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Wed November 1, 2006
by Matthew O'Neill
Great Britain coach Brian Noble has omitted Adrian Morley to the bench for Saturday's crunch match against Australia at Sydney's Aussie Stadium.
Wigan back-rower Gareth Hock has been promoted to the starting side at Morley's expense with captain Jamie Peacock moving to the front-row to partner Stuart Fielden who is in doubt through injury.
Martin Gleeson has lost his position at right centre with Hull FC's Kirk Yeaman coming into the side whilst out of form duo Keith Senior and Brian Carney have been given another chance.
Impressive St Helens back-rower Jon Wilkin has been promoted to the bench to make his Test debut with Gareth Carvell dropped from the 17 man squad. Wilkin was 18th man last weekend as Noble opted for Lee Gilmour instead. Both players are in the 17 for the important clash against Australia.
The Lions have already been written off and many critics are expecting Australia to rack up a massive score. Great Britain will be better for the run against New Zealand, but their record against Australia in modern times is embarrassing to say the least. Great Britain have won just six Tests in the last 25 years against the Australians compared to Australia winning 29 Tests.
Australia v Great Britain, Saturday 4th November, Aussie Stadium, 8:00pm:Great Britain: Paul Wellens (St Helens), Brian Carney (Newcastle), Keith Senior (Leeds), Kirk Yeaman (Hull FC), Leon Pryce (St Helens), Danny McGuire (Leeds), Sean Long (St Helens), Stuart Fielden (Wigan), Terry Newton (Bradford), Jamie Peacock (Leeds, capt), Gareth Ellis (Leeds), Gareth Hock (Wigan), Sean O'Loughlin (Wigan). Subs: James Roby (St Helens), Adrian Morley (Roosters), Lee Gilmour (St Helens), Jon Wilkin (St Helens).
Australia: Karmichael Hunt (Brisbane), Brent Tate (Brisbane), Mark Gasnier (Dragons), Jamie Lyon (St Helens), Greg Inglis (Melbourne), Darren Lockyer (Brisbane, capt), Ben Hornby (Dragons), Mark O'Meley (Bulldogs), Shaun Berrigan (Brisbane), Petero Civoniceva (Brisbane), Willie Mason (Bulldogs), Nathan Hindmarsh (Parramatta), Luke O'Donnell (North Queensland). Subs: Cameron Smith (Melbourne), Anthony Tupou (Roosters), Brent Kite (Manly), Sam Thaiday (Brisbane).
Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia)
Plenty of tickets are still available for the clash. If you are in and around Sydney on Saturday, get out to Aussie Stadium.
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 2008 engage English Super League
St Helens
14 games; 4 tries, 16 points.
[View] Round 1 [10 Feb 08] L 22-24 v Hull KR (A). [SR]
[View] Round 6 [15 Mar 08] L 10-24 v Les Catalans (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [21 Mar 08] W 46-10 v Wigan (H). [LK]
[View] Round 8 [24 Mar 08] L 26-28 v Huddersfield (A). [LK]
[View] Round 9 [28 Mar 08] L 10-14 v Leeds (H). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [06 Apr 08] L 24-30 v Castleford (A). [SR]
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 08] W 58-12 v Harlequins (H). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [25 Apr 08] W 30-22 v Warrington (A). [LK]
[View] Round 13 [04 May 08] W 57-16 v Wigan. [LK] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [17 May 08] W 28-10 v Les Catalans (H). [LK]
[View] Round 15 [25 May 08] W 16-8 v Hull FC (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 16 [06 Jun 08] W 52-10 v Hull KR (H). [SR]
[View] Round 17 [13 Jun 08] W 58-20 v Bradford (H). [SR] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 18 [20 Jun 08] W 26-12 v Leeds (A). [SR]
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2007 World Club Challenge
St Helens
1 games; [View] WCC [23 Feb 07] W 18-14 v Broncos (H). [LK]
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2007 engage English Super League
St Helens
11 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 3 [04 Feb 07] W 18-10 v Huddersfield (A). [SR]
[View] Round 4 [02 Mar 07] W 34-22 v Bradford (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [09 Mar 07] W 48-12 v Warrington (A). [LK]
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 07] L 12-24 v Hull FC (A). [LK]
[View] Round 7 [23 Mar 07] W 42-14 v Hull KR (H). [LK]
[View] Round 8 [06 Apr 07] W 32-14 v Wigan (A). [LK]
[View] Round 14 [18 May 07] W 34-14 v Wakefield (H). [SR]
[View] Round 17 [17 Jun 07] W 40-0 v Hull KR (A). [LK]
[View] Round 23 [11 Aug 07] L 0-21 v Les Catalans (A). [LK]
[View] Round 27 [14 Sep 07] L 12-20 v Wigan (A). [F8]
[View] Finals Week 2 [28 Sep 07] W 10-8 v Leeds (H). [LK]
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2006 Tri-Nations Test Series
Great Britain Lions
2 games; [View] Tri-Nations Match 4 [04 Nov 06] W 23-12 v Australia (A). [BE]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 6 [18 Nov 06] L 10-33 v Australia (A). [BE]
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2006 engage English Super League
St Helens
24 games; 5 tries, 20 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Feb 06] W 40-16 v Harlequins (A). [SR]
[View] Round 3 [24 Feb 06] W 13-4 v Leeds (H). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [03 Mar 06] W 18-10 v Warrington (A). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [12 Mar 06] W 18-16 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 06] W 38-16 v Bulls (H). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [24 Mar 06] W 46-0 v Hull (A). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [07 Apr 06] W 16-6 v Harlequins (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [14 Apr 06] W 48-10 v Wigan (H). [SR]
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 06] W 34-20 v Les Catalans (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 12 [28 Apr 06] W 34-8 v Wakefield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [06 May 06] L 16-19 v Huddersfield (A). [SR]
[View] Round 14 [12 May 06] W 34-22 v Warrington (H). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [27 May 06] W 28-14 v Wigan (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [08 Jun 06] L 26-27 v Hull FC (H). [SR]
[View] Round 17 [16 Jun 06] L 18-20 v Bradford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [24 Jun 06] W 28-6 v Salford City (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [02 Jul 06] W 52-36 v Wakefield (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [07 Jul 06] W 52-26 v Les Catalans (H). [SR]
[View] Round 21 [14 Jul 06] W 30-24 v Harlequins (H). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [22 Jul 06] W 18-14 v Leeds (A). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [04 Aug 06] W 56-8 v Huddersfield (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [13 Aug 06] W 72-4 v Castleford (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week Two [29 Sep 06] W 12-8 v Hull FC (H). [SR]
[View] Grand Final [14 Oct 06] W 26-4 v Hull FC (H). [SR]
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2006 Challenge Cup
St Helens
2 tries, 8 points.
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2005 English Super League
St Helens
26 games; 11 tries, 1 field goals, 45 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Feb 05] W 40-18 v Widnes (H). [LK]
[View] Round 2 [18 Feb 05] L 18-30 v Rhinos (A). [LK]
[View] Round 3 [25 Feb 05] W 34-24 v Huddersfield (H). [LK]
[View] Round 4 [04 Mar 05] W 18-16 v Warrington (A). [LK]
[View] Round 5 [11 Mar 05] W 46-12 v Salford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [25 Mar 05] L 20-22 v Wigan (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [28 Mar 05] W 34-27 v Bulls (H). [LK]
[View] Round 10 [16 Apr 05] W 30-20 v London (A). [LK]
[View] Round 11 [24 Apr 05] W 36-22 v Huddersfield (A). [LK]
[View] Round 12 [29 Apr 05] W 31-30 v Warrington (H). [SR]
[View] Round 13 [13 May 05] L 6-44 v Hull (A). [SR]
[View] Round 14 [21 May 05] W 29-22 v Widnes (A). [SR]
[View] Round 16 [05 Jun 05] W 66-4 v Bulls (A). [SR] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 17 [10 Jun 05] W 33-22 v Salford (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [17 Jun 05] D 28-28 v London (H). [SR]
[View] Round 19 [03 Jul 05] W 38-26 v Wildcats (A). [F8] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 20 [08 Jul 05] W 18-10 v Hull (H). [LK]
[View] Round 21 [15 Jul 05] W 40-18 v Wigan (H). [F8]
[View] Round 22 [22 Jul 05] W 27-20 v Leigh (A). [LK] 1 Pts; 1fg
[View] Round 23 [05 Aug 05] W 30-10 v Warrington (A). [SR]
[View] Round 24 [12 Aug 05] W 60-4 v Wildcats (H). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [20 Aug 05] W 50-4 v London (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 27 [09 Sep 05] W 38-12 v Wigan (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 28 [17 Sep 05] L 18-32 v Bulls (H). [LK]
[View] Qualifying Semi-Final [30 Sep 05] L 16-19 v Rhinos (H). [LK]
[View] Final Eliminator [07 Oct 05] L 18-23 v Bulls (H). [F8] 12 Pts; 3t
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Wilkin, Jon
