How you can say what you have in the first paragraph and then turn around and say that about Prince is beyond me. Prince mis-timed two passes to Crocker in the first half alone. His kicking game was disgraceful apart from maybe two kicks all night. Hunt had nothing to work with. Prince had everything to work with, and still failed to do anything creative. Hunt's job wasn't to spread the ball. It was to run; he's a ball runner. Prince had non communication with his runners, didn't know when to run or pass, and was about as dangerous as Trent Waterhouse.
Cop that Waterhouse, y'know we might be butting heads a bit but anyone who pays out on Trent is a mate to me.
And please, Prince enabled Queensland to spread the ball and gave them the width to actually trouble NSW on the fringes, an area Queensland excel in. Hunt wouldn't of done that because as you said he was a ball runner...and a mighty poor one at that as a five eigth.
Prince may of miss timed a few passes here and there...but he definitely threw quality ball around to help Queensland to eclipse their record for their highest winning margin.
Well that's just not true either. Pearce's kick to the posts almost produced a try. Folau made a great break down the sideline and only Anasta covering the grubber that followed, prevented Slater from scoring. Not to mention Inglis making a break in the first half which should've lead to a very simply draw and pass try. And the NSW set that followed Slater's try, was excellent; first Cooper made a break down the left. The offload from Mason in the 75th minute nearly saw a try to Cooper again. Smith's kick only minutes later, when the Blues were all lining up for a field goal attempt, also nearly lead to a try. And some of the interplay of passing from QLD in their own end, was clinical.
How any one can watch that game and say it wasn't great quality, or that neither side looked like scoring, is beyond me.
Sounds like I better watch the game again, I haven't watched it in at least since 2009 and that was my general feeling that NSW weren't going to score no matter what they did and Queensland were crippled without their starting halfback out there.
Also just so you know it's the only Origin game from 05-10 I haven't watched this year so before you start jumping on my back on the other games I did actually watch them this year.
LMAO. You want to claim that pass? :lol:
:? What's wrong with that pass? It was fine and wasn't 'pedestrian' like you made it out to be.
In a team that had dominance in every single facet, he did one good play all night, and even then it was against woeful QLD defence, namely Lockyer, Berrigan and Wesser.
Didn't know Wesser played in 2005.
Also Berrigan was a fine defender, just ask GI.
And that's besides my point, you were trying to make out that Anasta was a bad support five eigth in which he isn't. When he was playing on the back of Johns he played well and helped the side.
When Hunt played on the back of Thurston he limited the Maroons and compromised their attack, which was my point.
With that said, I owe it to myself to watch that game again and see if my second opinion of it was true.
