Looking further ahead - we forfeit game 3

[RABK]

NSW Side Game I 2008

1. Anthony Minichiello
2. Jarryd Hayne
3. Mark Gasnier
4. Ben Pomeroy/Michael Jennings/Dean Collis
5. Brett Morris
6. Todd Carney
7. Jarrod Mullen
8. Ben Cross
9. Robbie Farah
10. Willie Mason (c)
11. Anthony Watmough
12. Paul Gallen
13. Ben Creagh

14. Anthony Laffranchi
15. Michael Weyman
16. Cory Patterson
17. Greg Bird



Question - if Feleti Mateo chooses to play for Australia will he be eligible for Blues selection? If so....

NSW Side Game I 2008

1. Anthony Minichiello
2. Jarryd Hayne
3. Mark Gasnier
4. Ben Pomeroy/Michael Jennings/Dean Collis
5. Brett Morris
6. Todd Carney
7. Jarrod Mullen
8. Ben Cross
9. Robbie Farah
10. Willie Mason (c)
11. Anthony Watmough
12. Paul Gallen
13. Ben Creagh

14. Anthony Laffranchi
15. Michael Weyman
16. Feleti Mateo
17. Greg Bird

 

[ShadesOfTheSun]

10. Willie Mason (c)

Ouch.

 

[Eddie.]

Ben Cross haha

 

[Eddie.]

weyman, wow

i know its time for changes but lets not get too carried away

 

[Dutchy]

We still have to save ourselves some embarrasment and not lose 3-0 in 07

f**k 2008

 

[Misanthrope]

Mason isn't captaincy material. For every impassioned speech he produces, he makes a junior reporter cry or flips off a crowd member. That kind of passion is great for Origin, but not for press conferences. Somebody like Andrew Ryan would be better.

 

[Mr Saab]

Ben Cross is aggressive and wont take a backward step.
Better suited for origin that White or Kite.

As for forfeiting, it could be a good idea...could be a repeat of 2000 game three...this time the opposite way

 

[Mr Saab]

Double post

 

[RABK]

Ouch.

Only forward who actually made a single hit up that was longer then 10 metres and actually got a rare quick play the ball. Mason was the only NSW forward who showed ticker in that Second half.

I, unlike some, think he is captain material. It was him barking orders in the second half. Not Kimmorley, not Buderus.

Ben Cross haha

Size, Mungrel....forwards can't all be young. I rate him as someone who owuldn't take a backwards step and capable of putting someone like Civoneceva on their ass and changing the game.

weyman, wow

i know its time for changes but lets not get too carried away

Alway rated him. Once again, size, mungrel and a big, big heart. Born to play Origin.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

cant we just play SOO texas hold em for game 3 insteead

 

[Dutchy]

cant we just play SOO texas hold em for game 3 insteead

Menzies and Monaghan in the team..we cant lose

 

[RABK]

Mason isn't captaincy material. For every impassioned speech he produces, he makes a junior reporter cry or flips off a crowd member. That kind of passion is great for Origin, but not for press conferences. Somebody like Andrew Ryan would be better.

Can't agree at all.

Mason was talking when Buderus certianly wasn't. Only forward to dent the line all night.
Ryan was Canterbury captain in the 04 grand final... it was Mason who took the on field leadership role though and won the clive churchill medal.

Mason would be a fine captain. Ryan just played either his last or second last Origin game.

 

[Mal Meninga]

Luke Douglas is a good young prop although he's in the mould of Brett White which may be a little too mobile/not hard enough for Origin. Ben Cross goes hard but Origin?

If Thom Learoyd-Lahrs could just stay injury free... he'd tear QLD a new one on the fringes.

 

[RABK]

TLL i rate but i haven't seen much of him this year. Like Weyman though - if he's fit he's a walk up start IMO.

 

[Misanthrope]

Mason was talking when Buderus certianly wasn't. Only forward to dent the line all night.

From what I could see, Buderus was leading by example. I didn't see Mason doing a great deal of that.

 

[Pigskin]

Ben Cross would be ideal for Origin ... he just oozes that mentality that he could go crazy on the big stage ... Qld pick this type of player all the time ... NSW don't

I said in another thread ... Fui Fui is another of that ilk ... but he is a kiwi apparantly ... imagine him coming off the bench ... eek

Oink !

 

[RABK]

Am i the only Newcastle fan that can admit Buderus isn't up to Origin anymore and needs to step aside for Farah?

Buderus leading by example - name one run he made? He defended well...but so did Cam Smith. Cam Smith actually ran the ball though and made a lot of metres.

For the 5th Origin in a row, Smith outplayed Buderus. Buderus is captain of a Blues side that showed no heart - he's gotta take some of the fall.

 

[Mr Saab]

RABK...the man who tells it like it is

 

[Johns Magic]

Am i the only Newcastle fan that can admit Buderus isn't up to Origin anymore and needs to step aside for Farah?

Buderus leading by example - name one run he made? He defended well...but so did Cam Smith. Cam Smith actually ran the ball though and made a lot of metres.

For the 5th Origin in a row, Smith outplayed Buderus. Buderus is captain of a Blues side that showed no heart - he's gotta take some of the fall.

Buderus shouldn't be picked ahead of Farah, because without any quality halves we need all the creative spark we can get.

To say that Buderus isn't up to Origin anymore though is a cop-out. I'm willing to believe that the lack of dummy-half runs was partly a result of tactics and partly a result of the extremely slow rucks allowed by Hayne, which Queensland took full advantage of.

At club level Buderus is as good out of dummy-half as he has ever been.

Buderus shouldn't be chosen for tactical reasons...not because he's not a good enough player.

 

[Misanthrope]

Am i the only Newcastle fan that can admit Buderus isn't up to Origin anymore and needs to step aside for Farah?

Saying something isn't an admission unless it's a truth. You're expressing an opinion.