2018 Origin 111 *Live thread..

[happy_tiger]

Yeah you are wrong Happy - the Wally Lewis medal is for player of the series

When did they change that ?? :brick:

 

[happy_tiger]

Do people understand that Slater only won the Wally Lewis medal

Which is Qld's man of the series , not the actual player of the series

:brick: :brick: :brick:

Are you sure? All the media reports suggest it's for the overall player of the series. If you're correct I don't think anyone would care too much. Queensland can choose whoever they like for their player of the series.

**Yeah I'm sure , it's never been won by a NSW's player**

Your medal is awarded at some Blues award night , from memory it might be the Brad Fittler medal

Hate to tell you you're wrong Hap.
The Wally Lewis Medal is for the player of the series from ANY team (changed from just QLD after 2003)
NSW players have won it a couple of times (your mate Paul Gallen in 2014).
I think QLD now has the Peter Jackson medal which is similar to NSW Brad Fittler medal.
In other words … it was a joke for Slater to win it.

Ok yeah Cook or Maloney easily

 

[4jtigers]

Rort of the century, Slater player of the series. At least the acronym, POS, is nearly correct.

Your not kidding!
It was a nice retirement present for the old man.
Very nice of the panel to throw away a medal to make A Grub like Slater feel nice and fuzzy.
Cook was robbed of a medal, but that won’t worry the League. As long as Qld is happy that’s all that matters

that was a farce, the game was being tailored for Qld to win so Slater would have a nice send off… it has to have a feel good story for it... biggest FARCE ever!!!

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

If Nathan Cleary is the answer to either the NSW or Wests Tigers half back problem then I'm a bad judge. The only thing I can remember him doing in 3 SOO games is that sideline tackle in game 2\. Tonight DCE played all over him. He is a fair defender and is a good link but he doesn't have one iota of attacking flair in my view.

DCE had the luxury of having the ball for 70% of the first half and running at a team in the second half that had made 100 extra tackles before half time.
NSW obviously wanted Maloney to play as the dominant half … a little strange I thought.

I think that may have had a little bit to do with why his attack was blunted

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

Just how many repeat sets did they have in the first half?.?
Must be a world record.
And in all that time they never made even one mistake.
Even not one for holding down.
Strange….......

 

[innsaneink]

They do a 4-3-2-1 vote for each game and it's tallied after the three games… I'd say slater got a 4 in game II and probably a 3 or 2 last night... FFS Laurie Daley is a judge asking with wally and mal

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

Be interesting to see the next Australian team selections.
16 Qlders I nsw
After all we have to get a token player, after all, we did win the series
And McCulloch is a sure pick seeing that he handled Cook so well.

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

They do a 4-3-2-1 vote for each game and it's tallied after the three games… I'd say slater got a 4 in game II and probably a 3 or 2 last night... FFS Laurie Daley is a judge asking with wally and mal

I’d say the Three of them were on the sauce all night,
I live in Qld and everyone of the ones I know, are laughing their heads off for Slater winning that.
He would have been feeling pretty stupid when he accepted it.

 

[underdog]

They do a 4-3-2-1 vote for each game and it's tallied after the three games… I'd say slater got a 4 in game II and probably a 3 or 2 last night... FFS Laurie Daley is a judge asking with wally and mal

I’d say the Three of them were on the sauce all night,
I live in Qld and everyone of the ones I know, are laughing their heads off for Slater winning that.
He would have been feeling pretty stupid when he accepted it.

He was embarrassed on Channel 9's after award interview - even named Boyd Cordner as someone he felt more deserving.

 

[jirskyr]

QLD fans complaining the shield shouldn't be in the rain… hope they don't miss this picture.

https://twitter.com/NSWRL/status/1017059185576628225

What kind of shield cant handle some liquids

Reminds me of when Canberra got their hands on the Winfield Cup 1989 and then let it fall off the back of the bus whilst showing it around Canberra.

 

[Geo]

Happy is wrong…like that doesn't happen on at least a weeky basis :laughing:

 

[sheer64]

:roll

Happy is wrong…like that doesn't happen on at least a weeky basis :laughing:

 

[TripleB]

Sims is lucky to stay on the field after that. Weird and dumb play

Yeah, so, so stupid and you could see the immediate change on Qld faces that it was the invitation that they had been waiting for.

It may have been the Blue tinted view I had of the game, but I actually thought when they showed the ref cam view of the incident when Sims got up to play the ball, Hunt grabbed him first around the shoulders and was pulling him down. Sims then seemed to follow through and take him to ground, but I thought the ref cam showed it was Hunt who started it all. As i said, could have been my one-eyed view of the game.

 

[Needaname]

Take off the glasses.
I was of the opinion last night however;
Just saw the replay multiple times on Marty Johns show.
Tariq puts his arm around him first.
It looks like Hunt is trying to pull him down but he actually only grabs and pulls once, more so to pull Tariq away so he can get on with the game.

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

Just read the B S from The Panel that awarded the medal to Slater,
What a load of Codswallop!
Slater should return the medal.

It wasn’t his fault that these cretins wanted to give him a going away present, but at least he’d show a bit of integrity, and be remembered for that,instead of for accepting a medal that even he knew , he didn’t deserve.

 

[Spartan117]

NSW - could have won this despite the Massive effort in 1st half.

Even though we (NSW) weren't that dominate

Some stupid player / ref descissions didnt help

 

[innsaneink]

DCE…for all his faults and despite being a flog with the personality of a turnip...really took ownership of the QLD team the other night
Good game

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

No idea how Slater got man of the series.. he played 2 games and wasn't the best player in any of them

Apparently he played his ring off in game 1
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It’s his own fault.
He shouldn’t be wearing jewellery on the field anyway :smiley: