Melbourne Squad @ 31/03/10

[Burgs]

Still a long way to go!

1. Greg Somerville*
2. Adam Freier
3. Laurie Weeks
4. Alister Campbell
5. Hoani McDonald*
6. Jarrod Saffy
7. Michael Lipman*
8. Gareth Delve*

9. Richard Kingi
10. James Hilgendorf
11. Peter Betham
12. Julian Huxley
13. Stirling Mortlock
14. Lachlan Mitchell
15. Danny Cipriani*

16. Heath Tessman
17. Nic Henderson
18. Kevin O'Neill*/Adam Byrnes/Luke Jones
19. Tim Davidson
20. Sam Cordingley
21. Mark Gerrard
22. Cooper Vuna

* Overseas Marquee Player

Rumour mill:

Rodney Blake, Luke Rooney, Billy Slater, Israel Folau and Mark Gasnier.

Remaining Overseas Marquee Positions: 4

Updated 28/05/10

[tic]

The Force were sooooo much better organised at this time of their development.

This is really starting to look amateurish!

[TOCC]

i think there might be a few south africans and kiwis who have agreed to join but have held the announcement off so they arent ostracised from there current clubs

[Sheikh]

You're putting Cipriani at 15, Burgs? He's played 10 most of his career, although he's a bit like Rabbit in that he can cover 12 and 15 quite easily.

[TOCC]

Cipriani is a better 15 then he is a 10, pretty sure when Maqueen signed him he said he was signing him as a fullback and not a 5/8

[Burgs]

Yeah, that's why Sheikh, as what TOCC said, at the announcement Macqueen consistently said Cipriani was signed as a Fullback, so just going off that.

[no.8]

1.
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3. Laurie Weeks
4. Adam Byrnes
5. Luke Jones
6. Tim Davidson
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8. Gareth Delve

9. Sam Cordingly
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11. Peter Betham
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13. Stirling Mortlock
14. Lachlan Mitchell
15. Danny Cipriani

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20. Richard Kingi
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Coach: Rod Macqueen
Assistant Coach: Damien Hill

[pieter blackie]

a fellow country man told me tonight that Bismark Du Plessis and his brother Jannie are possible signings for the no 1 and 2 positions at the Rebels

[Burgs]

Yeah I heard that somewhere too PB, can't recall where though.

[AndyS]

ATM, they are still trying to fill the list with top players and good journeymen - basically putting together the starting 22. Where we will see a bigger effect will be in the next phase, where they start loking for the talented youngsters to bring through. Given the opportunity they have had this year, what they have shown in the process and the visibility it has given them, I'd expect a number of our younger players to be made offers at that next level up. Given how poorly Melbourne seem to be doing at the first phase, some may even get the big opportunity.

[Timbo]

a fellow country man told me tonight that Bismark Du Plessis and his brother Jannie are possible signings for the no 1 and 2 positions at the Rebels

Does that mean they will not be looking to take Dunning off our hands?

[sandgroperrugby]

Jannie is a tight head though isnt he? Has he played at loose?

Those two would be a bloody good signing especially Bismark, was hoping that we could have gotten him here but he will not play without his brother.

[jargan83]

According to ABC Grandstand Adam Frier has signed with the Victorian side for 2 years

[TOCC]

slowly but surely building a decent squad

[GIGS20]

well that's #16 taken care of!