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Old 12-08-06, 06:16 AM   #98
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Originally Posted by TarJak
Damien Marten retired this morning as well. He was not inluded in the squad for the Perth test and he said that he no longer has the passion for the game needed to play at the top level.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/news/a...081133434.html
Yep. Credit to him for making the call he did. Some guys would just hang around like a bad smell even though they knew that they weren't 100% commited any more.

This is good news for Australia in the long term. Marto was one of 4 top 6 bastmen in their mid 30's. We need to start bringing new players into the team as the last thing we need is all our senior players going at once. I would say that Symo will come into the team for this match and that Watson if fit will take back the place for the Boxing day Test.
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