2020 Origin I - QLD 18-14 NSW @ Adelaide

[Artiste]

Worst, most boring SOO I’ve ever seen. Soulless and very limp from both teams
Believe it or not I actually miss all the grubs from QLD past who at least fired up the blues to make it a contest worth watching...next week? Who f**kin cares

 

[Vee]

For every dollar Rabs calls Saifiti Haas we'd be rich

Twice as if we got another dollar every time he called Big Tino Papali.

 

[Generalzod]

lol at fulltime called before time was up

f**king match fixing

Amateur hour...

 

[kdalymc]

Someone please kill Snoop Dogg

No way, if you're gonna sell out make sure you do it being a mad merkin and rapping about Aussie shit

 

[Artiste]

Siebold too busy getting his Solicitor to draft letters to the senior players to actually communicate with them.

LOL!!

 

[The_Frog]

Looked better when Walker was creating.

Walker is a runner. Keary is a runner. It wasn't a bad idea to get them both our there but it was done at the expense of several other positions, especially centre.

Keary could play 7 but that would be panic stations.

 

[shear_joy9]

Worst, most boring SOO I’ve ever seen. Soulless and very limp from both teams
Believe it or not I actually miss all the grubs from QLD past who at least fired up the blues to make it a contest worth watching...next week? Who f**kin cares

yep.

you have a mcguire v nathan brown and the game suddenly becomes a hell of a lot more exciting.

 

[Reflector]

I haven't read any of the previous posts but I can imagine the weeping and gnashing of teeth from some.

That last play of the game should've been allowed after Qld spent 8 seconds holding down in the tackle to draw the time out, and ultimately Cleary's missed conversions were the difference in the final score. But what was notable in the first half is that NSW weren't playing especially well yet were up 10-0. They did a great job in defence, but in attack Qld were pedestrian and jogging it which made it easy for the Blues defence to swarm them 3 on 1 and wrap up any potential offload. That's without mentioning the sloppy ball control that stifled the Blues' attack several times when they looked threatening.

Second half and the most notable difference for Qld was their line-speed, especially after the opening try. They were charging into tackles while NSW seemed to be waiting for a penalty to be blown. If the Blues had played the whole second half like they did the last 10 minutes and showed that urgency, they would've put the game out of sight.

When you look at both squads, NSW definitely have more room for improvement and I wouldn't call this series a done deal by any means yet...

 

[Vee]

Deplorable holding down in that last set to ruin the finish.

NSW entitled to one more tackle at the end against 11. Only problem was deciding which Qlder to bin.

 

[Lemon Squash]

Well I’m going to bed to dream about Snoop Dogg and Ronald Reagan

 

[Artiste]

yep.

you have a mcguire v nathan brown and the game suddenly becomes a hell of a lot more exciting.

Exactly, there’s the type of player origin needs!

 

[Delboy]

Cleary is the most over rated and under criticised 7 in the game, Gus said nothing Re his Riff mate. He is a pass first, kick on the fifth and a decent tackler, but offers little in big games. Criticise Gutho but at least he made 32 tackles 2 missed, Wighton made 9 missed 8 and Tupou again nowhere in Origin.

On to next week with more irrelevant comments from Gus.

 

[dogz08]

I could go a pizza right now..

 

[THE CHAMP]

They should put 40+ on this qld rabble

Went off a little early mate

 

[THE CHAMP]

NSW need some real competition like Tonga.

Lucky it wasn’t Tonga in hindsight yeah?

 

[t-ba]

Lucky it wasn’t Tonga in hindsight yeah?

Hello my Broncos Friend!

We've missed you!

 

[THE CHAMP]

Warm up the 50 thread. This game is done.

At 10-0 this was just awesome

 

[GongPanther]

No idea what or who Umina is but Skeepe is the best poster on LU

Skidmark Skeepe is really a Panther supporter.

 

[THE CHAMP]

Can 2020 just end already. What a dead game

Fmd

 

[Artiste]

And where the hell was Jake T tonight? Did he get taken off at some point never to return? He did nothing!
Same with Wighton, did he even play?
Didn’t even get the ball till last 10 mins