Make Moylan fullback for the rest of the Four Nations

Sounds like selections a wallabies team would make. Put a notoriously poor defender in a key defensive position (especially against the likes of the kiwis) and drop/move/demote one of the teams best and most consistent players in favour of someone who played well against a minnow and they both just happen to have worn a sky blue nsw jersey. (Don't take offence guys just having a dig) only problem I have with the current team is the passengers. Thaiday probably did enough to earn his spot late in the season but he'd have to be on thin ice. Dugan and Fergo just don't belong. Mansour so so so unlucky. If it were allowed (I'm pretty sure it's not but rules may be different in league international comps) I'd be having Oates flown straight in. You need a power runner against the kiwis and while Valentine-Holmes is no pushover by any means he isn't going to get a clear run at Johnson every return. Having said that though I don't think Mal would fly him in even if he could. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who admits to making mistakes. Dave Taylor had 7 or 8 caps for QLD as a case in point.

Hayne Radradra Leilua Feldt B Morris Maloney Milford Here's the other Australian backline David. He looks much better at 6. Milf would go well at 7.

Yes...outside Thurston and inside iInglis and Cronk in the Grandstand where he belongs. Maloney played Cronk off a break in the GF and deserves his spot. It will never happen of course. Cronk is Cronk and he is a Queenslander...as is the coach

Are you serious! Maloney at centre? That is a specialist position and very hard to defend and you want to put a renowned poor defender in there! Agreed Dugan is not the answer, where is Hayne? Oh that's right been on holidays for awhile but last time he played there he was sensational and also much better fullback than Inglis or Boyd.

In a team with great halves i'd rather the better finisher who can still create than the creator that can still finish.

Glenn lazurus never had the chance to line up on the wing outside a kanagroo backline either...

Given by his own admission Maloney hates tackling people I doubt that would end too well.

Yes if boyd played. They would score. Boyd is not a superhuman that no one can score against him.

Thurston is the man based on reputation. Maloney was a key contributor to taking the Sharks to the premiership this year and, in my opinion had a more consistent year then Thurston did - despite the fact it was his first year with the club. Give Maloney another crack.

Spot on Pomoz ! NSW currently has no creative halves, at least until they bite the bullet and throw Cleary into the fray. Not sure they will be game enough this coming year, but probably the next year 2018.. Until then they need a creative player like Moylan to be in the team. He is best suited to ply his trade from fullback where he reads the game and can inject himself into it as the opportunities appear. So I would always have him in as fullback in front of popular favourite Tedesco, and I would have Tedesco on the wing to run the ball back and inject himself in moves. But it is likely that Daley will again opt to move Moylan to 6 to allow Tedesco his fullback spot. This limits Moylan's ball playing time and increases the defence load on him which needs to be assessed in the overall benefit to the team for the sake of giving Tedesco the fullback spot ? Perhaps in 2 years time we might see Cleary & Moylan as the halves for NSW with Tedesco or Tom T at fullback, but for next year, I would have Moylan in his favourite position to maximise his creativity for the team.

Come on Jimmy ! No one is kicking Boyd out on a "whim'. As I stated he will be the Aussie fullback for the rest of this tournament. He wouldn't be my personal choice, however, as I am biased toward the more dynamic Moylan. Tedesco , Boyd , Dugan, Tom T, Wighton, Inglis, Munster & Moylan are all good running fullbacks. In a team featuring the game's leading generals & ball players like Thurston , Cronk & Smith, any of these fullbacks would fit in well, and hence Boyd's good year with QLD & Australia ( which fullback wouldn't have had a good year at the back of those teams ?) These running types just have to position themselves to run off the playmakers. The problem is, if you don't have any playmakers , eg NSW , you need someone that can create the opportunities for others. That's why Moylan will be so vital to NSW going forward, playing the role he does now at Penrith. Ideally he should be at fullback for NSW where he best reads the play and can inject himself into the play when the opportunities present. He will , however, likely be forced to 6, again to accommodate Tedesco ( assuming he is not injured again) , but he will still be NSW's key playmaker next year. Moylan is a far more dynamic player than the other fullbacks and just imagine how well he might go in a team with Thurston, Cronk & Smith beside him rather than against him ?

Moylan was solid against an ordinary team and Boyd has done nothing to lose his spot. Hypothetically, knowing the way Boyd defends, would the Scots have scored those two tries if Boyd was playing?

over 50 comments, cant believe i just added to it. write rubbish, there is also a large group ready to tell you

Maloney defending in the centres would be pretty scary.

Settle down kids. Whilst Maloney is a great player and has the midas touch, JT is the man.

It's Halloween, not April Fools, right?

Scott, whether Moylan should be picked for NSW or not, depends entirely on whether you have creativity in the halves. Tedesco is faster, but he is worse in defence and is not a ball playing fullback. If the NSW halves can run the game and create chances, although let's face it, the NSW halves haven't been able to do that for a while, then Moylan's ball playing skills aren't as useful as Tedesco's running game. Moylan then gets to watch the game in comfort of Penrith Leagues because he is not really a winger (too slow). I know it is unlikely, but in the event the NSW halves are not very creative (you know, sort of like they have been for five years), it makes sense to put Moylan at fullback and use Tedesco on the wing and then Ferguson is the odd man out. Dugan is either fullback or on a roof in Canberra sipping pineapple breezers. He is no more a centre than my Nan and everybody knows she always played at lock.

And your comment has proven that a bowel movement that hasn't been disposed of properly can learn to use the Internet.

Morgan in centres for Dugan, Moylan on bench. Covers all options. Morgan got his mojo back in qld cup in the centres.. big body, fast and good in defence when it counts! Thiaday should not have toured, shouldn't start in tests that count...

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