State Of Origin 2019

[Blair]

Ahh, what the heck.

Game One, this week.

 

[Blair]

Who was our last representative?

 

[Rich102]

Lillyman?

 

[Blair]

Lillyman?

That's who I thought of too.

I seem to recall Hoffman lost his spot in the Blues after moving here, which always looked bad for us and future recruits.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Looking forward to it but 10.20pm kickoff makes it extremely tough these days

Get back to the 9.30pm kickoff, no doubt this seasons buildup will consist of half an hour up Ponga’s arse, then moving onto Tedesco and Mitchell

 

[BLN2]

Anyone else think both teams look a little "meh" this year? NSW Forward pack looks the goods IMO, where as QLD's looks really average.. Players lift for origin, so will be a good game regardless.

 

[Burns]

Anyone else think both teams look a little "meh" this year? NSW Forward pack looks the goods IMO, where as QLD's looks really average.. Players lift for origin, so will be a good game regardless.

Think this is the new norm tbh. Coincides with the number of Pacific Islanders, Kiwis and English players in the comp.

 

[Meth]

NSW by 10

 

[Philip_Smith007]

f**k me, should kick off at 7.30
To much shit, why do we need to hear Billy Slater and Paul Gallen going on about pregame from previous years.

It's a school night for kids, could be ok bed at 9.30, all the build up makes it 10.30.

And you poor bastards in NZ.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

NSW by 10

Hard to pick as both teams have picked on previous form with some out of form and injured players.
Hard to go against Qld at home.
Qld by 4

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Pretty average game of football, plenty of mistakes, average kicking games.
Cook and Tedesco are playing great.
Ponga quite.

Keep talking it up Nine, it was a great half of Origin.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Mitchell in the bin for 10.
Professional foul.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Not sure they know at Nine the difference between disallowing tries and stuffed up tries for QLD.

 

[Blair]

I fell asleep at half-time. I obviously missed the best half then.

18-14 to Qld.

 

[Blair]

f**k me, should kick off at 7.30
To much shit, why do we need to hear Billy Slater and Paul Gallen going on about pregame from previous years.

It's a school night for kids, could be ok bed at 9.30, all the build up makes it 10.30.

And you poor bastards in NZ.

The whole pre-game was pretty unbearable. You have to be in some kind of mood for that, I wasn't.

It's over-hyped and we've known that for years.

 

[jaseg]

Watching Freddie's interchange work made me think of peak Kearney madness.

* Left Crichton on while QLD went on a rampage (and Ponga finally got into the game attacking that edge), Frizell ended up playing about 30 minutes only... possibly their best forward, totally underused.
* Klemmer had one giant stint and then gone for the last ~25 minutes.
* Hooked Walker for Wighton, who promptly made back to back f**kups, got away with the first but then gifted Gagai his try with the second.. Walker was the only half actually doing something, came back on at the death and set up the NSW try.

 

[Meth]

Game 2- For QLD, I'd just bring in Segeyaro for Mbye. Hunt is not good enough to be hooker for 80.

NSW are going to need to make some changes.

 

[Meth]

Mitchell had a nightmare. Tedesco was NSW's best, but also made some key errors. Both of these guys will be better for game 2.

Halves are an issue. Obviously, they were planning on Keary. I think they should either bring back Maloney to partner with Cleary or Reynolds to partner with Walker and Cook.

Be interesting to see the extent of Frizell's injury. If he isn't fit, they'll need to replace him with a prop. Otherwise, Crighton will need to go- maybe Jordan McClean or Matthew Lodge.

Fitler's use of the bench was their biggest issue.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Walker was horrific, seemed that he carried his anthem protest through to the game and decided not to play, I couldn’t pick him again. Reynolds now gone for 3-6 weeks with a back fracture and Keary gone for 6, so they either go back to Maloney or look at the form player of the comp, Pearce

Tom T will be a big addition and Morris played well enough to keep his spot so probably on Cotrics wing

Bench use was poor, Crichton was very lucky to make the side in the first place and saw too many minutes, Jake T didn’t see enough, he can play 80 easily and was taken off after a big opening 20

At the end of the day though, if one side gets all that possession and territory in the 2nd half and the refs leave the whistle in the pocket allowing them to pin the other side, they should always win