2018 Origin II - NSW 18-14 QLD @ ANZ

[sensesmaybenumbed]

QLD just have to ignore any decisions that go against them and just keep up the great defence through the middle. It's telling that both NSW tries have come on the back of penalties otherwise they are struggling to get out of their half.

Waaaaaaaah

 

[King hit]

Vaughan has been massive since coming on

 

[Rocket's tache]

Correct decision, but Gus is bordering on embarrassing

Indeed he is. The whole lot of them are apart from Sterlo. Watching in silence now.

The useless Cordner diving after brushing shoulder with a half was just embarrassing.

 

[Sphagnum]

Crichton is even more useless than Jackson was

 

[Vic Mackey]

Reckon Queensland win this, nsw can’t get out of their own end. Cotric for game 3 please

 

[Canard]

I’m f**king gobsmacked there is any debate about the penalty try

That was as straight forward as they come

Frankly the bigger issue that is being ignored by the commentators is the lack of a binning. That's a fantastic result for QLD.

 

[Danish]

Great half.

Slater showing his absolute class, he has been involved in everything good QLD have done all game.

NSW forwards struggled for any ascendency all half, which has led to Cool being quite ineffective as he is getting no quick play the balls to work off. This is probably taking teddy out of the game a bit as well.

NSW weak link is clearly the right edge defence. Cleary and Roberts are completely lost whenever the maroons come their way. If QLD keep attacking that edge there will be another couple tries out of it for sure.

Maloney playing much better than game 1. Cleary seems to be allergic to the ball - oh but he ha covered a lot of distance, so obviously playing well according to Gould

 

[Walt Flanigan]

Why wasn’t Hunt binned?

 

[Vic Mackey]

Crichton is even more useless than Jackson was

It’s the old Bozo trick, except instead of Manly this time a players being rewarded for signing with the roosters

 

[umina panther]

Tommy stays on his man for the second half and we win this easy

 

[Maximus]

bullshit...Ainscough 99

think the player should at least have the ball in hand before making a call like that

Why he could drop it on the way down. He was beating everyone to it by 5m. It was as close to certain as you can get.

 

[Tweed Titan]

Anyone saying that wasn’t a penalty try is a moron. Cordner had time to take a dump and he still would have got there first. Or do we just reward cheating play and not punish it?

 

[Noname36]

I’m Blue through and through but I still would very much like to punch Gallen in the face pretty much all the time

 

[Billythekid]

QLD must be disappointed with that score. They were easily the better team but couldn't capitalise. I really like the way Ponga is floating through the middle. I thought he'd be wasted on the bench but he's done a good job.

 

[hineyrulz]

Wally looks like someone has shit in his cereal lol.

 

[TheFrog]

no way you can call that a certain try

rubbish call

It doesn't have to be certain. It just has to have been scored in the opinion of the ref.

 

[umina panther]

Why wasn’t Hunt binned?

Isn't the rule that they can only bin or give the penalty not both?

 

[Game_Breaker]

Indeed he is. The whole lot of them are apart from Sterlo. Watching in silence now.

The useless Cordner diving after brushing shoulder with a half was just embarrassing.

Again, why would he dive when he was clearly going to get to the ball first?

 

[Munted]

Spit balling here.
Does origin feel like the try's are dominated by wingers? Feels like it to me without looking at the stats.
What's driving that? Is the middle defence that good that it has to go through the hands to try for an overlap?
3 tries, 1 disallowed try.. All wingers.

 

[Tweed Titan]

Why he could drop it on the way down. He was beating everyone to it by 5m. It was as close to certain as you can get.

If that isn’t a penalty try, you may as well just take penalty tries out of the rule book or change the wording of the rule. There is NEVER a time where a try is certain to be scored!