Man of the Match - Cameron Smith....pppffftss.

[Barromundi]

Look, he tackled well like usual however, he was by no means a standout and certainly did not deserve MOM, not many did standout to think about it but I did think Gal was everywhere and was punishing in defence.

 

[gregstar]

oh.

okay.



gallen MOM.

 

[Ausguy]

i would have given it to slater.... saved 4 tries

 

[blacktip-reefy]

gallen or Gasnier.

CAM Smith for f**k sake.

 

[spider]

i was a bit miffed by it

 

[Vossy]

yep gallen deserved it, cam smith got it by default..he was involved in everything, i think there wasnt one set of 6 he wasnt some how involved in..and that break he had was the shortest break in a while..well done to him

bird was a bit quite for his standards though..

 

[spider]

all the halves were quiet

was just that type of game unfortunately

 

[DJShaksta]

Can't wait to see all those pussies that said Gallen's selection was a joke eat some humble Farkin pie.

He'll walk into the NSW team with his head held high.

 

[Inferno]

Can't wait to see all those pussies that said Gallen's selection was a joke eat some humble Farkin pie.

He'll walk into the NSW team with his head held high.

He did have a great game.

Doesn't make his selection any more deserved. There could have been a few others who could have done equally a great job.

Take nothing away from Gallen though, he was awesome.

 

[Special K]

if gallen wasnt MOTM he was a close 2nd. Great game by him.

Birdy on the other hand wasn't up to his high rep standard.. I would of loved to of seen him run off lockyer. maybe in 2009....

 

[Tunguska]

Birdy didn't get enough ball with space because Cameron 'the hog' Smith likes to promote his forwards on tackles 3 and 4 and we were flat in attack. There was hardly any backline movement so its unsuprising.

 

[grandorient]

Yes I agree, I thought Gallen was MOM. His game was outstanding. Wish he would move to the Dragons.

GO

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Buderus would've given Australia more zip around the ruck.
The Kiwi's would've been carved up more and everything else would've flowed more.

For mine Gallen or Slater.
Both had a big impact on the game.

I hope Tupou has got more than he showed last night!

 

[Mr Angry]

Smiths kicking was outstanding.

I would have gave it to Sonny-Bill.

 

[Frenzy.]

Agree Angry. SBW was easily Best on park.

Gall was the busiest Aussie, if not the best, but I reckon Billy the Kid was unlucky not to get the gong

 

[icewind]

yeh sbw was everywhere. Gaz had a pretty good game too in defence and attack. Gallen was aggressive in defence but that's about it. Cam Smith made a ton of tackles and was the primary kicker for clearing kicks.

woulda prolly gone sbw or gaz tho.

 

[Inferno]

Anyone know the last time someone from the losing team won the man of the match?

lol I was checking the stats for this game and don't really know how the Kiwis lost.

Made more metres 1586 - 1232
Less tackles 311 - 360
More line breaks 6 - 4
More offloads 14 - 8
More penalties 10 - 5
Less missed tackles 38 - 46

Errors were almost even 11 - 10.

 

[Ausguy]

Anyone know the last time someone from the losing team won the man of the match?

lol I was checking the stats for this game and don't really know how the Kiwis lost.

Made more metres 1586 - 1232
Less tackles 311 - 360
More line breaks 6 - 4
More offloads 14 - 8
More penalties 10 - 5
Less missed tackles 38 - 46

Errors were almost even 11 - 10.

doesnt sound right... they had no ball in the first half so how they made 250 more metres is odd

 

[chili pepper]

gallen or Gasnier.

CAM Smith for f**k sake.

They were Oz's best.

SBW was the only other contender for MoM