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engjs@cc.newcastle.edu.au (James Smith) wrote:

>Leigh Gillespie writes:

>> The Australian side as announced by Arko yesterday is/was...
>>
>>     9 - A Johns

>Why the hell are they picking Andrew at hooker when he has a cracked
>shoulder blade and can't play again this year? Is this an indication
>that the ARL knew that the match wasn't going to take place, or am
>I missing something?

Is this true?? Is Johns really out for the season?? I heard he'd only
be out for five weeks?

Anyway, the ARL new that Johns would be out during the Test period but
selected him as hooker because he was, for mine, the best player in
the series. If the tests were to go ahead, Johns would be replaced by
Walters, however, it would at least look like Walters was the second
string player (which he certainly was in this year's series). If
Walters was selected at hooker, it would appear, to the layman, that
Walters was selected ahead of Johns, and this would make the selection
committee look very inept.

Cheers,
	Adam