2018 Women's Origin - NSW 16-10 QLD @ North Sydney

[Xcalibre]

Did Brace just say boy girls? Hahaha

 

[roostersrule2]

Why is the Nine dude presenting?

 

[roostersrule2]

Did Brace just say boy girls? Hahaha

The way he played it off was even worse lol

 

[Sphagnum]

Why is the Nine dude presenting?

Yep. Get rid of all the males. Refs, touchies, commentators etc. It will avoid an incident when one of those meatheads put their foot in it.

 

[no name]

That was a way better losing speech than Cam’s.

 

[Xcalibre]

Just the latter?

The AFL sucks too but comparing two women's sports and I did say this game was more entertaining than AFL.

 

[Travitoh]

A three game series alongside the men has to be on the cards in the not too distant future. However, playing it as it was tonight as it's own main event is the way forward.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Did Brace just say boy girls? Hahaha

He fumbled at the end when he said "thanks guys" too. He really wasn't sure what the right PC words to say were.

Then the two team captains step up and sound like they both just left the pub.

 

[Sphagnum]

It works well with this rep weekend. Definitely a game to look forward to every year if that's the standard.

 

[_snafu_]

Full credit to the boys.

 

[Eion]

It should be a 3 game series and each game played before the mens. The quality is good enough. Even though it was a small crowd, it was good that the game was the only one for the first official SoO match, so the girls were the focus and it shows the interest in the sport.

I don’t like the idea of it being before the men’s game. It’ll just get swallowed up.

The game is good enough to stand on its own.

 

[Xcalibre]

He fumbled at the end when he said "thanks guys" too. He really wasn't sure what the right PC words to say were.

Then the two team captains step up and sound like they both just left the pub.

Haha love the use of "bloody" in those speeches, and the passion.

Who would've thought the girls were the ones to be authentic rugby league players. Good stuff.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

All I can say it that was a thoroughly enjoyable 60 minutes of Rugby League.

Didn't matter which team won.....Rugby League won on the night.

Well done girls and thanks for the entertainment.

 

[hineyrulz]

Did Aaron Woods play for the Blues?

He would of got murdered out there tonight.

 

[Travitoh]

The only disappointment of the night is we didn't get the chance to watch a good Sims play

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Taufa would have folded Woods in half like a slice of Wondersoft.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

TBF, the charge down was an all or nothing play when down by 6 with around 80 seconds to go.
Hard to pin a loss on that play.

The one I'm referring to was prior to that which led to NSW breaking away for their last try

 

[LineBall]

Restarting the tackle count after a charge down is one of the worst rules in Rugby League.

 

[Xcalibre]

I don’t like the idea of it being before the men’s game. It’ll just get swallowed up.

The game is good enough to stand on its own.

A crowd of 6k says otherwise

It's entertaining enough to be stand alone but the reality is, the general public interest isn't there yet. It's easy to forget the organised women's game is still very young.

The curtain raiser for SoO is usually u18s right. Maybe keep it like that and in the future the format will be like this weekend for every SoO game. The problem as always is what to do with the NRL matches. Three weekends per season with no NRL being played is unacceptable.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Playing before a mens game is definitely the wrong option.

This game could be promoted like crazy. I know my juices were flowing during the contest.

All jokes aside, suggestions of crowds 20k plus are not beyond possibility.