Just re-watched the game.
Hudson Young to be fired out of a cannon in the general direction of the sun. Fake tough guy act doesn't work in SOO
We looked a million times better with Martin and Murray onfield.....guys who actually did some hard work.
Teddy has developed Gallen-itis with his ball hoggery.....and at the wrong times.
Carrigan and Cotter were absolutely outstanding for QLD.
Yep. Too many pundits, and players seem to think "niggle" is what makes them a tough player, and for mine that is all Hudson Young did was niggle. His 30 minutes of game time resulted in 5 runs for 35 metres, 12 tackles and 2 missed tackles (according to Channel Nine). He also gave away a real bone headed penalty too.
Tough player do the hard yards, make that extra yard in defence, take that extra hit up, and if anyone tries intimidating them they do not back down to it they stand up to it. I mean players like Norm Provan, Artie Beetson, John Sattler weren't though because they niggled opponents. Even players like Wayne Pearce and Bradley Clyde (to name two) were noted noted tough guys, but never shirked the hard work in hitting the ball up nor in making tackles. Qld certainly worked Api over as he had to make 42 tackles, and in the closing stages he was gassed from all that defensive effort.