‘See some other people play’: Legend calls for Ashes changes amid Kangaroos’ snubbed six

Former Kangaroos player Mark Geyer has called for changes to the next Ashes Tour after six members of Australia’s touring party failed to play a game in the 2025 installment.

Mitchell Moses, Dylan Edwards, Bradman Best, Ethan Strange, Blayke Brailey and Jacob Preston won’t play a minute of football on our, despite being picked in the Kangaroos’ 24-man Ashes squad.

Speaking on 2GB radio, Geyer, who played three Tests for Australia, called for a new format to Ashes series to give every member of the squad some games, even if they don’t make the Test 17.

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“I’m a bit disappointed to see that the other six or seven guys who travelled [won’t] get a run in the game this weekend,” Geyer said on 2GB’s Wide World of Sports.

“I’m not sure I’m a fan, to be honest, that there are three games basically week after week [on this tour] of the UK.

“I think if they’re going to do it they’ve got to do it properly and at least play a couple of midweek games and at least resemble something like a Kangaroo tour that we used to have.

“I know you can’t do the whole three months; that’s out of the question. But at least make it maybe a six-week tour when you play a couple of their club teams midweek and then we get like a 26-28-man squad who play, [and] we see some other people play.”

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Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters has been careful not to cheapen the Kangaroos jersey by selecting his best 17 for all three Test matches, even though Australia have an unassailable 2-0 lead.

However, Geyer believes the six players that were unused on the tour deserved some playing time, given what they produced in the NRL season.

“I would have loved to see young Strange playing in this series,” Geyer said.

“I thought he had a breakout season [with the Raiders this year].

“He got rewarded with the tour but hasn’t seen any game time.

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“They [the players] got picked because they were fantastic this season in the NRL, and they deserve the opportunity to play in the green and gold, but unfortunately they won’t get that opportunity to do so. The Prestons of the world, obviously Dylan Edwards has been there [in Test matches in the past], but he’s been on the sidelines [in this series], Mitch Moses, I think we would love to see young Blayke Brailey get a run.”

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