2023 Origin I - Wed 31 May - NSW 18-26 QLD @ Adelaide

[some11]

Unless Qld improve, NSW will win the series.

Haha ok freddy.

 

[footy75]

Well done Qld. Game 2 going to be a ripper.

 

[Vee]

LMAO sin binned for that, you soft Aussie bastards your state of origin is dead.

The home of Kevin sinfield, I'd keep quiet if I were you.

 

[Canard]

Hammer doing phins up

I missed that bit live

It's a Shark celebration that he has had since he was a junior, and used at the Cowboys.

It's some high quality spin to turn it into a Dolphins thing.

 

[hineyrulz]

Jake was missed big time

Agreed, Jake Arthur>>>>>>>>> Cleary.

 

[hineyrulz]

Sound observation. Qld where dropping like flies due to injuries, and a player sent to the bin. I mean, who loses a game when its basically gift wrapped?

Every team that I follow.

 

[Generalzod]

Shitler was given another football lesson from Slater..

 

[Canard]

I've been saying it all season, but in a lot of ways you have to admire the NRL, they play favourites and and don't give a f**k what anyone says about it.

To even do it at Origin level, is another level of balls

 

[Woody90]

Tedesco was shocking but realistically he’s got enough runs on the board to last at least the rest of the series but it’s up to Freddy to get him to change how he plays. Teddy is awesome running straight and hard behind the ruck and as a support player but it’s like he’s gone away from that and has tried to turn himself in a 2nd five eighth which is just not his go, he completely stifles the attack with his sideways runnings and runs all his support players out of the play. We need to stop picking players like Young and TPJ because of this perceived mongrel, the game isn’t about that anymore, it’s about which team owns the big moments and that was Qld. Not sure what the time frame is for RCG but he comes straight in for TPJ and either Koloamatangi or Olaakauatu comes in for Young. I’d like to see Angus Crichton find some form because IMO he’s always been a job for NSW previously.

He’s been doing the same thing at the Roosters this year. I don’t think it’s because he’s the giant ball hog and glory hog like most people are assuming, more likely he’s trying to help his teams knowing neither set of halves are up to it at the moment with nothing happening in attack, but either way it’s having more of a detrimental effect on both teams.

 

[Canard]

I also love how NSW think Origin is going the stiff arm or working the tackled player, and pick fake tough guys to perform this role.

Rather, then pick a guy who can play 80 out of position and make 48 tackles.

You can also see the Panthers and Souths players struggle to comprehend your not going to get every call go your way, and they spend ages remonstrating with the ref, rather then get the f**k on with it.

 

[Gobsmacked]

Billy Slater said he had mixed feelings about the match. NSW did all the things necessary to win the match. Winning the battle of possession and position. QLD scored some lucky long range tries and stopped 2 by the skin of their teeth. That's not sustainable. Unless Qld improve, NSW will win the series. Especially with Hynes at 5/8th, with the ability to put players over for tries near the line and NSW were near their line a lot.

You lost me at lucky tries.
A well executed shift with speed isn't luck.
Scoring off a knock on is luck. Scoring off the scraps from a kick is luck.
NSW scored 1 try that wasn't luck.
How much if the nsw field position was off dodgy reffing? Most of thier penalties don't get called at club level. How many times were nsw inside the 10 ?
NSW had nothing and against a qld defence- less than nothing.
If Queensland got the "luck" that nsw got, they win by 50.

 

[Generalzod]

Don’t get the Teddy hate he tried his best , more than what the halves did all game. There are some people who put the defeat squarely on Hynes, the bloke played for 5 minutes , I hope he doesn’t picked at all wouldn’t want to play for this origin shit show.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

You lost me at lucky tries.
A well executed shift with speed isn't luck.
Scoring off a knock on is luck. Scoring off the scraps from a kick is luck.
NSW scored 1 try that wasn't luck.
How much if the nsw field position was off dodgy reffing? Most of thier penalties don't get called at club level. How many times were nsw inside the 10 ?
NSW had nothing and against a qld defence- less than nothing.
If Queensland got the "luck" that nsw got, they win by 50.

Didn’t Qld first try or two come on the back of penalties?

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Latrell was the smart one. Realised it was a shit show and said I’m the f**k outta here.

 

[BranVan3000]

I also love how NSW think Origin is going the stiff arm or working the tackled player, and pick fake tough guys to perform this role.

Rather, then pick a guy who can play 80 out of position and make 48 tackles.

You can also see the Panthers and Souths players struggle to comprehend your not going to get every call go your way, and they spend ages remonstrating with the ref, rather then get the f**k on with it.

What Souths players? There was one out there

 

[JamesRustle]

Hows Rylesy going?

Mentally unstable going by his recent decision making...

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Teddy tried his best? He's a professional rugby league player not a 5 year old. His best is not very good.

The long haired guy from Penrith in 6 kept us in the game. His mate went mia.

 

[shaggs]

He came off the bench and was fresh as a daisy, he has no excuse after missing that tackle.

Better defenders than hynes have been pushed off by Munster. Been happening for years.

 

[Desert Qlder]

We struck gold with Tommy two-stroke out there. While Hammer made the rest of the Samoan backline look like putzes.

The reffing is going to be god-awful in game 2 trying to keep the roaches in the series.

 

[Pete Cash]

what a shitshow from NSW. Literally everything went their way and they still lost. Fitler should drop the whole NSW spine but then that wouldn't address the teams biggest problem, him.

It was just oh so predictable that QLD would fire up after the ridiculous sinbinning of Flegler and end up winning. You just knew it was going to happen. NSW will not win the next two games, the series is over. Fitler is another symbolic appointment for NSW, just like Daley was. Great players they were but they are both clueless when it comes to coaching. Fitler just assumes that if he chucks a bunch of successful club combinations together and some guys who have done the job before then she'll be right. Slater is tactical and reads the game and he's pulled NSW pants down again.

Let's be real here

Nsw looked more like the sticky era Canberra Raiders at their worst rather than Penrith. A ton of ball, seemingly parked in the opposition 20m but has no shape. Each player looking to put a play on by himself rather than setting up another player.

I get enough stick ball from the regular season. I don't need to see it in origin too. I mean right down to mismanagement of the bench so the players were exhausted at the end.

It was just such low quality football in a season where I've found the general club footy pretty high quality. A ton of club games this year were played at a higher standard.