Muspratt, Shane

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Hannay recalled to Cowboys line-up
Tue May 30, 2006
by Matthew O'Neill
Former Queensland centre Josh Hannay has been recalled to the Cowboys line-up for Sunday's Grand Final re-match against defending Premiers Wests Tigers at Telstra Stadium with Shane Muspratt also called into the side at five-eighth.

Hannay replaces the injured Ashley Graham in the centres following North Queensland's shock 15-14 loss against Canberra last Saturday night in Townsville. Muspratt has been selected at five-eighth with Justin Smith moving into the second-row and Steve Southern dropped to the Queensland Cup.

Aaron Payne will start at hooker with David Faiumu coming off the bench, Maroons team-mates Matthew Scott and Carl Webb swap around with Scott selected in the starting side this week and Jacob Lillyman comes onto the bench replacing the injured Rod Jensen.

New South Wales forward Luke O'Donnell is unavailable due to injury, which he sustained in the very early stages of the opening State of Origin clash in Sydney last week.

It's a big game for several Cowboys players with Matt Bowen holding onto the fullback position by the skin of his teeth with Karmichael Hunt putting pressure on him and also calls for Darren Lockyer to be switched to the position that made him a consistent champion. Matthew Scott and Carl Webb need big matches to make sure their positions for the second match are certain whilst Shane Tronc and Gavin Cooper are chances of being selected for the do or die battle in Brisbane.

The Cowboys sit in 3rd position on 16 points but with the table so tight will be looking for their second victory of the season against the Wests Tigers to secure their place in the top four. Wests Tigers are two points outside the top eight on 12 points and the Premiers are starting to get their compliment of players back. The battle between Scott Prince and Johnathan Thurston will be the highlight with calls for both players to be in the halves for Queensland. Prince was Maroons halfback in 2004 but was over looked last year. Prince's form in the Finals won him selection in the Australian squad ahead of Thurston and was also the Clive Churchill Medal winner last year. Prince has been out of sight, out of mind since signing for the Gold Coast and a big performance against Thurston will give the Queensland selectors something to think about.

CLUB: NORTH QUEENSLAND TOYOTA COWBOYS Vs Wests Tigers
GRADE: Telstra Premiership Rd 13 3/6/2006 3pm Telstra Stadium

TEAM LIST
1 Matt Bowen
2 Brenton Bowen
3 Josh Hannay
4 Paul Bowman
5 Matt Sing
6 Shane Muspratt
7 Johnathan Thurston (vc)
8 Matthew Scott
9 Aaron Payne
10 Shane Tronc
11 Justin Smith
12 Gavin Cooper
13 Travis Norton (c)

Subs:
14 David Faiumu
15 Jacob Lillyman
16 Carl Webb
17 Mitchell Sargent

Coach: Graham Murray

INJURIES
Ty Williams
Rod Jensen
Ashley Graham
Luke O'Donnell

CLUB: NORTH QUEENSLAND TOYOTA Young Guns Vs Souths Logan
GRADE: Qld Wizard Cup Rd 12 3/6/2006 2pm Brandon Park

TEAM LIST
1 Jason Barsley
2 Neil Sweeney
3 Mark Dalle Cort
4 Mark Henry
5 Jamie Frizzo
6 Brent McConnell
7 Brett Firman
8 Robert Tanielu
9 Clint Amos
10 Ray Cashmere
11 Daniel Strickland (c)
12 Steve Southern
13 Ben Lowe

Subs:
14 Scott Smith
15 Jim Anderson
16 Scott Bolton
17 Dean Limpus
18 Brady Payne
(one to be omitted)

Coach: Mick Crawley

====================================================================================================== 2007 Wizard Queensland Cup North Qld Young Guns 7 games; 1 tries, 4 points. [View] Round 1 [16 Mar 07] W 22-12 v Aspley Broncos (A). [HB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 2 [24 Mar 07] W 40-0 v Souths Logan (H). [HB] [View] Round 3 [31 Mar 07] L 24-34 v Burleigh (A). [HB] [View] Round 4 [07 Apr 07] W 38-18 v Easts Tigers (H). [HB] [View] Round 5 [15 Apr 07] W 32-22 v Norths Devils (A). [HB] [View] Round 6 [22 Apr 07] W 26-10 v Tweed Heads (A). [HB] [View] Round 7 [28 Apr 07] W 22-10 v Wynnum Manly (H). [HB] ====================================================================================================== 2007 NRL Telstra Premiership North Queensland Cowboys 3 games; [View] Round 21 [04 Aug 07] W 28-22 v Raiders (H). [F8] [View] Round 22 [13 Aug 07] W 30-26 v Panthers (A). [LK] [View] Finals Week 3 [22 Sep 07] L 6-28 v Sea Eagles. [BE] ====================================================================================================== 2006 NRL Telstra Premiership North Queensland Cowboys 3 games; [View] Round 13 [04 Jun 06] L 14-24 v Tigers (A). [F8] Match Fact: Sin Bin 60th [View] Round 14 [10 Jun 06] L 4-26 v Sharks (H). [F8] [View] Round 17 [01 Jul 06] W 16-14 v Rabbitohs (H). [HB] ====================================================================================================== 2004 NRL Telstra Premiership Parramatta Eels ======================================================================================================

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