Origin 2022
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@mariner4life said in Origin 2022:
Game of the year. Will not be topped in any code. Had absolutely everything
Who gets man of the match? DCE? Hunt? Ponga? Any one of the forwards??
The spine was excellent and even when they bought Grant on, Hunt was basically playing like a 5/8 with Dearden on the edge.
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@mariner4life how good was Jai Arrow? Far out he put on some hits and bought some steel every time NSW tried to go wide. Best I’ve ever seen him play.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Origin 2022:
@mariner4life how good was Jai Arrow? Far out he put on some hits and bought some steel every time NSW tried to go wide. Best I’ve ever seen him play.
Back to his first series form when he was a weapon
Love Tino too.
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They definitely know how to lay it on thick in the post game - gotta love Origin deciders.
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The passion of Origin. Joey Johns can’t even talk. Absolutely gutted.
Freddie blowing up in the post game presser
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@ACT-Crusader said in Origin 2022:
The passion of Origin. Joey Johns can’t even talk. Absolutely gutted.
Freddie blowing up in the post game presser
Is he? About what???
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@mariner4life said in Origin 2022:
@ACT-Crusader said in Origin 2022:
The passion of Origin. Joey Johns can’t even talk. Absolutely gutted.
Freddie blowing up in the post game presser
Is he? About what???
The headlock in the biff. Didn’t really notice it during real time, but just watched a replay and even for Origin, that was pretty bad. Wasn’t just a wrap him up type of one either. Had quite a bit of force.
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The mind boggles thinking about if we saw what happened tonight in a rugby match:
The biff - 2 x RCs
The headlock - 1 x RC
The DCE tackle on Cleary - 1 x YC
The first head clash - 1 x YCYuck
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Fuck off Freddie you got the rub from the ref for thr first half
And you got outcoached by a guy on his first job.
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@mariner4life the brains trust for Qld - Slater, Smith, JT, Langer, Josh Hannay and I saw Miles in there too.
Far superior to the Blues.
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Didn't go to bed at half time. That tells you everything. Terrific match. As much as it pains me to say it, that game shat on anything union has produced for a while.
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One of the best games of rugby I have seen in a long time. And unfortunately better than anything union has produced for a looooooong time
Last game I have seen to be anything like as good as that was the 2016 Cowboys vs Broncos final.
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My personal player ratings:
Queensland:
- Ponga - deserved motm 9.5
- Cobbo - unfortunately knocked out NA
- Gagai - poor game 4.5
- Holmes - good kicking, defence & attack 8.5
- Oates - quiet first half, better second half 6.5
- Deaden - solid debut, nearly created a try 7.5
- DCE - controlled team well 8
- Collins unfortunately knocked out NA
- Hunt - brilliant game 9
- Papalii - better than previous games 5.5
- Capewell - looked dangerous but not fast enough for centre 7
- Nanai - dangerous every time he touched the ball 7.5
- Carrigan - industrious as usual 8
- Grant - dangerous as usual 7.5
- Fa'asuamaleaui - quiet first half better second 7.5
- Arrow - quiet 6.5
- Gilbert - great debut, put everything into it 7
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Origin 2022:
Didn't go to bed at half time. That tells you everything. Terrific match. As much as it pains me to say it, that game shat on anything union has produced for a while.
I think the amount of people on my FB feed who’ve all of a sudden become Queenslanders after 10 years of hibernating says it all.
The masses love a bandwagon.
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now that the emotion has settled a bit (i don't actually think Klein was cheating, i just got Cheese carried away)
What a fucking game. It has absolutely everything and this is why State of Origin rates so friggen highly. Amazing viewing, speed, aggression, guts, some high skill, and the 2nd half was as tense as you will see.
What the fuck was that start? 3 guys out in side the first 4 sets? And all tacklers, not tackled players. Guys were flying in to contact, everyone was well up for it.
Qld kicked off and used that advantage to its full scope, keeping NSW down their end. The first try was coming for a while, and so good it was a great play by a kid on debut (and a sexy angle from Holmes).
But all that did was fire up NSW, and they just ground Qld out of the game. The Penrith Pressure ramped up, they won the territory battle, Qld started making errors, the defense got disjointed, and NSW took complete control. Tedesco looked unplayable, NSW won what felt like every collision, and Qld were hanging on by their fingertips.And then two moments back to back. A legit obstruction penalty for some relief. And then Tupou drops a really good high kick. Grant orchestrates a sneaky, pretty lucky try, and somehow Qld go in to the sheds only 2 down.
And that's where the good stuff happens. Recent QLd legends Slater, Smith, JT, Miles get to give their little "Qld Spirit" speech. And you can bet it was Cam Smith telling DCE about the early kicks, he made a career out of it.
The 2nd half was a different game. Qld looked dangerous now, Ponga pushing through the middle was creating breaks or half breaks. DCE kicked them to death. The Qld forwards kept turning up right were they needed to be. And they squeezed the life out of NSW, who suddenly started to make errors. Ponga scores finally. A few tries are (rightfully) disallowed. Hunt 40/20s and NSW start to look done. And yet all the while NSW still look like they can make a break right up until Hunt snatches the kick out of the air and runs 50m to win the game.
Qld spine were unreal. Qld forwards battled hard in that 2nd half, Tino, Arrow and carrigan especially. That's am incredible win with 15 against a good NSW side, roared home by a great crowd.
That's an Origin night for sure.
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also, as if it couldn't get any better
the absolute salt from Joey Johns in the post-game was just delicious.
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Brilliant game and doesn't surprise me that they team with the better kicking strategy got up in the end. Ring any bells?, well we know Ardie would have been watching, i just hope like fuck he passed on that message
Personally thought Ponga probably should have got MoM and if NSW had sneaked in Tedesco. Both had whales of games.
Interestingly fighters only got fines, Tino got two fines, one for head lock and one for high shot.. everyone able to play..lol
Just wow though, fast, furious, some outrageous skill, brainfarts and serious emotion. That was some seriously fun product to watch
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@bayimports said in Origin 2022:
Ponga probably should have got MoM
he did i heard. Carrigan player of the series
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@mariner4life said in Origin 2022:
@bayimports said in Origin 2022:
Ponga probably should have got MoM
he did i heard. Carrigan player of the series
ahh ok, I just saw Carrigan get up and make a speech (was actually humble also) thanks for that
