2012 - Emerging Blues squad for Origin Named

[Guest]

no lawrence?

After playing for Australia I would assume Lawence would bypass an 'emerging blues squad'

Will probably be first centre picked.

But Tony Williams is in this squad

You would have to play him in the backrow and use him on the fringes.

 

[scott2478]

Can the name of this thread be corrected to include the word 'emerging'? It is a little misleading as it currently stands.

 

[black_and_white_tige]

no lawrence?

After playing for Australia I would assume Lawence would bypass an 'emerging blues squad'

Will probably be first centre picked.

But Tony Williams is in this squad

You would have to play him in the backrow and use him on the fringes.

Good point Sabre, forgot about Williams

 

[innsaneink]

Josh McCrone…OMG

To be fair he did improve a lot on last year.

Great for our blokes, especially **MOLTZEN**.....this will do his confidence no harm and that is something he's had issues with.

 

[Flippedy]

no lawrence?

I suppose since Lawrence is almost guaranteed to start for NSW this year barring injury.

Well done to the WT's boys

I don't know about that, Clifferd. Lawrence has not yet played Origin, he should've been named in that list. Something is not right there.

 

[steve-o]

interesting that kyle stanley is in their seeing as his brother chase is aligned with NZ.

in regards to lawrence not being in the squad, i can only assume ricky has been in contact with him and explained that all he needs to do is maintain his current form and he'll be a walk up starter for a centre spot. he wouldve been there last yr if not for injury.

at this stage id pick jennings over ayshford, but ayshford's time will come.

 

[happy_tiger]

interesting that kyle stanley is in their seeing as his brother chase is aligned with NZ.

in regards to lawrence not being in the squad, i can only assume ricky has been in contact with him and explained that all he needs to do is maintain his current form and he'll be a walk up starter for a centre spot. he wouldve been there last yr if not for injury.

at this stage id pick jennings over ayshford, but ayshford's time will come.

I dunno Steve O I think you need to try and shut Qld down than try and outscore them

I agree with Watto said Ayshford would shut Inglis down better than Jennings can

Not that we want to give your selectors any smart ideas either , we don't want the Qld dominance to end anytime soon

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

interesting that kyle stanley is in their seeing as his brother chase is aligned with NZ.

in regards to lawrence not being in the squad, i can only assume ricky has been in contact with him and explained that all he needs to do is maintain his current form and he'll be a walk up starter for a centre spot. he wouldve been there last yr if not for injury.

at this stage id pick jennings over ayshford, but ayshford's time will come.

Jennings was ordinary last year, Ayshford had it all over him.

 

[steve-o]

I dunno Steve O I think you need to try and shut Qld down than try and outscore them

I agree with Watto said Ayshford would shut Inglis down better than Jennings can

Not that we want to give your selectors any smart ideas either , we don't want the Qld dominance to end anytime soon

im always cautious of what queenslanders have to say about the blues, never know if ur trying to trick us :wink:

Jennings was ordinary last year, Ayshford had it all over him.

i agree ayshfords a better defender and was better for the tigers than jennings was for penrith, but jennings was by far our most dangerous player in origin 1\. every time he touched the ball he made a half break. plus hes already played a few games for the blues so hes got a bit of experience over ayshford.

 

[Tiger_Watto]

I think 'balance' is a key factor in beating Queensland. Looking back over the last couple of years, NSW seemed to pick a team that was designed to shut-down Qld, rather than try and out-score them. Then last year the thought process was designed to 'match' them in the frontrow, and 'bore' them to death with Jamie Soward. Neither worked (although Soward was pretty boring), so I'd be inclined to chose a Right Centre that can defend effectively, but also knows how to counter-attack. You get that with both Ayshford and Lawrence. I'd also look at who would be better at feeding Uate!!!

Many Origins have been won by the bounce of a ball… and so 2012 has begun.

 

[happy_tiger]

I dunno Steve O I think you need to try and shut Qld down than try and outscore them

I agree with Watto said Ayshford would shut Inglis down better than Jennings can

Not that we want to give your selectors any smart ideas either , we don't want the Qld dominance to end anytime soon

im always cautious of what queenslanders have to say about the blues, never know if ur trying to trick us :wink:

Jennings was ordinary last year, Ayshford had it all over him.

i agree ayshfords a better defender and was better for the tigers than jennings was for penrith, but jennings was by far our most dangerous player in origin 1\. every time he touched the ball he made a half break. plus hes already played a few games for the blues so hes got a bit of experience over ayshford.

Steve O I don't want Ayshford rushed into Origin too early and made to look all at sea

It would do him great harm at club level to have a barry crocker at SOO level

I honestly think he would shut Inglis down and to clarify for Watto what I meant I meant shutting down Qld centres( Hodges and Inglis) is the key to shutting Qld down as well as Smith out of dummy half If NSW could do that I reckon they are a real shake at beating Qld this year

But thats the issue ,have NSW got the talent to shut these guys down ???

 

[steve-o]

I dunno Steve O I think you need to try and shut Qld down than try and outscore them

I agree with Watto said Ayshford would shut Inglis down better than Jennings can

Not that we want to give your selectors any smart ideas either , we don't want the Qld dominance to end anytime soon

im always cautious of what queenslanders have to say about the blues, never know if ur trying to trick us :wink:

Jennings was ordinary last year, Ayshford had it all over him.

i agree ayshfords a better defender and was better for the tigers than jennings was for penrith, but jennings was by far our most dangerous player in origin 1\. every time he touched the ball he made a half break. plus hes already played a few games for the blues so hes got a bit of experience over ayshford.

Steve O I don't want Ayshford rushed into Origin too early and made to look all at sea

It would do him great harm at club level to have a barry crocker at SOO level

I honestly think he would shut Inglis down and to clarify for Watto what I meant I meant shutting down Qld centres( Hodges and Inglis) is the key to shutting Qld down as well as Smith out of dummy half If NSW could do that I reckon they are a real shake at beating Qld this year

But thats the issue ,have NSW got the talent to shut these guys down ???

yeah i have no doubt ayshfords time will come, i just think next yr may be a little bit early. but if jennings or lawrence were to get injured id be happy for him to come in as i think hes definitely our next best option.

smith is the key for qld in my eyes. he was able to give qld such a good roll on (esp in origin one last yr)because he get out of dummy half so quickly by the time he passed it to scott or petero they were alrready over the advantage line. only way to shut him down is to slow the play the ball down, but as we know, that is a lot easier said then done, especially in origin

 

[happy_tiger]

Actually Steve O I think it is easier to slow the play the ball down in Origin than in a club game as the referees sometimes appear to lose the pea in their whistles once a Origin game starts

 

[Goose]

Actually I thought we had clarified that Woods was a Qlder :smiley:

Didn't one of his relatives talk about visiting Mt Isa at one stage ??

Thats all it takes these days to get the nod…..

We let you have a couple of our guys after we toweled you blokes up a 4 in a row, and the death of origin was being discussed, those blokes than carved us up for the next 6 years, so we are keeping our players these days

 

[steve-o]

Actually Steve O I think it is easier to slow the play the ball down in Origin than in a club game as the referees sometimes appear to lose the pea in their whistles once a Origin game starts

yeah that is true, there are always a lot less penalties in origin games than nrl games. but the tempo in origin is always so much faster. even in the 2011 series, which was probably one of the slower origin series in terms of speed of play, the players lungs were burning a lot more than they would in a nrl game. i think in the nrl, players tend to "cross the line" more whereas in origin each penalty is so critical that whilst they do try to slow the play the ball down, they dont go as "close to the line" in terms of testing the refs. there are a lot more cheap shots/grubiness around the ruck (eg elbows, facials etc) but the play the ball is still a lot quicker in origin

 

[Tiger_Watto]

Actually I thought we had clarified that Woods was a Qlder :smiley:

Didn't one of his relatives talk about visiting Mt Isa at one stage ??

Thats all it takes these days to get the nod…..

We let you have a couple of our guys after we toweled you blokes up a **4 in a row**, and the death of origin was being discussed, those blokes than carved us up for the next 6 years, so we are keeping our players these days

3 in a row mate…I might let you win in 2012, but you've never won 4 in a row!!!

GO QUEENSLAND!!!!!! :righton:

 

[happy_tiger]

Actually I thought we had clarified that Woods was a Qlder :smiley:

Didn't one of his relatives talk about visiting Mt Isa at one stage ??

Thats all it takes these days to get the nod…..

We let you have a couple of our guys after we toweled you blokes up a **4 in a row**, and the death of origin was being discussed, those blokes than carved us up for the next 6 years, so we are keeping our players these days

3 in a row mate…I might let you win in 2012, but you've never won 4 in a row!!!

GO QUEENSLAND!!!!!! :righton:

Not a chance Watto Lets keep the blood flowing for another year at least

We are going to do it for Artie this year He will always be the heart and soul of SOO for Qld along with Wally

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

I hope Fifita kills it and becomes the best prop in the world and i always thought and still believe Ayshford is a better allround centre than Lawrence - but both are great - thats for sure.

 

[Flippedy]

If you're good enough, you're old enough and ready for Origin. Ayshford is all of these, he would make a great Origin player now - why should he have to wait til he's more experienced? They threw Hopoate in after only a handful of NRL matches and he did good. Ayshford has more in his game than Hopoate.

 

[stryker]

Agreed Flip and boys (Happy and Watto), we'll have them again.

Blues should go a lot better…may come down to whether our blokes could be even bothered. Its really hard to hate a bunch of losers....feel like a bully.