Qld vs Nsw Origin III Game Thread

[Johnny Brass]

Munster was Queenslands best player over the course of the series. Teddy was the player of the series and should have got the medal.

[Gary Worthless]

Munster was Queenslands best player over the course of the series. Teddy was the player of the series and should have got the medal.

Channel 9 just said the medal was chosen by the Australian selectors - Darren Lockyer and Laurie Daley.

[Johnny73]

If DCE is halfback next year for Queensland, they win the series. Greatest blues side in origin history my arse. The best player for NSW this year was Ben Hunt.

[Bowzy]

So proud of Boyd, should have been Wally Lewis medal winner. Hope he has a good rest this weekend and comes back firing the the back end of the year.

I know he cops some slack sometimes, but no matter what team he plays on you can never question his desire or work ethic for the team.

Anyone who thinks otherwise isn’t a true Roosters supporter, the other 15 teams would kill for a 12nd rower like him.

[rozza]

Absolute disgrace Slater getting man of the series could have gone to either Boyd,Maloney,Turbo Tom and Cook but on the plus side at least none of our players got injured and let the charge to the finals begin!

[Big Poppa Pump]

Now that the adrenaline and passion has subsided I know it’s not Slaters fault he won the award. I should not have made personal comments about him and apologise for them.

That said listening to Laurie Daley this morning on the BSB on how the voting works (4, 3, 2, 1 across the 3 games judged by himself Lockyer and Meninga) the NRL needs to be transparent and release the voting across the 3 games.

[Hawkeye]

It was a stitch up from the start. I hope the betting agencies have something to say about that blatantly fixed match.

Wasn't the ref last night (whichever Sutton it is), I might be wrong but wasn't he the one some weeks ago they said Brisbane at Suncorp had won 15 straight under him. He obviously likes pleasing the Suncorp crowd !

[trewhella]

Maloney won them the series but lost them the game last night
was bloody awful.

doesnt know when to pass and and run..

tedesco man of the series by the length of the Randwick straight

[Headless Chook]

Now that the adrenaline and passion has subsided I know it’s not Slaters fault he won the award. I should not have made personal comments about him and apologise for them.

That said listening to Laurie Daley this morning on the BSB on how the voting works (4, 3, 2, 1 across the 3 games judged by himself Lockyer and Meninga) the NRL needs to be transparent and release the voting across the 3 games.

Yeah I listened to it on the way to work this morning. Bulldog Ritchie gave him a grilling and reading between the lines I get the feeling that the Qld selectors got Slater over the line. Daley stressed that neither Lockyer or Meninga are biased in anyway but I find it hard to believe that a current Qld selector and a past Qld coach don't pay closer attention to the Qld players then the NSW players. Why not have 4 people voting, 2 from each state?

[Lydon]

Yeah I listened to it on the way to work this morning. Bulldog Ritchie gave him a grilling and reading between the lines I get the feeling that the Qld selectors got Slater over the line. Daley stressed that neither Lockyer or Meninga are biased in anyway but I find it hard to believe that a current Qld selector and a past Qld coach don't pay closer attention to the Qld players then the NSW players. Why not have 4 people voting, 2 from each state?

Because the logical choice seems way too difficult for some them..
2 from Qld and 2 from NSW,it’s such a simple solution..

[Hawkeye]

Because the logical choice seems way too difficult for some them..
2 from Qld and 2 from NSW,it’s such a simple solution..

then they'd get grid locked in making a decision. Why not just 1 from Qld, 1 from NSW and a Kiwi / Pom who has no allegiance to either Qld or NSW.
Daley / Meninga / Wiz Freeman ?

[Lydon]

then they'd get grid locked in making a decision. Why not just 1 from Qld, 1 from NSW and a Kiwi / Pom who has no allegiance to either Qld or NSW.
Daley / Meninga / Wiz Freeman ?

That’s also a great idea,still too logical for the muppet hierarchy though lol

[TheLoneRooster]

So, after that stitch-up, pre-ordained, disgrace of a match that doubled as a billy slater testimonial, I have the following comments/questions:

* Were NSW so bad that they warranted receiving just one friggin penalty in 69 minutes of that game? And only three in 80 minutes?
* In the same 69 minutes, the toads got approximately 7? #penaltytoads #thankyousutton
* What happened to Paul Vaughan? NSW effectively played with 16 and then 15 for 10 minutes when stupid Maloney was binned.
* Lattrell was hardly sighted, made his usual poor defensive read, and has much to learn, but then he's still young unlike Maloney, Sims, and Klemmer.
* Hunt should have been penalised for lying all over Sims but that didn't justify Sims' subsequent boneheaded reaction.
* Klemmer is a moron but then he was probably fatigued due to the absence of Paul Vaughan.
* Crichton was largely ineffective and Peachey came on too late which leads me to my next point.
* Freddy's use of the bench was Trent Robinson like - crap in case you're wondering what I mean. See my comment regarding Paul Vaughan.
* And lastly, slater as man of the series - what an absolute joke. NSW deserve an explanation but then shyte of origin is all about qld

And another thing:
* Before Sims' idiocy, didn't the touch judge prematurely raise his flag when JAC threw the ball back in field which therefore should have been NSW's ball and not a scrum to the toads? And didn't the toads score soon after?

As I said, a stitch-up.

[Thirteen]

Because the logical choice seems way too difficult for some them..
2 from Qld and 2 from NSW,it’s such a simple solution..

Just let Gus make the call. He knows everything.

[The Sack]

Teddy with the yips pass. Run you good thing, just run it.

When hew threw that intercept pass, the Blues had a 3 on 2 situation. By cutting out Mitchell, he nullified the overlap NSW had . Holmes was desperate for the intercept. Short pass to Mitchell and he scores.