Didn't like Gallens ref whingeing, but in fairness, there were some terrible calls, but I thought they were mostly after the game was already over. Myles getting a penalty for dropping the ball, Lockyer getting a penalty when Bird could not possibly pull out. There was an instance where Galloway was held down for some time as well by Thaiday and couldnt get a penalty when it was warrented.
But Gallen did also say that Qld were the better side, and they were comfortably. That first 35 minutes was awesome by them. Forget Lockyer retiring, Petro Civonoceva retiring would be an enourmous boost for us. He is a freak.
Anyway, the whole tone of the match was set in the first set of six NSW had. Third tackle and Ennis kicks from dummy half, rubbish kick, straight down the throat of Slater on the 30 metre line. From then on they just continued to make easy metres, our defence was good (for a while) on our goal line but had not impact on their go forward, so they were constantly at our goal line. We eventually crumbled under that mountain of pressure.
Then we looked poor and Minichello dropped a couple of balls up their end in the second half which essentially sealed the result.
Qld far too good. Cameron Smith is probably the best hooker the game has seen, as much as I hate to admit it, at least since the modern style of hooker took over.
Pearce was terrible tonight, Minichello had a bad game, Stewart Galloway Mannah inneffectual (although unsure how much time Mannah and Galloway got). We desperately need props to support Gallen, Lewis, Bird, Watmough and Scott, which is an excellent crop of backrowers. Soward did some nice things, our 2-5 were good when they got the ball, although I'd prefer Hayne wing and Lawrence or Jennings at left centre, and dont know how Gasnier will be going next year.
That piece of play to put Slater over was brilliant.
Well done Queensland far too good on the night. Depressing to watch that last 15 minutes.
