Might as well face it, Kurt Gidley is just an ordinary rep player. He plays well in one out of five games. If there's an injury and he gets a bit of gametime then he's the ideal bench man, but otherwise he comes on with twenty to go and does a worse job than Wes Naiqama does in that same role for Newcastle (which just goes to show what a difficult role that is in the side!).
Oh, and the less said about his fullback efforts for NSW the better ... I think his rep days may be numbered, he has way more shockers than good games.
If I was Australian coach i'd have Carney in ahead of him.