NRL State Championship 2016 - Burleigh Bears (QLD) V Illawarra Steelers (NSW)

[RoosTah]

Qld cup is a big step up from nsw cup and qld cup will continue to dominate this fixture.

What were you saying?

This seriously looked like a first grade side playing a pub team it was so one-sided...

 

[coast_dragons]

Men vs Boys to be honest.

Mind you the Cutters backline alot of class and experience.

 

[The Partisan]

Cutters certainly deserved their win but think it was a case of Burleigh just not getting out of the blocks after last week's game.

They are a better team than what they showed today.

 

[siv]

So the gulf begins

 

[drago brelli]

Burleigh will smash them up the middle with their big pack and bench

Cant see them losing

I also thought that Burleigh, at least on paper, were going to be very competitive. But as Jack Gibson but really Vince Lombardi would say, "the game's played on grass not paper". I was always interested to see how Drew Hutchison was going to go against different opposition.

 

[Caped Crusader]

Ive watched most of Burleighs games all year and they based their attack around a Bulldogs style of running their big men through the middle then letting Fogarty and Cullen create points

They for some reason went away from this in the State Cup final. They also looked dog tired

I was honestly shocked with how poorly they played, particularly their defence.

Credit to Illawarra who came out with a great game plan and executed with energy