2024 State of Origin Series (Mens Edition)

[TheParraboy]

Moses and Nico showdown?

Why not both?

BREAKING: Nathan Cleary set to miss eight weeks, Origin series with hamstring tear

BREAKING: Nathan Cleary set to miss eight weeks, Origin series with hamstring tear

www.foxsports.com.au

The Panthers have confirmed that halfback Nathan Cleary is set to miss eight weeks with a grade 2 hamstring tear - essentially ruling him out of the entire State of Origin series.

Cleary suffered the injury in the final minutes of the first half at BlueBet Stadium on Friday night after putting in a grubber.

He signalled to the trainer before walking himself from the field and up the tunnel with two minutes left before the break.

 

[Twizzle]

Mitch will do it tough fitness wise, no place to hide at SOO level

 

[TheParraboy]

tbh hope its Luia (or walker) and Nico in the halves

Need Mitch at Parra, but if he has one or two games back and performs well, id imagine he will be a lock for the sky blues...

 

[JokerEel]

With Nico also injured they said he might be back this week I doubt it though Moses is basically back to the top of the pile if he gets through the next 2 games..

 

[King-Gutho94]

Moses only has to get through 80 mins either next week or against Souths and he will be a shoe in for the halfback spot I would have thought.

 

[Sensei Cobra]

And so we’ll be without Moses for more games

 

[Parra Pride]

I talked shit about the suggestion earlier, but I actually hope they pick Burton at 5/8 just to watch the shit show of Mr one trick pony getting exposed.

 

[the phantom menace]

Good thread, was looking for somewhere to discuss the Blues potential selection, before Cleary's second injury.

Moses just has to get through his rumoured return game this week without injury to get one of the halves spots. Unsure who Madge will pump for in the other spot - which will determine whether Moses wears 6 or 7 in Origin (and tbh, at that level the number shouldn't make much difference).

Luai or Hynes or... a bolter?

 

[Pazza]

I'd say Luai, more big game exp

 

[TheParraboy]

My Origin side

1. Tedesco
2. Lomax
3. Best
4. Crichton
5. Too
6, Moses
7. Hynes

13. Yeo
12. Martin
11. Crichton
10. RCG
9. Koroisau
8. Haas

14. McIness
15. Olakau'atu
16. Stefano
17. May/Saifiti

18. Shaun Lane

 

[Gazzamatta]

I see what you did there.

 

[Pazza]

How many more games is teddy gonna get before they risk it and go with Edwards??

 

[the phantom menace]

I'm hoping Madge has the balls to say to Teddy that NSW is moving on to a new era, and thanks for your service.

Or pick Tedesco in the centres, which seems to be what happens to excess fullbacks.

 

[TheParraboy]

How many more games is teddy gonna get before they risk it and go with Edwards??

Id give him game 1, but selectors may give him zero more games...

 

[TheParraboy]

Kinda like Jimmy Anderson and one more test...

 

[Parra Pride]

I'm hoping Madge has the balls to say to Teddy that NSW is moving on to a new era, and thanks for your service.

Or pick Tedesco in the centres, which seems to be what happens to excess fullbacks.

Unless you’re Freddy, in which case excess fullbacks are on the bench and play two minutes.

 

[King-Gutho94]

I'm hoping Madge has the balls to say to Teddy that NSW is moving on to a new era, and thanks for your service.

Or pick Tedesco in the centres, which seems to be what happens to excess fullbacks.

The irony is Tedesco keeps his FB spot because of his lack of versality. Where others move around because they are more versatile.

Jarryd Hayne never got a proper crack at FB in SOO because he was a such a great winger at that level. We had to sit through Kurt Gidley, Anthony Minichello, Josh Dugan play FB while they put Hayne on the wing or centres.

The one series Hayne got a proper crack at FB was 2014 which was the only series they won during that era.

You can question Hayne's shithouse attitude here at Parra but when he played for NSW he was always one of the best players in that whole losing era for NSW he didnt have many bad origin games.

 

[Gherkin]

Time for NSW to make a stand

 

[hineyrulz]

I honestly couldn’t give two shits about origin this year.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

I talked shit about the suggestion earlier, but I actually hope they pick Burton at 5/8 just to watch the shit show of Mr one trick pony getting exposed.

The "experts" have talked him up as a potential 5/8 or utility off the bench.

The last time he played, they kept throwing the ball to him for those super kicks and not once did it threaten Queensland.