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Have you seen a better front row performance

Eion

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Gallen SOO 2011 treating the entire Qld pack as his personal bitch.
 

_Johnsy

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Shane Webke, 2006 Grand Final.

Gals 80min Origin effort has that covered and by some margin, it was without doubt one of the great performances in Origin history.

Loved Napa owning Burgess, I'm sure Burgess will shirk when he hears his cat walking down the hallway.
 

THE CHAMP

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Gallen was pepped up on peppy pills for that game.
It's similar to talking about Ben johnsons great 100m time
 

T-Boon

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It was a great defensive performance. The first time in a long time there was actual excitement for the viewer on the defensive side of the ball. He had at least one forced fumble and had the Rabbitohs forwards scared in the second half. I saw at least one Rabbitoh hit up radically change direction on realising Napa had locked him in. If he keeps that up he should get the coveted defensive player of the year at the Dally M awards.
 

The Marshall

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It was awesome its the quality of the tackles that was most impressive he smashed Souths to bits.

How bad was Burgess after copping a few hits went into hiding in-fact i would say hes been pretty disappointing in his return he hasn't dominated anyone and is really getting owned.
 

Snappy

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Thaiday vs Roosters in round 5 last year when he owned JWH was pretty good too.

Napa last night was sensational. Would be wearing Maroon this this if he wasnt banned. We could use a hard hitter like him at Brisbane. Wonder if he is feeling homesick.
 

LESStar58

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than tonight by Dylan Napa. 80 minutes, 44 odd tackles, owned Sam Burgess and the rest of the bunnies, heaps of hit ups and a try. Sam even had to resort to grubby facials on 18 year old Mitchell to lift his confidence. f**k me that was good.

I haven't seen a performance like that for many a year if ever.

I think it was Origin 1 1998 when Gary Larson played the full match and still managed to lead the hit ups and tackle count.
 
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Thaiday vs Roosters in round 5 last year when he owned JWH was pretty good too.

Napa last night was sensational. Would be wearing Maroon this this if he wasnt banned. We could use a hard hitter like him at Brisbane. Wonder if he is feeling homesick.
lol owned.
 

T-Boon

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These days the quantity of tackles doesn't mean anything - it is the quality. Napa made maybe 10-15 tackles that really had an influence on the set.
 

Jack_Napier

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Yes, Sam made him his bitch that night. Jarrad had to respond with cheap shots and starting a fight cuase he couldnt match Sam legally

Lol made him his bitch, Sam definitely got one over JWH that night but it was hardly complete dominance. Was great to watch 2 guys go at it. Both finished on 12 hit ups for 114m and made 35 tackles.

Bronx forwards didn't want a bar of JWH in the return match for the 25 mins he was on the field before getting injured.
 
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POPEYE

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Pity my memory is reaching its used-by date, must've seen at least a thousand equally good if not better front row performances in the past 50+ years. Come to think of it, I could not watch another game and live off the memories . . . if only they'd stay where they're put
 

Bretto

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Gals 80min Origin effort has that covered and by some margin, it was without doubt one of the great performances in Origin history.

While he was on the PED's. Off the PED's, he can barely string 2 games together,
 

McLovin

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That Thaiday/JWH matchup was good. Thaiday won but I wouldn't say he 'owned' him. Both held their own...
 

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