Origin 2022

[Dice]

@mariner4life said in Origin 2022:

@bayimports said in Origin 2022:

@mariner4life maybe we were before our the emergence of Tonga as a league team but not since

most especially once Tonga and even Samoa became viable options, all those "kiwis" have chosen elsewhere.

And with so many Tongans and Samoans being brought up in Australia, those two teams are only going to get stronger.

The pool of islander players in Australia is pretty impressive - even if the Kangaroos nab a few of them, there's still so much talent left over for the islands.

[Nepia]

Ya bloody pessimists. I'm always confident ... for the first 5 minutes at least.

Ah well, enjoy your Aussie lovefest tonight - I might watch the highlights over breakfast on that dud Kayo app so I can rejoin the thread tomorrow and pretend to have a clue what I'm talking about.

[mariner4life]

8.12

Still no kick off

[Tim]

@mariner4life Australia needs to have a national conversation about starting footy games on time.

[Tim]

The ball is in play so much more in League.

How good would Sotutu be in the NRL.

[Tim]

No time to post from your phone.

Game needs some proper biff though.

[Tim]

Well taken try, but goal line defence is weak by union standards. Not surprising given how much quicker this game is - players must be quite a bit smaller.

[Tim]

Game is way faster, but quite a lot less physical. Hits on defence aren't impressive. Kicking game is relatively poor too.

Overall, very repetitive and becomes boring pretty quickly.

[Tim]

Handling was very good, very few offloads though.

[Grooter]

Jack's on 1 Tonight

[antipodean]

Why was that try overruled?

[Gunner]

@antipodean said in Origin 2022:

Why was that try overruled?

Obstruction

[mariner4life]

Origin is no longer hard, it's fast. The pace of the game is insane

DCE still sucks.
Newbies Carrigan and Cotter are killing it. Grant adding heaps from dummy half

But NSW look the better side so far. On a different night they have 3 tries. Qld can't keep giving them field position

[Tim]

@mariner4life said in Origin 2022:

Origin is no longer hard, it's fast.

The game is incredibly fast. The collisions are lame, there are few offloads, and it seems extremely risk averse though. Boring.

[MN5]

How did Phil Gould go ?

[mariner4life]

@Tim too quick for hits

Saw.two decent ones all half.

[Gunner]

It's all very predictable.

4x one out hit ups
1x 'backline move'
kick

Repeat

[Grooter]

I can see why Razor Robertson is a firm admirer of Munster

[Gunner]

@Gunner said in Origin 2022:

It's all very predictable.

4x one out hit ups
1x 'backline move'
kick

Repeat

Just as I say that, Queensland start mixing it up, a try off a scrum, a few offloads and a wee bit of excitement....

[Gunner]

Haha a tip tackle from one of the Blues, dumps the guy on his shoulder/head.
On report only, and a commentators call 'that's origin at it's finest'

Fuck me.

That's a red card all day every day in rugby - and there wouldn't even be any debate about it.