: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:41 pm  

gotta have Stanley Gene and Adrian Lam in a polynesian/pacific select.


to be honest there's loads over the years just from our shores

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:32 pm  

You can't really include PNG players for this???

If you do you have to include Aussie players as well.

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:37 pm  

How can you leave out Mal Meninga?
(sorry - born in Queensland)

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:59 am  

I'll give it a go based on players I can remember. These are the players I'd be looking to pick, although keep in mind today's athletes have a pretty big advantage as they would in any all time great side that was selected.

1. Ken Nagas (Pretty sure he has Fijian in him)
2. Noa Nadruku
3. Israel Folau
4. Nigel Vagana
5. Jarryd Hayne
6. Jim Dymock
7. Adrian Lam
8. Petero Civoneceva
9. Issac Luke
10. Rubin Wiki
11. Willie Mason
12. Frank Pritchard
13. Feleti Mateo


A few notes:

*As much as he wishes, a white kid from Auckland is not a proper Polynesian (You hear me Sonny?) in the same way I am not an African because of the whole chain of evolution thing.

*Stacey Jones achieved nothing. Adrian Lam played for a decade in the NRL and had a fairly long Origin career, even if he was not eligible to play in all those Origin games.

*A Polynesian who skips New Zealand comps, Australian lower grades, Australian top grades and only ever had a career in England does not qualify because, quite frankly, they are sh*t.

*Being a reserve grader in Australia and a super star in England means you don't qualify. See above.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:05 am  

JBS wrote:

How can you leave out Mal Meninga?
(sorry - born in Queensland)

most of these players mentioned are born in aus or nz, and all raised there with the exception of gene and aizue.