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McGuire out, Pryce stand-off, Raynor wing
Fri November 3, 2006
by Matthew O'Neill
Great Britain stand-off has withdrawn from tomorrow's nights crunch Tri Nations clash against Australia with Leon Pryce moving to the halves and Hull FC's Gareth Raynor coming onto the wing.

Pryce originally started his career as a winger and played in that opening for the Lions opening Tri Nations loss against New Zealand, which the Kiwis have since been docked the victory points due to fielding an ineligble player. Pryce moved to St Helens last year and has since formed a successful halves combination with Sean Long and both will be united again at the scrumbase as Great Britain search for a miracle to somehow defeat the all too powerful Australians.

McGuire had a mixed match against the Kiwis last Saturday where he setup their first try for Paul Wellens, but on the whole was disappointing throughout and is yet to live up to the hype placed upon him. A thigh injury has forced him out of tomorrow night's showdown against Australian captain Darren Lockyer.

Raynor was originally unlucky to miss out on selection for this clash as both Keith Senior and Brian Carney weren't up to scratch last week with Senior failing to get involved and Carney's defence and positional play exposed.

It's been an interesting week for Pryce who said on the BBC Website that he would rather England to Australia and Blackpool Beach to Bondi Beach. The comments from Pryce in his BBC article has created a furore for someone daring to criticise Australia and dare suggest England is the better country to be in.

Pryce more or less is only suggesting his opinion and is proud of where he comes from. Australians are the masters of giving it out to other countries, notably England, but have shown on this occasion they can't handle it in return.

By his comments, Pryce has made himself a well-known entity in Australia and has added further spice to the Tri Nations that has already been rocked by the Nathan Fien "grannygate" fiasco.

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2008 engage English Super League

St Helens 
17 games; 11 tries, 44 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [10 Feb 08] L 22-24 v Hull KR (A). [F8] 
[View] Round 2 [15 Feb 08] W 30-22 v Warrington (H). [F8] 
[View] Round 3 [22 Feb 08] W 22-16 v Bradford (A). [F8] 
[View] Round 4 [02 Mar 08] W 34-30 v Wakefield (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [07 Mar 08] W 30-29 v Hull FC (H). [F8] 
[View] Round 6 [15 Mar 08] L 10-24 v Les Catalans (A). [F8] 
[View] Round 7 [21 Mar 08] W 46-10 v Wigan (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [24 Mar 08] L 26-28 v Huddersfield (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [28 Mar 08] L 10-14 v Leeds (H). [F8] 
[View] Round 10 [06 Apr 08] L 24-30 v Castleford (A). [F8] 
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 08] W 58-12 v Harlequins (H). [F8] 12 Pts; 3t
[View] Round 13 [04 May 08] W 57-16 v Wigan. [F8] 
[View] Round 14 [17 May 08] W 28-10 v Les Catalans (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [25 May 08] W 16-8 v Hull FC (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 16 [06 Jun 08] W 52-10 v Hull KR (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [13 Jun 08] W 58-20 v Bradford (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [20 Jun 08] W 26-12 v Leeds (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
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2007 World Club Challenge

St Helens 
1 games; [View] WCC [23 Feb 07] W 18-14 v Broncos (H). [F8]
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2007 engage English Super League

St Helens 
15 games; 10 tries, 40 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [09 Feb 07] L 6-14 v Harlequins (H). [F8]
[View] Round 2 [18 Feb 07] L 22-29 v Wakefield (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [04 Feb 07] W 18-10 v Huddersfield (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [02 Mar 07] W 34-22 v Bradford (H). [F8] 
[View] Round 5 [09 Mar 07] W 48-12 v Warrington (A). [F8] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 07] L 12-24 v Hull FC (A). [F8] 
[View] Round 7 [23 Mar 07] W 42-14 v Hull KR (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [06 Apr 07] W 32-14 v Wigan (A). [F8] 
[View] Round 11 [21 Apr 07] L 19-38 v Leeds (A). [F8] 
[View] Round 12 [29 Apr 07] W 44-6 v Harlequins (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [18 May 07] W 34-14 v Wakefield (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [17 Jun 07] W 40-0 v Hull KR (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 21 [20 Jul 07] W 19-12 v Wigan (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 27 [14 Sep 07] L 12-20 v Wigan (A). [HB] 
[View] Finals Week 2 [28 Sep 07] W 10-8 v Leeds (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
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2006 Tri-Nations Test Series

Great Britain Lions 
3 games; [View] Tri-Nations Match 3 [28 Oct 06] L 14-18 v New Zealand (A). [WG]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 4 [04 Nov 06] W 23-12 v Australia (A). [F8]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 6 [18 Nov 06] L 10-33 v Australia (A). [WG]
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2006 International Test Matches

Great Britain Lions 
1 games; [View] XXXX Test [27 Jun 06] W 46-14 v New Zealand (H). [WG]
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2006 engage English Super League

St Helens 
27 games; 11 tries, 44 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [11 Feb 06] W 40-16 v Harlequins (A). [F8]
[View] Round 2 [17 Feb 06] W 44-8 v Castleford (H). [F8]
[View] Round 3 [24 Feb 06] W 13-4 v Leeds (H). [F8]
[View] Round 4 [03 Mar 06] W 18-10 v Warrington (A). [F8]
[View] Round 5 [12 Mar 06] W 18-16 v Huddersfield (A). [F8]
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 06] W 38-16 v Bulls (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [24 Mar 06] W 46-0 v Hull (A). [F8] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 8 [07 Apr 06] W 16-6 v Harlequins (H). [F8]
[View] Round 9 [14 Apr 06] W 48-10 v Wigan (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 06] W 34-20 v Les Catalans (A). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [21 Apr 06] W 12-10 v Salford City (A). [F8]
[View] Round 12 [28 Apr 06] W 34-8 v Wakefield (H). [F8] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 13 [06 May 06] L 16-19 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [12 May 06] W 34-22 v Warrington (H). [FB]
[View] Round 15 [27 May 06] W 28-14 v Wigan (A). [F8]
[View] Round 16 [08 Jun 06] L 26-27 v Hull FC (H). [F8]
[View] Round 17 [16 Jun 06] L 18-20 v Bradford (A). [F8]
[View] Round 18 [24 Jun 06] W 28-6 v Salford City (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [02 Jul 06] W 52-36 v Wakefield (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [07 Jul 06] W 52-26 v Les Catalans (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 21 [14 Jul 06] W 30-24 v Harlequins (H). [F8]
[View] Round 22 [22 Jul 06] W 18-14 v Leeds (A). [HB]
[View] Round 23 [04 Aug 06] W 56-8 v Huddersfield (H). [HB]
[View] Round 24 [13 Aug 06] W 72-4 v Castleford (A). [F8]
[View] Round 26 [01 Sep 06] W 34-12 v Wakefield (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week Two [29 Sep 06] W 12-8 v Hull FC (H). [F8]
[View] Grand Final [14 Oct 06] W 26-4 v Hull FC (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
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2005 Tri-Nations Test Series

Great Britain Lions 
4 games; [View] Tri-Nations Match 3 [29 Oct 05] L 26-42 v New Zealand (H). [WG]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 4 [05 Nov 05] L 6-20 v Australia (H). [WG]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 5 [12 Nov 05] W 38-12 v New Zealand (H). [WG]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 6 [19 Nov 05] L 14-26 v Australia (H). [FB]
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2005 English Super League

Bradford Bulls 
29 games; 13 tries, 52 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [13 Feb 05] L 16-28 v Wildcats (H). [CT]
[View] Round 2 [20 Feb 05] L 22-31 v Widnes (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [25 Feb 05] W 28-27 v Wigan (A). [CT]
[View] Round 4 [06 Mar 05] W 48-22 v London (H). [CT]
[View] Round 5 [11 Mar 05] W 46-6 v Leigh (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [18 Mar 05] W 32-22 v Hull (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [24 Mar 05] L 12-42 v Rhinos (H). [FB]
[View] Round 8 [28 Mar 05] L 27-34 v St Helens (A). [FB]
[View] Round 9 [10 Apr 05] L 32-35 v Warrington (A). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 05] W 54-10 v Huddersfield (H). [CT]
[View] Round 11 [22 Apr 05] W 40-8 v Wigan (H). [CT]
[View] Round 12 [01 May 05] W 41-26 v London (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 13 [13 May 05] W 58-0 v Salford (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [22 May 05] L 24-44 v Warrington (H). [BE]
[View] Round 15 [28 May 05] W 42-24 v Hull (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 16 [05 Jun 05] L 4-66 v St Helens (H). [CT]
[View] Round 20 [10 Jul 05] L 34-44 v Wildcats (A). [BE]
[View] Round 21 [17 Jul 05] W 58-12 v Leigh (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [22 Jul 05] W 24-18 v Salford (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [07 Aug 05] W 74-24 v Widnes (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [14 Aug 05] W 58-12 v Salford (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [19 Aug 05] W 42-10 v Rhinos (A). [WG]
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 05] W 49-6 v Hull (H). [WG]
[View] Round 27 [11 Sep 05] W 52-34 v Huddersfield (H). [WG]
[View] Round 28 [17 Sep 05] W 32-18 v St Helens (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Elimination Play Offs [23 Sep 05] W 44-22 v London (H). [FB]
[View] Elimination Semi-Final [01 Oct 05] W 71-0 v Hull (H). [WG]
[View] Final Eliminator [07 Oct 05] W 23-18 v St Helens (A). [WG]
[View] Grand Final [15 Oct 05] W 15-6 v Rhinos. [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
  Match Fact: Harry Sunderland Trophy Winner 
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Pryce, Leon

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