and a great signing he was too, GO THE BUNNIES!!!

Wing is on mega at Souths yes.

Soward would be pulverised in Origin. The NSW halves had no room to move tonight, so that would take out Soward's running game. His kicking game would've been of little value tonight as well, which leaves him with his passing game, which is very poor.

NSW have to stick with Campo and Wallace now, they'll be better for it.

EDIT: No, Wing is not on mega at Souths. He took a significant pay-cut after moving from the Roosters, to the point where he told the media he was on chicken feed, or something to that tune.

I would sign up Jerrad Hayne for life.

If you want to get rid of McManus, then there's Monaghan or either of the Morris brothers to pick from.

You do wonder what Hayne might be able to do from fullback though. He had a big influence from the wing (although him and Jennings swapped positions at least once).

I think Bailey has to come from the bench, he's not big enough to be up against Price and Civo in the opening exchanges. Some people are calling for Poore and Weyman to start, not the worst idea. NSW need more ascendency in the forwards, especially early on. Our halves had no room or time for a lot of the game, with most of our inroads coming from dummy-half through Farah and Wing.

Pretty sure NSW will get the win in Sydney, but Brisbane is another matter.

NSW performances in recent origins reflects the poor state of Sydney Rugby League in my opinion. All the Queensland backs are big recognisable names. Not the case for NSW.

It's abit of a worry for English rugby league though when NSW have one of their poorest teams in years yet still have talent like Gidley, Hayne, Jennings,Lyon in their backline that would walk into our test team and be ledgends

Anthony Watmough was their 18th man ffs

fookin found out the score... not happy.

First time watching an origin game for me, it's worrying how good both teams are. I reckon NSW would still have easily beaten a full strength England today.

If you thought that was good then you should wait for a real origin classic.

Thought the game today was abit average compared to the usual standards.

I'd love to see them bring a game over here NFL style and play it at Old Trafford. They'd get a huge crowd on imo because theres so many British fans that dream of attending one of these games but don't get the chance added to all the Australians that live over here that would go.

What a great game that was gutted it didn't go to golden point.

Quality game.

NSW inexperience showed but they will learn a lot from that and if their halves decide to show up next time around I reckon they will level the series.

On a side note, didn't someone on the signings thread the other day that Brent Kite wouldn't go well in super league because of his running style? He was brilliant and I can't remember him losing the collision once and that is in Origin!

From the man labelling him fat about 5 weeks ago!

Total ownage of a certain Jamie Lyon who the Saint fans would have us believe is the world's best centre.