The CF: Rugby League State of Origin Thread

[chadders]

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This thread is open for discussion about the State of Origin 2007.

23/05/2007 - Origin I: 25-18 Win to Queensland.
13/06/2007 - Origin II: - 10-6 Win to Queensland.
04/07/2007 - Origin III: - 18-4 Win to New South Wales.

Overall Winner: - Queensland.

 

[chadders]

I'll start off by saying:

GO QUEENSLAND!!

 

[shazabella]

YAY !!!!!!!!! we won the first one !!!!

- Shaz

 

[GodsoldierClintus]

It's a well established fact that NSW > QLD

 

[chadders]

It's a well established fact that NSW > QLD

If you're talking about losing then yes I'll agree.

NSW Losses > QLD Losses.

After all, QLD has won more times than NSW and is the only one to win 5 origins successively.

 

[GodsoldierClintus]

Biblical from Genesis through to Revelations it says NSW > QLD. I encourage you to read your bible more thoroughly and search for the truth...

It says in that verse "NSW shall always be better than QLD regardless of origin results"

And we don't lose we just let you guys win...

 

[Bamboo_Chicken]

We lost . I have faith though...we've got it in us yet. NSW!!!

 

[chadders]

We lost . I have faith though...we've got it in us yet. NSW!!!

That's what you thought last time .

 

[tigercub]

We lost . I have faith though...we've got it in us yet. NSW!!!

I have little doubt NSW will win the next one. There is some kind of curse on QLD in regards to winning at Telstra Stadium.

Luckily for us, the last game is at Lang Park again

Price...well who said 33 was too old to play rep. footy?

Lockyer...

 

[skinnybrad]

Price is a legend... showed his personality straight after the game....
"great try there tonight mate"
"Yeah shoulda been two"

overall i thought the refereeing was woeful... he should of gone to the video for the nsw try and im yet to find proof he grounded that... and the pass to Price for his first try which was disallowed being forward i have no idea how he came up with that...

 

[Lil'_Miss_Princess_Aimz]

im agreeing with the ref on the tries - the two tries QLD missed were forward.. nothing more to say there...

and although i go for NSW... VERY woeful attempt in the 2nd half - like HELLO... QLD scored 3 tries... NSW - zilch... what's that say? NSW died in the 2nd half. it was pathetic.

oh wells. next game tho

 

[skinnybrad]

yeah but Aimz just remember... the Broncos always come back in the second half (well maybe not this year) so it is kind of to be expected that Queensland will do it too

 

[lmnop9876]

well jarrod haynes' pass was what won it for queensland, simply inspirational stuff, serving up the best five-eighth in the game with a superb pass straight on the chest with no defence in sight (nevermind that he was playing for the other side).

i mean, come on, surely in that situation at that level you would know to just hold on to the ball and take the tackle, avoid going into touch if possible, but definitely don't try any tricky long-range passes off the ground like that (can't say that i would have done any differently, but nvm that)

but that said, his try in the first half was simply sensational, it's what every winger in either league or union dreams of.

qld's tries that were disallowed were definitely not tries, one was definitely a forward pass, can't remember what the other one was, but i recall thinking at the time that the ref got it right. although one of our tries had a slightly suspicious pass, i would say it was definitely lateral though (but i'm more than a little biased). and one of our tries the grounding looked a little suss, not that he dropped the ball, but rather may have been held up.

 

[Lil'_Miss_Princess_Aimz]

hmmm... the NSW #2 was shocking... like he couldn't stop a try... (no offence if any1 likes him..)

 

[Amhacajo]

Does anyone else here reckon that Lockyer sounds like Tommy Redonikus (however you spell his name)?

 

[chadders]

I havn't heard Tommy Raudonikis speak but I do know Lockyer has a really rough voice. I don't like the rough voice but he's a good player so...

GO THE WINNING TEAM!!! QUEENSLAND!!!

 

[skinnybrad]

yeah blame Willie Mason for that... a few yrs ago Mason tackled him around the throat and did some damage to his vocal chords (wasnt in origin though)

 

[Timyone]

Man i only got to see the second half, because i was at velledrome training but it was an all right game.

Tonights bulldogs cowboys game actually got me mnore on the edgfe of my seat!!

 

[Timyone]

Ive never heard that as the reason for his croaky voice, ive allways assumed that as he is in charge and yells all night, he has a croaky voice at the end of the game when they interview, i get the same thing when i shout alot

 

[TheDag]

Price is a legend... showed his personality straight after the game....
"great try there tonight mate"
"Yeah shoulda been two"

overall i thought the refereeing was woeful... he should of gone to the video for the nsw try and im yet to find proof he grounded that... and the pass to Price for his first try which was disallowed being forward i have no idea how he came up with that...

I gotta say brad you need to learn the rules. There does not necesarily need to be proof that he grounded the ball. In any case I get a bit sick of people who complain about decisions that go against their team but not decisions that go against the opposition. Maybe that is because I'm a referee so I find it hard to be biased anymore. I'll sit there and grumble ok good decision that. Several times queenslanders came in with late tackles ie Nsw player on ground and not moving when player flops on top. Shoulda been a penalty. Willie Mason had not touched the ground when he threw the pass but that is kinda made up by the disallowed Qld try. I don't think the first one was a forward pass but the second one was correct. Thurston got up and played the ball even though the tackler fell of in the tackle and nobody was touching him. This put most of NSW players offside when it should have been play on as tackle had not been made.

Just to declare.
I am NSW born and bred and hope NSW win the series but have been saying before game one I will be very surprised if Qld don't win. They clearly have the better team and more experienced team. They also have the home ground advantage. Typical Queensland though. They want NSW to give up home ground advantage for one of their games last year (Qld has never won at Telstra stadium) and move game to melbourne but Qld won't do the same. I think that says Qld aren't as confident as they appear!