like his Gold Coast Titans who sit at a measly one win from five games to start 2019, Blues utility Tyrone Peachey has had a slow start to the year.
Being employed primarily as a centre under Garth Brennan, Peachey has had an inconsistent start out wide in both attack and defence. Peachey has recorded only two try assists and zero tries from the first five rounds, as well as averaging 93.3 running metres per game, well down on the 114 he averaged last year at the Panthers. Peachey has also averaged a measly 75% tackle efficiency on the flank for the Titans, which sits on the lower end of the bell curb.
Following his transition from the foot of the mountains to the glitter strip, Peachey looks to have lost a yard of pace and some fitness, which doesn't allow him to have the explosive game-changing impact that he regularly did for the Panthers.
While he is well and truly under pressure, Peachey's utility value will go a long way to ensuring he gets picked as the Blues bench utility for Origin I again. With his main rival for the utility role Jack Bird having also had a slow start to the Season in Queensland, Peachey is not as under much pressure as his aforementioned teammates.
I’d include Nathan Cleary in the list. To be fair, a couple on that list have been out injured, rather than form related.
James Roberts Doesn’t deserve 2 play 4 the Broncos ever again without playing 4 the blues. He’s real butt plug that one.
To be honest he did absolutely nothing last year 4 New South Wales alot like what he dose 4 Brisbane , scores a try then gose to sleep and thinks he’s jobs done.
De Belin – Gone!!! (Grub)
Roberts – Gone!!! (Grub)
Turbo – Safe, Hope he makes a recovery in time.
Maloney – Not Safe, Needs to improve, I can see Keary in the #6
Peachy – Safe, Needs to improve but I think he’ll be there again.
Pick the same team.
Replace de belin.
None of those 5 would be that great a loss and can be easily replaced.
Any forward for De Belend.
Leilua, Crocker, Aitken, Bird – Any one of these guys offers more than Roberts.
Trbojevic – While he is a class fullback there are better wingers in the NRL – Ferguson, Cotric, Graham, Mansour.
Maloney is a world class grub and should have retired at the end of last year. No way he gets in ahead of Keary or Walker.
Peachy I would swap for Radley.
I would also swap Cleary for Reynolds who is playing really well and has a far superior kicking game to Cleary.
The only other change I would make is Crichton out as he is way overrated and replace him with Murray or Finucane.
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Really…+1 to all of that?
Mansour shouldn’t have been re signed by the club, let alone be chosen in any rep games. He’s way to slow & not doing anything, other than being run around.
Kelby ,Only Queensland coachers pick the same team , freddy wouldn’t be able 2 help himself he’s already co#ky and the blues haven’t won anything yet. Qld 9years the blues have a long way 2 go yet.
There will be more changers this year with Qld I think the forwards, not great sofar but the half’s r going pretty good Munster, Morgan, Dce, Norman, Hunt and Ponga R ripping in 4 there clubs and 4 of them blokes can play fullback if needed.
Pick red hot form players only. Daley’s mistake was getting to close to the players and playing favourites. Its a 3 game series not a full season. Coaches for a three game series do not have to show any loyalty for a representative team. Pick the best in form 17 in position and win the tournament. If the players are good enough next season then pick them again. If not pick the form players that are. Its not rocket science🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱
Fittler comes across as a very decent and fair person. As good as Trbojevic has been and as good as Pangai Jr was in one game and poor in the rest, I’d back de Belin over both of them for a starting spot if he is cleared to play.