Official WCC Squad

[Fizer]

Billy Slater
Dane Nielsen
Greg Inglis
Luke Kelly
Brett Finch
Todd Lowrie
Adam Blair
Ryan Hoffman
Kevin Proctor
Jeff Lima
Aiden Tolman
Jesse Bromwich
Cam Smith
Ryan Hinchcliffe
Hep Cahill
Matt Duffie
Willie Isa
Sinbad Kali
Rory Kostjasyn
Luke MacDougall,
Anthony Quinn
Ryan Tandy
Gareth Widdop

INJURED Melbourne Storm centre Greg Inglis will fly to London with his teammates tonight in a bid to play the World Club Challenge against Leeds.Inglis, who has a hip complaint, was booked to fly on Thursday and would have missed Storm's hit-out against Harlequins next Monday.He will continue his rehabilitation and might have to play 20 minutes of the first match to prove he is fit enough to face Leeds the following week.

Prop Jeff Lima is making the trip under an injury cloud after suffering leg tightness. Storm is sending a 23rd man to cover veteran five-eighth Brett Finch, who played longer than expected in the All-Stars game at the Gold Coast on Saturday night.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/greg- ... 5830245421

[Michael :P]

Stoked to see Sinbad Kali on the flight & great to hear Dane Nielsen may be playing center which was my preference. Going by the trial wouldnt be suprised to see Widdop at 6 and finch at 7 if Kelly doesnt stand up in the Quins game.

[Fizer]

I think kelly will go good against Quins and I hope so because I don't rate Widdop as a half, when the side is named for the trial game  at least we will get to see who is ahead of the right wing wing battle.

[sallymay]

so what was the point of bringing bryan norrie to the storm? wasnt he ment to be going to england to play the wcc

[bootsie16]

I'm pretty sure that Byran Norrie is signed to NSW Cup with the view that he could be moved up like Ryan Tandy and Hep Cahill last year.  Nothing lost by this.

Rory Kostijasyn is a surprise inclusion.  Must have really impressed given he is not in the top flight squad and the opportunity to take another under 20 player for the experience must have been appealing.  Will be interesting to see if he gets any playing time.

[Mattpoet]

Assuming that Kostjasyn is there as a back up in both the halves and at hooker.  He is a bit older and more experienced than the under 20s and if they are serious about going there to win, it was probably felt that he is a bit further along development wise than say Woolford and so was a better back-up in the short term.

I think Norrie was brought in as back-up for the WCC and early season matches, but Kali and Tandy have both come back a little bit earlier than expected and so he was probably not needed.

[BigG]

[quote="Noa Nandruku"]
Stoked to see Sinbad Kali on the flight & great to hear Dane Nielsen may be playing center which was my preference. Going by the trial wouldnt be suprised to see Widdop at 6 and finch at 7 if Kelly doesnt stand up in the Quins game.

Kelly is traveling has 23rd man but should go alright in London.

[Super Cronk]

Sweet as...considering injuries thats a decent side.

[Bourbon Rat]

Sweet as...considering injuries thats a decent side.

Though some have moved on.
And we've injuries of course.
A Storm with some Thunder.
Makes a powerful force. 

[Fizer]

From watching the Finch video on the os and looking closely at the training bits you see and taking in the all stars weren't involve. I would say MacDougall is ahead of Duffie and Rory Kostjasyn was doing half back duties so he is ahead of Kelly.

[sallymay]

matt duffie wont be in the team who plays leeds he is on his way home to play a trial with the nsw cup sqaud on the sunshine coast

[Michael :P]

So I guess Luke MacDougall will start the season outside GI (thats where Id have him anyway with his speed).

[Fizer]

From looking at the trial footage on the os I think it will be Quinn outside GI and MacDougall outside Nielsen.

[Michael :P]

, Quinn is an average finisher imo.

[Mattpoet]

I'm fairly sure that I remember Bellamy saying that Quinn would go outside of GI at some point this summer so MacDougall outside Nielsen sounds about right.  Wouldn't mind seeing Widdop there either.