I hope there aren't mass changes for NSW heading into Game 3.
It wasn't the cattle that let them down tonight. It was discipline and the wrong strategy. Regardless of JT's fitness, if NSW focus on playing all Game 3 like they did in Game 1 and the first half tonight, I rate them. Understandably right now for many it feels like 1 step forward 2 steps back, but the biggest mistake would be to switch a whole bunch of players out and hope it works. Even Hayne- he had his worst game for NSW tonight, but considering how many times he's played a big hand in our victories over the years I'd be happy to give him another shot. You go back over every game JT, Cronk and Smith have played at Origin level and not every game was a memorable one.
Taking the slash and burn approach now is only going to be toxic to the culture they're looking to establish. This is their chance to show what they're made of. One poor half of footy shouldn't be enough to do what we've just spend the past 3 weeks pointing at Qld for doing. Game 3 is meant to be Qld's night. It's the JT/ Cronk show. Let them have the limelight. This NSW squad needs to re-group, work at tidying up their errors and sticking to their winning game-plan, then go out in 3 weeks on a mission to gate-crash Qld's party.
