Brooks and Tedesco Origin Future - Predictions

The team won't change for Game 3 unless there's injuries, but this years Blues squad is actually quite weak. QLD has a better backline, far superior halves, and a forward pack equal if not better than the blues this year.

The difference was the team's attitude. The Blues showed up this year, and defended strongly, and QLD seemed off their game for much of the series, making lots of mistakes.

Hodkinson would have to have a killer start to next season to be in contention for next year. Reynolds he'll be there abouts, but Hodkinson has showed that he's a fair way from being an Origin quality half. Not sure if he threw a good pass or made a decent kick in either of the first 2 games and was a primary reason why NSW struggled to get going much in game 2.

Yes he scored the winning try and good on him for that, but it was more due to lax QLD defense who held off our weakest player in the squad rather than nicredible skill on his behalf. Whichever halfback is killing it the most next season will be halfback. That could be Brooks or one of a number of players.

Teddy he'll also be there abouts, but probably won't play fullback for the next few season. Though i see Hayne potentially moving in a few years time as he gets around 30.
 
Jennings out for season… Torn lattissimus dorsi.

Who will fill centre? We are short?

Dugan one side and hoppa the other?

Bring in a winger?

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Huh, Tedesco and Brooks for origin!! First they have to win us some mathches first before talking about football.
Get your feet on th fround, guys.
 
@pHyR3 said:
Why not play teddy or brooksie off the bench as a utility player? teams do that for origin all the time, dont see the harm in doing it for a dead rubber.
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At best you might pick one of them as a 18th or 19th man

That could be a good grounding to start with

Pretty sure Tedesco is a Qlder anyway :wink:
 
Brooks has missed the most tackles in the NRL and Tedesco has a huge queue of fullbacks in front of him at this point. Neither are near selection. Pie in the sky.

I'm actually quite annoyed that we're gonna have to play ANOTHER game without Woods and Farah for the sake of a dead rubber.
 
@Cosimo_Zaretti said:
This whole 2014 NSW squad now has the tag of being the ones who ended QLD's 8 year run. That's going to add serious weight to their incumbency. Hodkinson and Reynolds in particular came into the 2014 series having played about 10 minutes of origin football between them, and I think the 6 and 7 spots are theirs to lose. It's going to take some poor club form or injury for a spot to open up in the halves now.

Which is a shame because I think Brooks will have a strong case for rep selection over the next few years, but I think he may have to wait a while. He'll probably get a consolation prize Kangaroos jersey on some pointless PNG tour before he gets a sniff of Origin. Unless we lose another couple of origin series and start swapping players in panic.

There's no doubting that James Tedesco is already one of the best fullbacks going around, and is only going to improve. The problem for James is that Daley finally saw the light and let Jarryd Hayne play fullback. Even if Hayne were injured, Josh Dugan would probably move back into the number 1\. Whilst it might be tempting for NSW to play Tedesco out of position just to get him into the backline, you'd have Mansour in there first should a wing spot open up, and I don't see James Tedesco playing centre at Origin level.

I honestly can't comment on Mitchell Moses as he is yet to play at NRL level. A talented kid can look good against other kids, or against a reserve grade defence in NSW cup. Until we see some first grade opposition running at him, we have no idea how good he's going to be. If Mitch is everything we're led to believe then we've got a serious shot at a premiership in the next couple of years, but it's too early to declare him a future origin star.

I'd like to say Nofolauma was in with a shot, but he's barely fit for first grade as it stands. Looks to be carrying an injury, so the shortest winger in the comp is now also the slowest. It must be very frustrating for Simona when he gets that rare quality ball in space, and his winger can't keep up. Nofolauma is a long way off competing with the likes of Brett Morris or Josh Mansour for rep spots, and it's only Korobeite's inability to catch a ball or make a tackle that's keeping him in first grade. I hope he just needs the right physio session to regain some speed soonish.

I'd love to see Simona develop into a rep contender if he is still eligible for NSW after being named in both the NZ and Samoan sides. He's a much cleverer centre than Jennings for mine. Jennings has a beautiful line break and is damn near impossible to catch once he gets away, but he lacks awareness of his support players, or the vision to set them up. As well as being nearly as quick as Jennings, Simona has a much better offload, and a cheeky chip and chase in the kit. I think he could develop into something special. It's a shame he's stuck running off Anasta, with a slow (injured?) Nofolauma on his outside.
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what an excellent post.
 
Brooks will be ready in 2016 I would say, NSW need a ball player to be honest both Hodkinson and Reynolds were OK for this series and probable next season but really the Blues need a real 1/2\. On Brooks I am hearing that he will become the first 1 million dollar 1/2 back come his next conract all being well for him as there is just not anyone of note coming though so the Tigers better start saving the bikkys.
 
@MacDougall said:
Brooks has missed the most tackles in the NRL and Tedesco has a huge queue of fullbacks in front of him at this point. Neither are near selection. Pie in the sky.
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This is spot on.
 
Neither are anywhere close in my opinion. Brooks has glaring issues in defence that he needs to rectify and for Tedesco to get a look in it would mean NSW not picking Hayne at fullback which would be idiotic.
 
I think young Siro has more chance of being picked as a lock than the other two.

Lawrence was a dead set shoe in a few years back and now he is lucky to be playing first grade.
 
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