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Uncle Wayne will be getting a Christmas card from me this year.
Wayne Bennett roasts Jarryd Hayne over Origin mistakes
WAYNE Bennett rarely sticks the boot into rival players, but in the case of Jarryd Hayne’s “selfish” blunder on Wednesday night, the supercoach was prepared to make an exception.
Just a few weeks ago, the Broncos mentor was gruffly calling for critics to lay-off the former NFL star after his turbulent start to 2017 with the Gold Coast Titans and reported angst within the club’s playing group surrounding his training habits.
He didn’t lay-off the NSW centre on Thursday morning following the Hayne Plane’s hot and cold performance in Queensland’s 18-16 win in Origin II at ANZ Stadium.
While Hayne has been criticised for a number of clunky brain snaps, including his attempt to pull off a miracle round-the-back flick pass to Brett Morris in the first half, Bennett’s greatest gripe with Hayne’s performance in Game 2 came earlier when the former Eels star butchered what should have been the knockout blow for the Blues.
After Valentine Holmes gave Queensland the perfect start, NSW enjoyed a period of absolute dominance, scoring three tries in 11 minutes to put Queensland on the ropes.
Hayne scored near the sideline on the back of a NSW overlap in the 16th minute.
Brett Morris finished off a slick linebreak dart from James Maloney in the 24th minute.
Then Mitchell Pearce popped up to finish off a sweet run from James Tedesco off the back of a clever short ball from Jake Trbojevic.
Suddenly it was 16-6.
A few minutes later, Hayne had the moment to surely kill off Queensland when he found himself two-on-one with Maroons winger Dane Gagai and opted not to throw the pass to unmarked winger Morris before he was wrapped up.
The try went begging.
It should have been the knockout punch. At 22-6, the game is over.
Bennett highlighted Hayne’s decision, which was described by some Origin commentators as “selfish” and a “showboat” move, as one of the decisive moments which cost NSW the win.
“For Jarryd Hayne, there’s no excuses for why he didn’t pass the ball to Morris,” Bennett told Triple M Brisbane’s Marto, Ed and Robin.
“It’s about taking your chances and Queensland, all through the second half, they just kept playing it out, playing it out. That’s what makes them so good.”
When asked if he was coaching Hayne if he would have given Hayne a spray, Bennett said Hayne simply had to know better than to run the ball on his own.
“Last night, I would have said it to them as they were leaving the field,” he said.
“He’s too good a player for him to do what he did. If he’s a young guy just learning his trade and all that then that can happen. But that guy is a champion player and he made a very poor decision.”
Bennett also highlighted Wade Graham’s poor discipline as another moment where Queensland’s class trumped the Blues’ enthusiasm.
Graham firstly ran out of the line and missed a tackle on Maroons star Josh McGuire, leading to the Maroons’ second try.
Then, with the game on the line, the Cronulla star was penalised for raking the ball out of the hands of a Queensland player, leading to Dane Gagai’s staggering try in the 77th minute off the back of another miracle flick pass by Michael Morgan.
“NSW were pretty calm,” he said.
“They were much better than they have been. It always gets down to the little things. There was two or three little moments in the second half that proved the difference. When Graham shot out of the line instead of staying put that second try doesn’t happen.”
Bennett said the Queensland victory was built around the selection changes made after the Maroons’ 28-4 loss in the series opener.
“What they did in the second game they should have done in the first game,” he said.
“The team they picked in the second game was the difference for them. It should have been done in the first game, but it wasn’t. So they did change which was good and they got themselves a victory.’
http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/wa...s/news-story/8598f9d61dd302d0569804c775669f38
And for comedy relief,even Tommy the Tomato Tapdancer has his two bobs worth directed at the side,especially Hayne.
Blues legend Tommy Raudonikis slams New South Wales
CATTLEDOG! Blues legend Tommy Raudonikis has come out swinging following New South Wales’ defeat to Queensland in game two of the State of Origin series.
New South Wales looked like they had one hand on the Origin shield, when they led Queensland at halftime, but a stirring second half display saw the Maroons steal a stunning 18-16 win to force a decider in Brisbane.
Raudonikis blasted the Blues for their attitude, saying Laurie Daley’s men lacked the killer instinct and were simply out-enthused by the Maroons — something the former New South Wales great says continues to separate the two sides in the Origin arena.
“I couldn’t believe New South Wales got beaten,” Raudonikis said on Nine’s The Footy Show.
“Did not score a point in the second half — that is disgraceful, I really mean that.
“I know someone that went into the Queensland dressing room at Lang Park (Suncorp Stadium) after game one, and it was like somebody died. Nobody spoke. Heads were hung low, people were crying.
“Our dressing room last night, nowhere like the Queensland dressing room. Blokes were talking to each other like nothing happened. That is the difference between Queensland and New South Wales — and it’s called passion.”
The former Blues Origin coach said he would make two changes for the series decider at Suncorp Stadium, replacing two New South Wales stars that he feels let the side down massively in game two.
“Jarryd Hayne on your performance last night, especially your second half, I wouldn’t pick you for the third and deciding match,” Raudonikis said.
“When you made the break down the left-hand side, you had (Brett) Morris outside and you decided to go inside. I don’t know what you were doing.
“You pass him the ball, he scores, that puts us in front again!”
“He (Hayne) has got to go. He misses too many tackles and he’s not as good as he thinks he is.
“The other bloke who has to go is (Mitchell) Pearce — didn’t see him in the second half.
“What did he do? — Nothing!”
The former Australian representative did manage to put his fierce New South Wales patriotism to one side momentarily, applauding the performance of Queensland star Johnathan Thurston in game two.
Raudonikis agreed with the assessment of several post-game, who said the Blues failed to send enough traffic at Thurston given his shoulder injury.
But Raudonikis said the gritty display from the Queensland five-eighth just again reaffirmed his quality.
“When you’ve got a player, and he will be the next immortal, Johnathan Thurston, running around the oval with a crook shoulder and a crook knee — nobody hit him,” Raudonikis said.
“Was he a protected species? Why wasn’t Pearce on him and on him and on him.
“Getting him by the ear, grabbing him by the leg, whatever.
“He (Thurston) just led his side with courage, and that’s what the Queenslandanders have got and we haven’t at this stage.
“Johnathan Thurston — you are a champion.”
http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/bl...s/news-story/66b3d8c3236833955566069cc060275e
Well,there you go.From the mouths of two very notable ppl in the game.(O.K.,just one then...as Tommy quipped "“You pass him the ball, he scores, that puts us in front again!”")
