NRL All Stars team for 2012 announced
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NRL All Stars coach Wayne Bennett has unveiled his 2012 All Stars team, voted by more than 30,000 fans.
Bennett has used his two picks for the side to include Dragons captain Ben Hornby, and newly appointed Panthers skipper Luke Lewis.
The Rugby League All Stars game takes place on February 4 at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast, with the Indigenous All Stars team still to be finalised.
NSW and Sharks captain Paul Gallen was again the most popular player, gaining over 8000 votes to be the public favourite for the second successive year, finishing 333 votes ahead of debutant Cooper Cronk.
The full NRL All Stars team is:
1. Josh Dugan (Canberra Raiders)
2. Jason Nightingale (St George Illawarra Dragons)
3. Jack Reed (Brisbane Broncos)
4. Michael Jennings (Penrith Panthers)
5. Manu Vatuvei (New Zealand Warriors)
6. Benji Marshall (c) (Wests Tigers)* (Automatic Selection)
7. Cooper Cronk (Melbourne Storm)
8. Kade Snowden (Newcastle Knights)
9. Cameron Smith (Melbourne Storm)* (Automatic Selection)
10. Luke Bailey (Gold Coast Titans)
11. Nathan Hindmarsh (Parramatta Eels)
12. David Taylor (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
13. Paul Gallen (Cronulla Sharks)
Interchange
14. Adam Blair (Wests Tigers)
15. Frank Pritchard (Canterbury Bulldogs)
16. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (Sydney Roosters)
17. Tony Williams (Manly Sea Eagles)
18. Brent Tate (North Queensland Cowboys)
Coach’s Selections
19. Luke Lewis (Penrith Panthers)
20. Ben Hornby (St George Illawarra Dragons)
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January 19th 2012 @ 1:53pm
oikee said | January 19th 2012 @ 1:53pm | Report comment
Hate to be up against those 3 human wrecking balls, Hardgraves, Williams the Tony and Frank the Tank.
Ouch.
January 19th 2012 @ 3:51pm
Hoy said | January 19th 2012 @ 3:51pm | Report comment
I don’t know how Jennings gets picked.
He hasn’t done anything in about three years.
January 21st 2012 @ 10:22am
Patrick Angel said | January 21st 2012 @ 10:22am | Report comment
One, two years a go he scored 16 tries from memory.
January 19th 2012 @ 5:02pm
chicken do said | January 19th 2012 @ 5:02pm | Report comment
okay, the centres should of been, hayne and laurence, fullback should have been slater, no. 5 wing should have been uate, the props should have been rapira, and scott, second-rowers should have been glenn and lewis, and keithie galloway, should have been in their somewhere.
January 20th 2012 @ 10:59am
StorminRed said | January 20th 2012 @ 10:59am | Report comment
Slater is just back from his broken collarbone and will be lucky to make round 1 so he wasn’t eligible. Hayne will never get a run, to many people hate that pretty boy and he will never win a popularity contest which is what this is. Also doesn’t help that you can only pick one player from each club.
January 19th 2012 @ 5:09pm
chicken do said | January 19th 2012 @ 5:09pm | Report comment
if u wanted an all star team, it would be
1. Billy Slater
2. Jason Nightingale
3. Jarryd Hayne
4. Chris Lawrence
5. Akuila Uata
6. Benji Marshall (k)
8. Sam Rapira
9. Cameron Smith
10. Matt Scott
11. Luke Lewis
12. Alex Glenn
13. Paul Gallen (c)
14. Daly-Cherry Evans
15. Foifoi Moimoi
16. Jared-Warea Hargraves
17. Tony Williams
18. Isaac Luke
January 19th 2012 @ 9:29pm
Me said | January 19th 2012 @ 9:29pm | Report comment
Where’s the bulldog?
January 19th 2012 @ 5:10pm
chicken do said | January 19th 2012 @ 5:10pm | Report comment
*7. Cooper Cronk*
January 19th 2012 @ 5:28pm
Johnno said | January 19th 2012 @ 5:28pm | Report comment
A point of contention for me is this.
I love the All Stars match and think it is good for rugby league, but and a big but i have.
I believe this match should be spread around all of Australia and other rugby league heartlands.
Play it in townsville, cairns, newcastle, canberra, woollongong, parramatta stadium, penrith , gosford, Perth, adelaide, armidale, Mooree,tamworth, coffs harbour, tweed heads, towoomba, sunshine coast, morwell, geelong, ballarat, melbourne, darwin and alice spirngs would be great.
Hobart ,devonport, launceston, burnie, beaconsfield, port adeliade, mt gambier, fremantle, all these places would be great.
And many of these places mentioned have large aboriginal populations, would be great for expansion and promotion of the sport of rugby league.
And new league markets too could get a taste of top quality rugby league.
January 20th 2012 @ 1:38am
Football United said | January 20th 2012 @ 1:38am | Report comment
fat cash bligh has locked up the rights for some time
January 24th 2012 @ 6:48pm
Tommygun said | January 24th 2012 @ 6:48pm | Report comment
That is a top idea. Do not hear many on the roar but that is a good one.
January 19th 2012 @ 5:31pm
Jaceman said | January 19th 2012 @ 5:31pm | Report comment
I think the concept is locked into GC. THe AFL has it in Darwin when they play it so in regional centres only as its a bit early for most fans..The rep players never get a rest…
January 19th 2012 @ 5:46pm
LT80 said | January 19th 2012 @ 5:46pm | Report comment
Does anyone know exactly how the players are selected? I understand that it is based upon votes, with one player per club – but how exactly? If it is just players with the most votes, how do they ensure the side doesn’t end up with 3 halfbacks for example?
January 19th 2012 @ 9:32pm
Kuruki said | January 19th 2012 @ 9:32pm | Report comment
Wayne Bennett groups his players into categories and asks the public to select so many from each one. And also so many utility players. You also notice with his 2 picks he chose Lewis and Hornby who between them can cover every position barring the front row. The public then using Bennetts guide select the best team they can from within his guidelines.
January 20th 2012 @ 6:46pm
Johnno said | January 20th 2012 @ 6:46pm | Report comment
Luke Lewis could play in the front row too if he had too.
If Luke ricketson could play in the front row then im sure Luke lewis could Kuruki.
January 19th 2012 @ 6:37pm
tigger madness said | January 19th 2012 @ 6:37pm | Report comment
Not a bad team, but can’t believe Bennett chose hornby lol
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January 20th 2012 @ 2:38pm
B.A Sports said | January 20th 2012 @ 2:38pm | Report comment
I know. Darius will be shattered! I have visions of Boyd lying on his bed, cuddling his pillow while watching one of the Austin Powers movies singing the “daddy doesn’t care” song.
Now where do i get a Ben Hornby “Allstar” jersey… lol…
January 19th 2012 @ 9:31pm
TheRealSkux said | January 19th 2012 @ 9:31pm | Report comment
where the heck is sam rapira or jacob lillyman there some of the best probs