Not brilliant game completely over hyped IMO. Gasnier was very poor and probably the worst player on the pitch.

Tonga did well to stay on the field seemed to be holding his arm from
first half like it was broken/fractured

As i said at half time..it was a pretty dour game....



Lockyer only came into the game in the last 10 minutes......Smith only got MotM because he was given more space than Neil Armstrong.......it was a game for purists and would have bored the tits off the 40,000,000 yanks that Rabbits Warren claimed were watching

Very average game, shocking reffing

NRL better than SL? Nah.

Get your butt over to the NRL board.... you'll be about as popular as herpes.

NSW need to get Hayne back into the side at fullback. Other than that they shouldn't look at too many changes (one of their mistakes over the last few years), but they desperatly need more firepower in the front row. The tactic of Young at hooker early failed miserably as well. The worrying thing for NSW is if Inglis is back he'll add an extra dimension to Qld's attack, and there's no way they could survive that degree of defence again without conceding a lot of points.

Gaznia had a "mare".....

The anthem was excellent.

Poor old Blues fans. Enjoy your day.

Yeah it was a poor game.

lol

That will do me.

lol

Nothing here about Tonga?

He did his shoulder in the 16th minute and played out the entire game with a stuffed shoulder.

Mal Meninga was at great pains at the press conference to emphasise Tonga's role and his courage. I tend to agree with him. I'll forgive him for not passing when a try was on, even though it was before the injury.

lol

that anthem sucked

i thought it was god save the queen for a bit

Every origin can't be a classic, but hey it was still was a good game

But still who wouldnt love 50,000+ crowd, 10 days of wall to wall media in all mainstream forms and TV ratings through the roof in this nation. Amazing product.

Still have a massive gripe about sky's pre game, absolutely kills any hype of the game and leaves me feeling really flat. Also shows Jon Wells lack of knowledge of the NRL.

I refuse to watch anything that has Brian Carney presenting it. I recorded the game and fast forwarded the bits with him in it.

Good to see Bomber McCrae is back to health again though.


LOL @ the stupid people who are still voting on the result the day after the game finished. Thats 7 more votes for Queensland since this morning

I read something earlier about the quality of these origin players being of less quality than that of the early nineties and i disagree. I think it is on par of that of the early nineties teams and is gaining in both strength and depth. Back then you had Langer, Stuart, Daley and Fittler at halfback. Now they have Thurston, Lockyer and Soward who are definately comparable. Cam Smith is as good as Steve Walters was. Slater, Hayne and Dugan are better than Brasher, Mullins and Shearer. Inglis, Jennings, Gasnier, Boyd, Uate, Morris et al are as good if not in some instances better as the outside backs of the nineties. And the old English fallacy of the Aussie pack being poor is rubbish as the likes of M Scott,Thaiday, Civonaceva, Gallen looked good with plenty of good young forwards coming through. I first started watching Origin in the 90s and i like to romantasise about that era. But what impressed me yesterday was the quality across the board with plenty players injured or not even picked. I think the Aussies are still producing quality and quantity just as in that decade.

Carney is now the best pundit/presenter that sky have for rugby league. Well spoken, presents the game without bias or repetitive stupidity (stevo).

That said, sack them off or just let Carney bring in the coverage to hand over to 9. Wells has had a shocker when ever he has had his 10 seconds having to go to his clip board, getting names wrong or calling the Thurston on Uate strip a poor carry.