Honestly the biggest momentum swings in Origin 3 came off the back of Tupou dropping an uncontested kick when we were dominating. Which gave away a try tgat never would have been.... And Jake Trplodevic ruining a good attacking opportunity with an obstruction IIRC and a great defensive set with a huge flop when QLD were going nowhere. His 2 penalties just took all the pressure we had built off QLD and out his team under the pump.
Panthers boys can play the long grinding game but it's hard to do that when not all the players in the team are built for that.
Those huge momentum swings were impossible to wrestle back behind a forward pack that just had no intensity.
Though i was just happy we survived that game without injury. After the opening few minutes I genuinely feared for us losing a guy in that game
Origin 3 just showed why Freddy is a failed NRL coach (again). Bennett schooled him and Slater had his number within three games.
Slater clearly instructed to kick away from To'o. Thank f**k either Brad Arthur or Moses is too dumb to do that. The seventeenth minute of the GF was the decisive moment IMO.
Six nil up, Eels get a good play the ball forty five metres out on the last tackle.
Moses had plenty of time to measure his kick. Floater to No Man's Land or a high kick to Staines corner to pin us deep?
Neither, the tank commander does a nothing bomb straight down the middle with no kick chase direct to Edwards who runs back twenty metres and passes to To'o who is tackled forty five out. Team rolls down field
Three tackles later To'o goes over in the corner.
It was a huge moment in the match and not picked up at all in the media.
It was the sort of kick Girds was hammering Nathan about all year.