Origin 2020

[getsmarty]

MATCH PREVIEW

Breaking
Kerr, McInnes named in Origin squads as Hunt retains spot
Author
NRL.com
Timestamp
Fri 6 Nov 2020, 04:00 PM

After being written off by all and sundry going into game one, the Maroons head to Sydney with the chance to wrap up the Ampol State of Origin series.

The Blues led 10-0 at half-time of the opening clash but couldn't contain the Queenslanders in the second half and lost 18-14.

However, as Daly Cherry-Evans was quick to point out, the Maroons won game one last year and lost the series. The job is far from done.

Maroons coach Wayne Bennett said he would see how his troops pulled up before making any changes for a seven-day turnaround, while NSW mentor Brad Fittler's hand will be forced by an injury.


Match: Blues v Maroons

Game 2 - Wednesday 11th November

8:10pm

Home Team

Blues

2nd Position


Away Team

Maroons

1st Position

Venue: ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Match broadcasters:

• Nine Network

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The rundown
Team news
Blues: Captain Boyd Cordner won't play due to the effects of a head knock suffered in Adelaide and Luke Keary has been demoted to the reserves among a raft of changes for game two.

Cody Walker (who was on the bench for game one) will start at five-eighth, with Angus Crichton to start in Cordner's spot in the back row. Payne Haas and Junior Paulo swap spots from game one, with Haas to start and Paulo to come off the bench.

With Cameron Murray (hamstring) having been ruled out on Thursday, there is a new-look bench. As well as Paulo, Dale Finucane returns to Origin while Isaah Yeo and Nathan Brown have been named to make their debuts.

Keary, who could still feature on game day, is joined by Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Stephen Crichton and Cameron McInnes on the reserves list.

Maroons: Valentine Holmes will make his Origin comeback and Dunamis Lui is a surprise inclusion at prop after Christian Welch was ruled out due to a heavy knock late in game one.

In the other change to the Queensland starting side, Coen Hess is out, with Jaydn Su'A to start after impressing in game one.

Apart from Lui, Su'A and Holmes, the only other change from the game-time 17 from Adelaide is uncapped Titans prop Moeaki Fotuaika getting a spot on the interchange bench.

Holmes hasn't represented the state since 2018, after which he had an NFL sojourn. The Maroons needed a new fullback after AJ Brimson suffered a series-ending lisfranc ligament injury in his foot towards the end of game one.

Brenko Lee, Corey Allan, Josh Kerr and Edrick Lee are the Queensland reserves.


Match: Blues v Maroons

Game 2 - Wednesday 11th November

8:10pm

Home Team

Blues


Away Team

Maroons

Venue: ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Team Lists
Backs

• Fullback for Blues is number 1 James Tedesco
  1
  
  Fullback for Maroons is number 1 Valentine Holmes
• Winger for Blues is number 2 Daniel Tupou
  2
  
  Winger for Maroons is number 2 Xavier Coates
• Centre for Blues is number 3 Clinton Gutherson
  3
  
  Centre for Maroons is number 3 Kurt Capewell
• Centre for Blues is number 4 Jack Wighton
  4
  
  Centre for Maroons is number 4 Dane Gagai
• Winger for Blues is number 5 Josh Addo-Carr
  5
  
  Winger for Maroons is number 5 Phillip Sami
• Five-Eighth for Blues is number 6 Cody Walker
  6
  
  Five-Eighth for Maroons is number 6 Cameron Munster
• Halfback for Blues is number 7 Nathan Cleary
  7
  
  Halfback for Maroons is number 7 Daly Cherry-Evans

Forwards

• Prop for Blues is number 8 Daniel Saifiti
  8
  
  Prop for Maroons is number 8 Dunamis Lui
• Hooker for Blues is number 9 Damien Cook
  9
  
  Hooker for Maroons is number 9 Jake Friend
• Prop for Blues is number 10 Payne Haas
  10
  
  Prop for Maroons is number 10 Josh Papalii
• 2nd Row for Blues is number 11 Angus Crichton
  11
  
  2nd Row for Maroons is number 11 Felise Kaufusi
• 2nd Row for Blues is number 12 Tyson Frizell
  12
  
  2nd Row for Maroons is number 12 Jaydn Su'A
• Lock for Blues is number 13 Jake Trbojevic
  13
  
  Lock for Maroons is number 13 Tino Faasuamaleaui

Interchange

• Interchange for Blues is number 14 Dale Finucane
  14
  
  Interchange for Maroons is number 14 Ben Hunt
• Interchange for Blues is number 15 Junior Paulo
  15
  
  Interchange for Maroons is number 15 Lindsay Collins
• Interchange for Blues is number 16 Nathan Brown
  16
  
  Interchange for Maroons is number 16 Jai Arrow
• Interchange for Blues is number 17 Isaah Yeo
  17
  
  Interchange for Maroons is number 17 Moeaki Fotuaika

Reserves

• Reserve for Blues is number 18 Luke Keary
  18
  
  Reserve for Maroons is number 18 Brenko Lee
• Reserve for Blues is number 19 Reagan Campbell-Gillard
  19
  
  Reserve for Maroons is number 19 Corey Allan
• Reserve for Blues is number 20 Cameron McInnes
  20
  
  Reserve for Maroons is number 20 Josh Kerr
• Reserve for Blues is number 21 Stephen Crichton
  21
  
  Reserve for Maroons is number 21 Edrick Lee

Blues Ins

• Cameron McInnes
• Dale Finucane
• Isaah Yeo
• Nathan Brown
• Reagan Campbell-Gillard
• Stephen Crichton

Ins
Maroons Ins

• Brenko Lee
• Corey Allan
• Dunamis Lui
• Edrick Lee
• Josh Kerr
• Moeaki Fotuaika
• Valentine Holmes

Blues Outs

• Boyd Cordner
• Cameron Murray

Outs
Maroons Ins

• Alexander Brimson
• Christian Welch
• Coen Hess

Match Officials

• Referee: Gerard Sutton
• Touch Judge: Chris Butler
• Touch Judge: Todd Smith
• Senior Review Official: Steve Chiddy

Last updated: 04:26 pm Friday 6th November 2020

Key match-up
Dane Gagai v Jack Wighton. Gagai outpointed Wighton in the series opener, including beating him to make a line break and set up a try, so the NSW star will be desperate to make amends.

Stat Attack
NSW got the better of Queensland in a plethora of areas in game one. They ran for more metres (1914 v 1852), made more line breaks (4 v 3), broke more tackles (31 v 26), popped more offloads (13 v 11), forced more dropouts (2 v 1), missed less tackles (26 v 31), made less errors (13 v 14) and conceded less penalties (2 v 3).

The Maroons had a higher completion rate (78 v 75 percent) and didn't have to make as many tackles (355 v 395).


https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2020/11/06/kerr-mcinnes-named-in-squads-as-hunt-retains-spot/

 

[The Badger]

They won't drop the darling. He did nothing last night.

How in the hell did they drop Keary before Cleary.Surely they got the names mixed up.Keary was very dangerous on a number of occasions.Cant remember Cleary running the ball.Even his kicking was poor because he was either not running or easily pressured.He also doesnt seem to communicate with other players.Goes well for his club where he is familiar with team members.

 

[BLM01]

How in the hell did they drop Keary before Cleary.Surely they got the names mixed up.Keary was very dangerous on a number of occasions.Cant remember Cleary running the ball.Even his kicking was poor because he was either not running or easily pressured.He also doesnt seem to communicate with other players.Goes well for his club where he is familiar with team members.

Careful...Channel 9 favourite there but in all honesty I would not of dropped either for Walker
Maybe Keary has got a sneaky battered body at the moment their not telling us.... for me that could be the only reason he is singled out to be dropped
Maybe it was Joey John’s fault he did call that in the after match interview and he does work with Freddie in the team

 

[George Sancti]

I only got to see a full replay of SOO 1 today and was incredibly impressed with Queensland’s game plan. For the second 20 minutes of the first half and first 20 minutes of the second half, when Hunt was on the field playing in the Queensland halves in general play, Queensland were playing with just four forwards with Friend playing dummy half. This strategy seemed to work against the NSW forwards in both attack and defence.

The extra back seemed to nullify the NSW attack during this period, and provided Queensland with an extra man when they sent the ball out wide. I would be interested to hear if other members noticed other game strategies that worked or did not work on the night for either side.

 

[getsmarty]

MATCH PREVIEW


Dragons septet to play women's Origin
Author
Alicia Newton NRLW Chief Reporter
Timestamp
Tue 10 Nov 2020, 04:01 PM

Interstate rivalry resumes in the Harvey Norman State of Origin arena with Queensland desperate to turn the tide of recent losses and give NSW a taste of their own medicine on home turf this year.

After four years of running out to a sea of blue, the Maroons' patience has finally been rewarded with the Sunshine Coast set to play host to the one-off standalone event following back-to-back clashes at North Sydney Oval.

NSW will enter enemy territory as the two-time defending champions under the official State of Origin banner, while they also held onto interstate challenge bragging rights for two years before that with victories in 2016 and 2017.

Prior to that, however, it was all one-way traffic with the Maroons holding a remarkable 17-year undefeated streak that began in 1999.

Despite the Blues' most recent success, Queensland are set to go into the clash as favourites with home ground advantage and the form of Broncos premiership-winners Ali Brigginshaw, Tamika Upton and Tarryn Aiken given them an edge.

However, it would be brave to write off the Blues given their stranglehold on the title in recent seasons and with the calibre of players in their line-up that includes the likes of Kezie Apps, Jessica Sergis, Hannah Southwell, Corban McGregor and Isabelle Kelly, who are proven winners on the big stage.

NSW coach Andrew Patmore made a statement before hopping on the plane to prepare for the away trip last week, leaving out several members of last year's winning side, including halves Kirra Dibb and Maddie Studdon.

Equally, Queensland coach Jason Hetherington made some difficult decisions of his own with nine fresh faces joining experienced campaigners like Brittany Breayley, Steph Hancock and Rona Peters.

Match: QLD Maroons v NSW Women

Round 1 - Friday 13th November

7:45pm

Home Team

QLD Maroons


Away Team

NSW Women

Venue: Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast

Match broadcasters:

• Nine Network
• Foxtel
• Kayo
• Live Pass

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The rundown
Team news
Maroons: Ali Brigginshaw will play lock just as she did in Brisbane's final two regular season NRLW matches and the grand final win, allowing Broncos gun Tarryn Aiken and Zahara Temara to start in the halves for Queensland.

The Maroons will also field a new-look backline with Broncos quartet Tamika Upton, Julia Robinson, Lauren Brown and Shenae Ciesiolka joining incumbent Karina Brown out wide.

North Queensland product Shaniah Power has been included on the bench for a potential Origin debut with Chante Temara, Jessika Elliston and Brianna Clark named in the reserves.

Blues: As predicted, Corban McGregor and Melanie Howard will start in the halves with Botille Vette-Welsh promoted to fullback for the defending champions. NSW coach Andrew Patmore has opted for a similar backline make-up to last year with Jessica Sergis on the wing and Tiana Penitani in the centres.

Isabelle Kelly (ankle) and Kezie Apps (knee) remain on track to play with Brydie Parker and Kennedy Cherrington among those on standby in the reserves.

Jillaroos young gun Keeley Davis will start at hooker with Quincy Dodd included on the interchange.


Match: QLD Maroons v NSW Women

Round 1 - Friday 13th November

7:45pm
Home Team

QLD Maroons


Away Team

NSW Women

Venue: Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast

Team Lists
Backs

• Fullback for QLD Maroons is number 1 Tamika Upton
  1
  
  Fullback for NSW Women is number 1 Botille Vette-Welsh
• Winger for QLD Maroons is number 2 Shenae Ciesiolka
  2
  
  Winger for NSW Women is number 2 Jessica Sergis
• Centre for QLD Maroons is number 3 Julia Robinson
  3
  
  Centre for NSW Women is number 3 Tiana Penitani
• Centre for QLD Maroons is number 4 Lauren Brown
  4
  
  Centre for NSW Women is number 4 Isabelle Kelly
• Winger for QLD Maroons is number 5 Karina Brown
  5
  
  Winger for NSW Women is number 5 Shanice Parker
• Five-Eighth for QLD Maroons is number 6 Tarryn Aiken
  6
  
  Five-Eighth for NSW Women is number 6 Corban McGregor
• Halfback for QLD Maroons is number 7 Zahara Temara
  7
  
  Halfback for NSW Women is number 7 Melanie Howard

Forwards

• Prop for QLD Maroons is number 8 Chelsea Lenarduzzi
  8
  
  Prop for NSW Women is number 8 Simaima Taufa
• Hooker for QLD Maroons is number 9 Brittany Breayley
  9
  
  Hooker for NSW Women is number 9 Keeley Davis
• Prop for QLD Maroons is number 10 Stephanie Hancock
  10
  
  Prop for NSW Women is number 10 Millie Boyle
• 2nd Row for QLD Maroons is number 11 Tallisha Harden
  11
  
  2nd Row for NSW Women is number 11 Kezie Apps
• 2nd Row for QLD Maroons is number 12 Tazmin Gray
  12
  
  2nd Row for NSW Women is number 12 Shaylee Bent
• Lock for QLD Maroons is number 13 Ali Brigginshaw
  13
  
  Lock for NSW Women is number 13 Hannah Southwell

Interchange

• Interchange for QLD Maroons is number 14 Rona Peters
  14
  
  Interchange for NSW Women is number 14 Quincy Dodd
• Interchange for QLD Maroons is number 15 Annette Brander
  15
  
  Interchange for NSW Women is number 15 Filomina Hanisi
• Interchange for QLD Maroons is number 16 Shannon Mato
  16
  
  Interchange for NSW Women is number 16 Sarah Togatuki
• Interchange for QLD Maroons is number 17 Shaniah Power
  17
  
  Interchange for NSW Women is number 17 Yasmin Meakes

Reserves

• Reserve for QLD Maroons is number 18 Jessika Elliston
  18
  
  Reserve for NSW Women is number 18 Brydie Parker
• Reserve for QLD Maroons is number 19 Chante Temara
  19
  
  Reserve for NSW Women is number 19 Kennedy Cherrington
• Reserve for QLD Maroons is number 20 Brianna Clark
  20
  
  Reserve for NSW Women is number 20 Kylie Hilder

Match Officials

• Referee: Belinda Sharpe
• Touch Judge: Liam Kennedy
• Touch Judge: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
• Senior Review Official: Shayne Hayne

Last updated: 05:42 pm Tuesday 10th November 2020

Key match-up
Chelsea Lenarduzzi v Millie Boyle. Premiership-winning teammates at the Broncos, Lenarduzzi and Boyle will put their club allegiances aside on Friday in a classic mate v mate battle that could dictate the middle.

Lenarduzzi was the best Maroons forward in last year's game with a handy 113 metres and three tackle busts off the bench. She was matched by Boyle, who produced 142 metres in just 31 minutes with three tackle busts of her own.

The pair are likely to be promoted to their respective starting sides this year and will not take a backward step.

Savannah surprises Sergis


Savannah surprises Sergis

Stat Attack
NSW has scored five tries to one in the second halves of games over the past two years, highlighting their ability to come from behind against Queensland despite trailing early on both occasions.

The Maroons dominated possession (55%) last year but their completion rate deteriorated late to allow NSW back into the contest and seal victory with two tries in the final 15 minutes.

This is the area NSW will know they can get to Queensland, and equally the Maroons will look to limit their opportunities while capitalising in attack themselves.




And another thing...
The annual clash has been played across 60 minutes over the past two years but will increase to 35-minute halves after receiving approval in September.

However, the six-again rule will not apply, with penalties awarded for infringements instead.

https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2020/11/10/all-seven-dragons-state-reps-to-play-womens-origin/

 

[getsmarty]

My greatest Origin moment - Shaun Timmins
Shaun Timmins represented New South Wales nine times at State of Origin level, but one moment stands out from the rest

https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2020/11/11/my-greatest-origin-moment---shaun-timmins/

 

[Old Timer]

Brilliant by Coates very poor by Tupou

 

[brissiedragon]

Ben Hunts defence is atrocious. He grabs at attackers and I am yet to see him drive a shoulder into a player. He has been stepped three times in the first half for nsw tries. He can play cc if that is the trash he is going to serve up.

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

With Hunt having to play a full game at 6 and not coming off the bench as hooker I’m very confident of a blues win.

 

[Old Timer]

Ben Hunts defence is atrocious. He grabs at attackers and I am yet to see him drive a shoulder into a player. He has been stepped three times in the first half for nsw tries. He can play cc if that is the trash he is going to serve up.

Thank god I’m not alone.

He is back in the halves where he thinks he belongs and has no communication with his rookie centre when defending which is fatal.

His arm grabbing is very reminiscent of his club form

A half who doesn’t communicate let alone give firm directions is useless.

 

[Gareth67]

It’s about bluudy time , a bit of fisticuffs . Crikey the last spat they had was between Wally Lewis and the king of the mountain hillbillies Mark Geyer .

 

[blacksafake]

Ben Hunts defence is atrocious. He grabs at attackers and I am yet to see him drive a shoulder into a player. He has been stepped three times in the first half for nsw tries. He can play cc if that is the trash he is going to serve up.

To be fair it’s near impossible to stop anyone that close to the line when you’re wrong footed.
Especially players like Tedesco & Addo Carr

 

[Kylez3]

Thank god I’m not alone.

He is back in the halves where he thinks he belongs and has no communication with his rookie centre when defending which is fatal.

His arm grabbing is very reminiscent of his club form

A half who doesn’t communicate let alone give firm directions is useless.

Yep. Another diabolical performance tonight from the highest paid player in the NRL. Although some on this forum would have you believe he was the best player on the park in Origin I.

Ben Hunt is now 0/9 this year when playing in the halves. Bloke deserves it after blatantly trying to stifle Clune, his own teammate, earlier in the season.

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

Yep. Another diabolical performance tonight from the highest paid player in the NRL. Although some on this forum would have you believe he was the best player on the park in Origin I.

Ben Hunt is now 0/9 this year when playing in the halves. Bloke deserves it after blatantly trying to stifle Clune, his own teammate, earlier in the season.

Agreed, he got one offload last week that eventually led to a try, playing off the bench when Qld were rolling. He was not close to their best last week DCE was far better as he was tonight. Hunt has never or will never play better than Cleary played tonight. I hope Hook can turn him around but he’s not a million dollar half it’s that simple.

 

[Mickthedragon]

Hunt was pretty ordinary in the halves when he got a decent chance tonight.
If he's going back to our starting half, hook has a big job to get him firing again over the off season.

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

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It’s about bluudy time , a bit of fisticuffs . Crikey the last spat they had was between Wally Lewis and the king of the mountain hillbillies Mark Geyer .

Gal has had a few and would smash both to be fair.

 

[Eatons Hill Dragon]

Josh Addo Carr has turned into Beast Mode the second half of this year.

Also Isaah Yeo was outstanding off the bench and made 12-15 metres every run. Very good player.

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

Josh Addo Carr has turned into Beast Mode the second half of this year.

Also Isaah Yeo was outstanding off the bench and made 12-15 metres every run. Very good player.

I always knew Yeo wouldn’t let anyone down. Crichton had his best game in blue also.

 

[redv13]

Qld were always battling once Munster was gone. Hunt was very ordinary tonight but he wasn’t the only one

 

[blue bags]

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