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tsjonathan
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i think the series is over. There's no way qld will lose G3 @ home
being JT's last game
being JT's last game
supercoach
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Amateur hour again by the NRL, imagine no camera shots of both sides of the line. Okay there will always be the situation where you can't get the right camera shot, but in the corner, they are joking, nearly 70% of trys are scored in the corner.
Under the circumstances and the evidence presented, the ref made the right call along with the bunker, but we needed another camera shot and I think it probably would have showed a different story
supercoach
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Pearce was fine when the blues forwards were playing fast and direct, but come the second half the blues started to play laterally and that was partly due to our forwards and partly due to the fact the 10m went out the window.
Pearce is no Joey Johns, but who is better at present???.
Pearce is no Joey Johns, but who is better at present???.
GNR4LIFE
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He's this era's Braith Anasta. Only picked because the selectors had to ask "who else is there?"
Harvey
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Jarryd Hayne cost NSW the game. Selfish plays, poor defending and hopeless mistakes. Most of the Cronulla players were not much better playing idiot ball at crucial times.
NSW outside backs are generally useless and other options such as Turbo, Walker, Roberts etc should be considered
NSW outside backs are generally useless and other options such as Turbo, Walker, Roberts etc should be considered
Tiger_Watto
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meh… I agree about the refereeing. 2nd worst performance I have seen in SOO.
The amount of forward passes from Smith & Peats out of DH was ridiculous, followed by plenty of other passes that were forward. I get they cant see every pass, but when they happen with lines on the field being prominent, surely they have to blow there whistle?
And whoever instructed the officials to ignore the action off the ball has opened a whole new can of worms. It was like watching NFL in some cases, and again it was clear they had no interest in it. As always though, there will be a blow-up and one team will cope the harshness of the crackdown at some stage.
NSW were the better team. There was some good signs for Qld with there wrestle/late hits in the ruck etc, but NSW lost that game. By the 60th minute, it was obvious they were prepared to sit on there heels and not take risks. It was then I realised we were a chance as at some stage a team with Smith, Slater, Cronk & JT will catch you out. The obvious happened and we go to Lang Park for a decider.
I thought Cordner was NSW Best, and Josh McGuire Qld Best... Without being fooled by the emotion of commentators, Slater and JT did make a difference to Qld energy with the ball.
Good Luck NSW... A decider in Qld with farewells to some of the games best. You just made your job a whole lot harder!
The amount of forward passes from Smith & Peats out of DH was ridiculous, followed by plenty of other passes that were forward. I get they cant see every pass, but when they happen with lines on the field being prominent, surely they have to blow there whistle?
And whoever instructed the officials to ignore the action off the ball has opened a whole new can of worms. It was like watching NFL in some cases, and again it was clear they had no interest in it. As always though, there will be a blow-up and one team will cope the harshness of the crackdown at some stage.
NSW were the better team. There was some good signs for Qld with there wrestle/late hits in the ruck etc, but NSW lost that game. By the 60th minute, it was obvious they were prepared to sit on there heels and not take risks. It was then I realised we were a chance as at some stage a team with Smith, Slater, Cronk & JT will catch you out. The obvious happened and we go to Lang Park for a decider.
I thought Cordner was NSW Best, and Josh McGuire Qld Best... Without being fooled by the emotion of commentators, Slater and JT did make a difference to Qld energy with the ball.
Good Luck NSW... A decider in Qld with farewells to some of the games best. You just made your job a whole lot harder!
tsjonathan
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could be ugly, like QLD 30 NSW 0
NSW really blew it
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I thought this was always a danger game for the Blues. A great win in Game 1, a better Qld team for game 2\. However, after watching this one I'm more confident of NSW getting up for game 3\. I don't think the Blues will play as poorly again and I really don't think the Maroons will play any better. NSW by 8!
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Woowee…a humble Queenslanderrrr...must have been last weeks visit to NSW...
Spud_Murphy
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No way Willow, Dugan was one of the best out there last night! He did some great stuff. Hayne on the other hand was a real liability, but you couldn't replace him either because, as everyone knows, he is capable of anything and can be a real match winner on his day. To have any chance of winning at all, NSW need to stick with the same 17 if they are available.
It's all academic anyway, because QLD will win the decider hands down. Thurston will play his Origin swansong and there is no way on God's green earth that he and Cronk will go out as series losers at Suncorp Stadium, NO WAY! It's written in the stars people, so may as well get used to it now - they'll make a documentary movie about it one, day mark my words! :mrgreen:
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I tend to agree. We could go up there and get flogged, but i haven't forgotten that bar a poor decision by Hayne, NSW could easily have been in the position at halftime last night of having scored 50 points to Qld 10 in the last three halves of footy.
Theres no doubt it will be an enormous test, a bit of luck will probably be required, but what greater chance to win a series than at a packed Suncorp? NSW have definately not been capable of this in recent years, but his team can actually score points (despite the 2nd half last night) and unlike past NSW teams, i think prefer the fast surface at Suncorp. If all players are fit, id stick with the same line up, except one minor tweak in the starting side. I think some of the Blues were getting big heads and believing some of their own press, that won't be the case for Game 3.
Byron_Bay_Fan
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Now Nelson, don't mention SJW and yourself in the same sentence. I think Styrker should write a book on his success as a Key Bored Warrior (KBW)
