State of Origin game 1 2017 *Live game thread

[upthetigers]

Fifita was a Tiger (cries). Peats has been great.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Woods and Tedesco have both played well as usual, Fifita and Maloney have been awesome, Peats has surprised me and I'm sorry Mitchell, but despite your try on halftime, you still look like a deer in the headlights when it comes to Origin!

Milford not fazed by the occasion at all, Gagai has been great, as have most of the Qld outside backs, but you can tell they are missing Thurston and the forwards are being outplayed at the moment.

 

[Masterton]

shocking late attack on Fafita

It ended up working in NSWs favour. He went off with HIA and got back on with 5 minutes to go and was in the lead up to the 2nd try.

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

No one in NSW has produced that beaut grubber kick near the line yet

 

[Twodogs]

Sorry, guys, but credit where credit is due. I've been Pearce's greatest critic, and this is the first time he's ever looked comfortable at Origin. Good service and not overwhelmed for a change.

 

[Guest]

Cracker of a first half, plenty of missed tackles from both sides shows just how gassed they are from the pace. Teddy has been fantastic, Fifita is best on field ATM. I thought Woods was good in his first spell, got a couple of good offloads away and made solid metres. If Pearce could kick effectively we could put Qld away.

 

[stryker]

NSW left edge is the weakness. Laurie said try them out and the boys did. Carving them up. Keep going that way.

 

[stryker]

Sorry, guys, but credit where credit is due. I've been Pearce's greatest critic, and this is the first time he's ever looked comfortable at Origin. Good service and not overwhelmed for a change.

LMAO what a joke.

 

[WT2K]

Would like to see bird soon

 

[Twodogs]

LMAO what a joke.

What mistakes has he made?

 

[innsaneink]

Breaking them up the middle… Teddy for a pie this half

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

No one in NSW has produced that beaut grubber kick near the line yet

just when one was needed then

 

[stryker]

LMAO what a joke.

What mistakes has he made?

His kicking has been terrible, game management non existant, hasnt run it, hasnt caused line breaks through passing and has missed a lot of tackles.

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

No one in NSW has produced that beaut grubber kick near the line yet

just when one was needed then

and again then

 

[Guest]

Dugan has been rubbish tonight.

 

[Twodogs]

More importantly, has QLD ever been more offside? They're ready to be first receiver for NSW!!!

 

[Guest]

NSW showing more energy than Qld in the second half so far.

 

[WT2K]

Bird > Dugan

 

[Guest]

Thank god Dugan has been replaced.

 

[Twodogs]

Pearce smashes Milford. Rabbit in the headlights lol.