I got into an argument with a broncos supporter last year when hornby replaced thruston or lockyer in a test and i said well his form has earned that, and they were like well lockyer/thurston is a proven perfromer. Gopt into same argument again as i don't think lockyer should be in the team (apart from promotional reasons)
I can see both sides of the argument, i'm all for giving incumbents their jeresy as long as they have been playing football and it isn't terrible, i mean what good would it be giving thurston a jersey if he was playing like crap based on his form last year, it could mean the difference between a close win or a close lose.
Having said that the only player i would drop is Locky, hes played one 80min game all year, and is excpected to face a big solid kiwi test team and hes done nothing brilliant this year, thurston whilst no where near princes form has started to hit his straps for the last few weeks and deserves his spot.
But id rather give ryles a test jersey than webb, at least ryles numbers this year are good and he brings aggression, webb has only hit decent form last couple weeks.