The Ennis media machine is in overdrive, now with the Herald
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tsjonathan
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I remember when Cam Smith and Robbie would occasionally play first receiver for their clubs and then one day I was watching a doggies game and Ennis started trying to do it! LOL!!!! He was rubbish as well didn't suit his game of standing and passing…
Anyone else remember this?????
Anyone else remember this?????
GNR4LIFE
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@cunno said:
i wouldn't pay attention to anything Blocker has to say
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system
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The key difference between NSW and Queensland that all of the pundits and selectors seem to miss is the selection philosophy.
NSW pick people supposedly "made for Origin" and it is an unmitigated crap shhot.
Queensland pick the best players available, mould them into a unit and teach them to become Origin players
NSW pick people supposedly "made for Origin" and it is an unmitigated crap shhot.
Queensland pick the best players available, mould them into a unit and teach them to become Origin players
**START WON'T BLUNT MY ATTACK: ENNIS**
NSW hooker Michael Ennis is confident his creativity around the ruck won't be blunted by the energy-sapping opening exchanges in State of Origin II next Wednesday night.
Ennis will almost certainly start the clash with Queensland at ANZ Stadium after durable St George Illawarra No.9 Dean Young was left out of the Blues side for game two.
Ennis sat out the furious opening to Origin I at Suncorp Stadium last month before making a noticeable difference with his clever play around the ruck.
"I'd certainly love to be out there from the start and if I get that opportunity I'll certainly enjoy that," he told AAP on Thursday.
"You always want to start the game. I think any player wants to start the game, especially in an Origin game.
"It's always a great battle, that first 20, 25 minutes."
Ennis says he'll still have plenty in the tank if the Blues can get a more even share of possession than they did in Brisbane, where NSW absorbed a mountain of early Maroons' sets on their line.
"Hopefully we just get a fair share of the footy and, if we can complete our sets and make those guys come off their line instead of the way it was in game one, you tend to be able to conserve a bit of fuel," he said.
The Blues are also likely to use interchange utility Kurt Gidley as an attacking dummy half to give the Canterbury No.9 a breather.
Several NSW stars visited the Red Cross donor centre in Sydney on Thursday, where they watched assistant coach Trent Barrett donate blood.
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**LOL what attack?? Funniest headline ever!!!**
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http://au.sports.yahoo.com/league/news/article/-/9612064/start-wont-blunt-my-attack-ennis/
NSW hooker Michael Ennis is confident his creativity around the ruck won't be blunted by the energy-sapping opening exchanges in State of Origin II next Wednesday night.
Ennis will almost certainly start the clash with Queensland at ANZ Stadium after durable St George Illawarra No.9 Dean Young was left out of the Blues side for game two.
Ennis sat out the furious opening to Origin I at Suncorp Stadium last month before making a noticeable difference with his clever play around the ruck.
"I'd certainly love to be out there from the start and if I get that opportunity I'll certainly enjoy that," he told AAP on Thursday.
"You always want to start the game. I think any player wants to start the game, especially in an Origin game.
"It's always a great battle, that first 20, 25 minutes."
Ennis says he'll still have plenty in the tank if the Blues can get a more even share of possession than they did in Brisbane, where NSW absorbed a mountain of early Maroons' sets on their line.
"Hopefully we just get a fair share of the footy and, if we can complete our sets and make those guys come off their line instead of the way it was in game one, you tend to be able to conserve a bit of fuel," he said.
The Blues are also likely to use interchange utility Kurt Gidley as an attacking dummy half to give the Canterbury No.9 a breather.
Several NSW stars visited the Red Cross donor centre in Sydney on Thursday, where they watched assistant coach Trent Barrett donate blood.
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**LOL what attack?? Funniest headline ever!!!**
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http://au.sports.yahoo.com/league/news/article/-/9612064/start-wont-blunt-my-attack-ennis/
Harry_Fong
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You missed out on the best bit;
Certainly I need to be very dominant and controlled through the ruck there and ensure that I'm getting the big boys over the advantage line and hopefully getting Queensland going backwards, which would be nice."
The bloke's deluded.
Certainly I need to be very dominant and controlled through the ruck there and ensure that I'm getting the big boys over the advantage line and hopefully getting Queensland going backwards, which would be nice."
The bloke's deluded.
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alien
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Michael Ennis: the Blues' confidence has grown with the new additions to the team for Origin II. Copyright: NRL Photos
<big>Blues Clues: Our confidence has grown</big>
Michael Ennis, NSW VB Blues hooker
NRL.com
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 - 3:45 PM
NSW VB Blues hooker Michael Ennis continues his exclusive NRL.com daily diary from within the Blues camp.
Sunday, June 5
The NSW team for State of Origin II was named, and it was obviously good to hear my name in there again. While you are never 100 per cent confident that you will be picked in rep teams, I had had some conversations with Sticky (coach Ricky Stuart) during the week about areas to work on and some positive things.
After the disappointment of Saturday night's loss for our Bulldogs team against the Sea Eagles it was pretty hard to get myself up on Sunday. It was a pretty dominant display by Manly so I was pretty sore.
We had a recovery session at Homebush … our bodies were all a little worse for wear. After that I took my wife Simone and our three kids to the Woolooware Yacht Club for lunch and we had a really nice afternoon there until the team was announced.
I packed my bags that night and started to get excited about going back into camp with the boys.
Monday, June 6
For most of the 10 days since the last Origin camp I was looking forward to getting the opportunity to do it again. We had such a great time in Origin I so there was a lot of excitement when we all checked in at Coogee after lunch.
The excitement of the camp seemed to dull the soreness and pain I was still feeling from the game on Saturday night against Manly.
Tim Mannah and I were back on again as room-mates so we gave each other a big man-hug. We have roomed together three or four times now which is great because we know each other's routine.
We spoke a little bit about the fact that we might both start this time rather than coming off the bench and we are looking forward to those few minutes in the opening exchange being out there together.
We had a quiet team dinner together at Coogee and watched the Monday night game between the Knights and Tigers. We were having a lot of fun until Akuila Uate was put on report. We were all a little sombre for awhile. He is a great guy to have around and we were hopeful he wouldn't be suspended. Fortunately the next day he found out it was a Grade 1 charge so he took the early plea which meant he was clear to play Origin II.
Tuesday, June 7
We trained at the Sydney Football Stadium. It's always a good feeling training at the big game venues like that. We spent most of the day there with some media commitments and weights in the afternoon.
That night we had an excellent dinner at Danny's Seafood, La Perouse, which was followed by a great night at the Charing Cross Hotel, where Shannon Noll and his band were playing.
It was good to sit around with all the new guys who have joined us for Game II. It's great to have the experienced guys like Luke Lewis, Kurt Gidley, Anthony Minichiello, Jarryd Hayne and Anthony Watmough on board, especially the way they are all playing for their clubs.
They have all been successful at a high level and having them around fills the group with extra confidence, that we have so much quality in our team.
With training this time we have had to spend less time educating everyone on how we want to play, so we are certainly well ahead in our preparation now compared with this same time in Origin I.
Wednesday, June 8
We got to have a sleep in and a relaxing day before heading out to Harvey Norman at Blacktown for a promotion.
We were a bit early so a few of us went to Featherdale Farm for an hour - can't wait to take the kids there.
We spent about an hour and a half at Harvey Norman and had a huge response from the public which was great. Can't wait to play in front of the crowd of 85,000 next week at ANZ Stadium!
We had dinner at the hotel, a massage and stayed in after a long afternoon.
Thursday, June 9
We had breakfast at Coogee Surf Club with some people from Origin sponsor Harvey Norman, which was followed by a hard 90-minute field session at Coogee.
At lunch we were given some special homemade watermelon, pineapple and coconut juice courtesy of Will Hopate's grandmother. Apparently it's meant to bring us luck ... and the way Manly are playing, hopefully it will rub on us too.
Nineteen-year-old Will, the only debutant this time round, is excellent and slowly coming out of his shell. He is a credit to his parents - very polite, well-mannered and very disciplined.
While he has made a decision to follow his faith next year and not play footy, rugby league isn't going anywhere and I am sure there will always be a place for him back in the game.
Hopefully an experience like this will drive him to come back. He's a hell of a talent. I didn't realise how good he was until we played against him on Saturday night.
After lunch a group of us went to a promo for the Red Coss Donate For Your State Campaign.
Assistant coach Trent Barrett had to give blood (we can't in-season) and while he put on a brave face for the cameras, he was pretty rattled for a few hours after.
The other half of the group went to the Children's Hospital. We all joined up for dinner at a restaurant at Randwick then headed back to the hotel for massage and recovery time.
Friday, June 10
We had another solid session this morning before lunch and then packed some gear to break camp for 24 hours. Everyone is looking forward to going home.
Although new dad Mark Gasnier has probably enjoyed getting a little more seep while in camp, he is very excited to get home to see little boy Kalani.
Micthell Pearce is looking forward to getting home to his new pug dog called Alan, although he is not sure if he will still be there as he has been causing lots of grief for his girlfriend.
I am looking forward to taking my son to play footy tomorrow morning in the under 6s for De La Salle and then I'll take all three kids out for a few hours to give my wife Simone a little bit of time to herself.
We return to camp tomorrow afternoon and then the countdown begins till game day. From our efforts in the first game and the experienced players who have come into the side our confidence has grown. We certainly believe we are closing the gap, and with an even share of possession we can turn it around.
http://www.nrl.com/blues-clues-our-confidence-has-grown/tabid/10874/newsid/63247/default.aspx
Michael Ennis: the Blues' confidence has grown with the new additions to the team for Origin II. Copyright: NRL Photos
<big>Blues Clues: Our confidence has grown</big>
Michael Ennis, NSW VB Blues hooker
NRL.com
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 - 3:45 PM
NSW VB Blues hooker Michael Ennis continues his exclusive NRL.com daily diary from within the Blues camp.
Sunday, June 5
The NSW team for State of Origin II was named, and it was obviously good to hear my name in there again. While you are never 100 per cent confident that you will be picked in rep teams, I had had some conversations with Sticky (coach Ricky Stuart) during the week about areas to work on and some positive things.
After the disappointment of Saturday night's loss for our Bulldogs team against the Sea Eagles it was pretty hard to get myself up on Sunday. It was a pretty dominant display by Manly so I was pretty sore.
We had a recovery session at Homebush … our bodies were all a little worse for wear. After that I took my wife Simone and our three kids to the Woolooware Yacht Club for lunch and we had a really nice afternoon there until the team was announced.
I packed my bags that night and started to get excited about going back into camp with the boys.
Monday, June 6
For most of the 10 days since the last Origin camp I was looking forward to getting the opportunity to do it again. We had such a great time in Origin I so there was a lot of excitement when we all checked in at Coogee after lunch.
The excitement of the camp seemed to dull the soreness and pain I was still feeling from the game on Saturday night against Manly.
Tim Mannah and I were back on again as room-mates so we gave each other a big man-hug. We have roomed together three or four times now which is great because we know each other's routine.
We spoke a little bit about the fact that we might both start this time rather than coming off the bench and we are looking forward to those few minutes in the opening exchange being out there together.
We had a quiet team dinner together at Coogee and watched the Monday night game between the Knights and Tigers. We were having a lot of fun until Akuila Uate was put on report. We were all a little sombre for awhile. He is a great guy to have around and we were hopeful he wouldn't be suspended. Fortunately the next day he found out it was a Grade 1 charge so he took the early plea which meant he was clear to play Origin II.
Tuesday, June 7
We trained at the Sydney Football Stadium. It's always a good feeling training at the big game venues like that. We spent most of the day there with some media commitments and weights in the afternoon.
That night we had an excellent dinner at Danny's Seafood, La Perouse, which was followed by a great night at the Charing Cross Hotel, where Shannon Noll and his band were playing.
It was good to sit around with all the new guys who have joined us for Game II. It's great to have the experienced guys like Luke Lewis, Kurt Gidley, Anthony Minichiello, Jarryd Hayne and Anthony Watmough on board, especially the way they are all playing for their clubs.
They have all been successful at a high level and having them around fills the group with extra confidence, that we have so much quality in our team.
With training this time we have had to spend less time educating everyone on how we want to play, so we are certainly well ahead in our preparation now compared with this same time in Origin I.
Wednesday, June 8
We got to have a sleep in and a relaxing day before heading out to Harvey Norman at Blacktown for a promotion.
We were a bit early so a few of us went to Featherdale Farm for an hour - can't wait to take the kids there.
We spent about an hour and a half at Harvey Norman and had a huge response from the public which was great. Can't wait to play in front of the crowd of 85,000 next week at ANZ Stadium!
We had dinner at the hotel, a massage and stayed in after a long afternoon.
Thursday, June 9
We had breakfast at Coogee Surf Club with some people from Origin sponsor Harvey Norman, which was followed by a hard 90-minute field session at Coogee.
At lunch we were given some special homemade watermelon, pineapple and coconut juice courtesy of Will Hopate's grandmother. Apparently it's meant to bring us luck ... and the way Manly are playing, hopefully it will rub on us too.
Nineteen-year-old Will, the only debutant this time round, is excellent and slowly coming out of his shell. He is a credit to his parents - very polite, well-mannered and very disciplined.
While he has made a decision to follow his faith next year and not play footy, rugby league isn't going anywhere and I am sure there will always be a place for him back in the game.
Hopefully an experience like this will drive him to come back. He's a hell of a talent. I didn't realise how good he was until we played against him on Saturday night.
After lunch a group of us went to a promo for the Red Coss Donate For Your State Campaign.
Assistant coach Trent Barrett had to give blood (we can't in-season) and while he put on a brave face for the cameras, he was pretty rattled for a few hours after.
The other half of the group went to the Children's Hospital. We all joined up for dinner at a restaurant at Randwick then headed back to the hotel for massage and recovery time.
Friday, June 10
We had another solid session this morning before lunch and then packed some gear to break camp for 24 hours. Everyone is looking forward to going home.
Although new dad Mark Gasnier has probably enjoyed getting a little more seep while in camp, he is very excited to get home to see little boy Kalani.
Micthell Pearce is looking forward to getting home to his new pug dog called Alan, although he is not sure if he will still be there as he has been causing lots of grief for his girlfriend.
I am looking forward to taking my son to play footy tomorrow morning in the under 6s for De La Salle and then I'll take all three kids out for a few hours to give my wife Simone a little bit of time to herself.
We return to camp tomorrow afternoon and then the countdown begins till game day. From our efforts in the first game and the experienced players who have come into the side our confidence has grown. We certainly believe we are closing the gap, and with an even share of possession we can turn it around.
http://www.nrl.com/blues-clues-our-confidence-has-grown/tabid/10874/newsid/63247/default.aspx
tsjonathan
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@alien said:
:bash
"Dear Diary"…Geeeezzz...that article just kept going and going...
"today i woke up"
"I brushed my teeth"
"I had breakfast"
"I went to work"
:deadhorse:
Team_Tiger
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@stryker said:
And that's what worries me, Stryker. We might win game two and the selectors will keep the same team for the foreseeable future.
Ennis won a dead rubber after the Maroons were out on the grog (and who knows what else) in 2009 and he has held his place on that one win for two years, even tho he cost NSW game 3 last year.
@cunno said:
Farah won't play.
Rothfilth and his merry band of idiots masquerading as respectable members of the media will make sure of that.
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