2020 Origin II - NSW 34-10 QLD @ ANZ

[GongPanther]

NSW made the necessary changes after Game I and without having to deal with the loss of a key player like Murray (who is a crucial part of the team, more than he gets credit) the Blues were far too strong for a disappointing Maroons outfit.

Walker took a lot of pressure off Cleary who is still developing his game and allowed Nathan to focus on his kicking game which was unreal on the night.

Haas was more effective getting longer minutes and coming in for a second stint while Paulo and Finucane were fantastic off the bench and took it away from the Maroons.

Shades of the 2019 series. You could say 2001 as well but I don't think Alfie is going to suit up for the Maroons this time around.

IMO...post of this thread.

 

[shear_joy9]

To be fair to qld, the teams moral went to rock bottom when they saw Munster leaving the game and big game Benny come on.

 

[blue bags]

 

[blue bags]

Qld really f**ked up not picking grant or McGuire imo

your f**ked up

 

[Hutty1986]

There you go. Amazing what can happen when the team actually turns up. Will be a tough ask in Brisbane though, and the refs will be riding the Maroons hard. Hopefully these blokes can actually show up again and get it done.

 

[billygilmore]

The bigs hits just keep coming

 

[Lemon Squash]

Queensland in the sheds on the beers and laughing like they’ve won the game... very strange

 

[King hit]

Bow to the mighty man of the match

 

[Sphagnum]

If Walters was still coach Qld would’ve lost this series tonight.

 

[jargan83]

Nathan Cleary, never said a bad word about him

 

[blue bags]

 

[blue bags]

 

[shear_joy9]

Those buttons on Ruan’s jacket are under enormous pressure

 

[blue bags]

 

[blue bags]

Can do that on munster just not a rooster

your a toad, f**k you

 

[Reflector]

Queensland in the sheds on the beers and laughing like they’ve won the game... very strange

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Wasn’t even Queensland’s worst half tonight.

Agreed.

Might sound like I'm captain doomsday - but the quality of halves in Rugby League is at its lowest depth I can recall (started watching early 80's).

Cronk & Thurston were the last of the greats. And while there are some good halves in the comp, and some prospects coming through - there are no greats.

 

[Nerd]

I've watched every Origin game from the first one in 1980 and tonight was the first night i've ever turned the game off and watched something else. Once NSW got a penalty then 2 six agains in a row before their first try I knew QLD were toast. This NSW side on paper is much better than the QLD one but Sutton wasn't even subtle about where the result was going. This thing about having only NSW ref, touch judges, and video ref is now beyond a joke. There is a whole state full of officials up here so why not even it up and utilise some of them.

 

[lockyno1]

Wasn’t even Queensland’s worst half tonight.

Oh yes he was! Wish the bloke would just leave camp so he’d be suspended

 

[Captain Apollo]

Fatty looks like he used some of trumps fake tan

It is covering up the scars from recent surgery he had to remove skin cancer from his face (as this article by Weidler in the SMH from the weekend spell outs - https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/it...rning-after-cancer-scare-20201107-p56cgi.html). This is what his face looked like (from the aforementioned article) -