: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:02 pm  

oh well thats put paid to that then

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:05 am  

why hate on us

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:14 am  

Lyon is one of the few Manly players holding it together on the pitch at the moment. Stewart came back and made a huge difference but now he's out with a bad knee for many weeks.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:44 am  

fredie wrote:

why hate on us

He hates everybody and everything, don't take it personally

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:54 am  

It was either play rep footy or be banned for two league matches, he has only one choice really.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:49 am  

getdownmonkeyman wrote:

How so? The ARL rules the roost over the national team, the NRL the club game. How can one governing body dictate to another?

The clubs are all franchises so it's probably a condition of the franchise.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:55 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

It was either play rep footy or be banned for two league matches, he has only one choice really.

Take the two match ban .... that is, if he really doesn't want to play rep football, not the end of the world but may hasten the departure for pasture's new

: Mon May 04, 2009 3:08 pm  

NSW City: Wade McKinnon, Jarryd Hayne, Michael Jennings, Chris Lawrence, David Williams, John Sutton, Peter Wallace, Keith Galloway, Robbie Farah, Luke Stuart, Trent Waterhouse, Mark Minichiello, Luke O'Donnell. Interchange: Craig Wing, Shane Shackleton, Adam Cuthbertson, Ryan Hoffman.

NSW Country: Luke Patten, James McManus, Matt Cooper, Jamie Lyon , Joel Monaghan, Terry Campese, Jarrod Mullen, Josh Perry, Michael Ennis, Michael Weyman, Andrew Ryan (capt), Ben Creagh, Alan Tongue. Interchange: Justin Poore, Steve Simpson, Anthony Tupou, Ben Hornby. 18th man: Beau Scott. he will play state of origin if picked

: Mon May 04, 2009 6:23 pm  

Change of heart from Mr Lyon:

By Adrian Warren and Liam FitzGibbon
AAP
Jamie Lyon has had a remarkable representative change of heart, saying he'll happily play State of Origin for NSW if picked.

The Manly star also said he was "raring to go" when he plays for NSW Country in Friday's clash with City in Orange after being selected despite saying repeatedly he wanted to be left out of all representative teams this season.

Lyon put in a formal application to be exempt from the representative calender but it was rejected by the Australian Rugby League at the start of the season and on Monday he said he was now happy to be a part of it.

Quizzed on his initial reluctance to commit to rep footy, centre Lyon said: "That was at the start, but I've been picked and I'm raring to go and really looking forward to the game."

Asked if would be giving everything for Country, he said: "Yeah for sure, as most people know I'm from Wee Waa and I've got a lot of country blood so I'm really looking forward to putting the jersey on."

The versatile 27-year-old, who was a key figure in Manly's title charge last year, stressed he had accepted ARL policy.

"I put the letter into the ARL at the start of the year for the rep footy and they denied it," Lyon said.

"They are the rules and I will stick by them and if I play well on Friday and if I'm picked (for NSW) I will definitely play and give 100 per cent."

Country coach Laurie Daley rated Lyon "a wonderful player and probably the best centre in NSW" and admitted he likely would have picked him even if he was unsure of his commitment.

"He (Lyon) is in NSW's best 40-squad but in the best 17 for his country, so I would've picked him and it would have been a call for him," Daley said.

"But that's something that we don't have to worry about, because he's embraced it, he's come in and he's been great actually.

"I spoke to Jamie and Jamie gave me his commitment that if selected he will play, so that's the line we are down.

"I've got to say, he's been terrific so far, the last 24 hours he couldn't have done any more.

"He's come with a smile on his face, he's been enthusiastic and I think you will see Jamie Lyon play an outstanding game on Friday night."

: Mon May 04, 2009 6:48 pm  

This be on setanta then?