He could be joined by a handful of Port Macquarie representatives following this weekend’s World Cup training camp at Caboolture.

Vincent will coach the men’s 40s division in Malaysia.

With a bit of luck, Beau Montgomery, Anna Gleeson, Tahney Luck, Warren Lorger and Wayne Gleeson will join him on the plane when the final teams are selected on Sunday or Monday.

“I believe they’ll all be a show of being in,” Vincent said.

Should all five Makos progress to the relevant Australian sides, the association would have representation in the men’s 30s, men’s 35’s, men’s 40s, ladies 35s and senior mixed divisions.

“For a reasonably small country association it’s something we should be very proud of,” Vincent said.

Every master tactician will be looking for similar things from their players at the training camp.

“The coaches have seen a lot of these players at State Of Origin and national touch football leagues and the State Cup, so it’s not totally dependent on this weekend,” Vincent said.

“Some players are overseas and they can still be considered for selection, but the last couple of positions will come down to performances this weekend.”

One of the most important parts of selecting a side was dependent on a player’s application.

“Commitment; we want to win a World Cup which means we have to win at least six of the 11 divisions,” Vincent said.

“We’re looking for players committed to the financial and time constraints they have to put in to get into the sides and those who have the ability to win us a World Cup.”

Vincent said the key to selection was “performing skills to the best of your ability.”

“Players who try to stand out and make plays for themselves when they’re not on fall in a heap eventually because the coaches will see that,” he said.

Players will be subjected to a strenuous training program across the two days in Queensland which will help to prepare them for the hot and humid conditions expected in Malaysia.

“Something that Touch Football Australia stressed to the coaches was our preparation had to be built around the heat, humidity and dehydration,” Vincent said.

“Each team will have a dehydration policy they have to follow so we’ll be pushing players through the heat pretty hard.”

The Australian men’s 40s coach admitted it was always difficult to have the conversation with players that informed them they had missed the final cut.

“It’s very difficult because these players are ones that could play for Australia under a different balance of the team,” he said.

“They’ll all be shadows if people pull out because we don’t go until late April, but they are players who have the ability to play for Australia.

“It doesn’t get easier especially at elite level where everybody is pretty close in their ability.”

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