State Of Origin

[fletcher]

GO RUDD!! oh i mean, tough luck NSW. soundly beaten. we played like ****. never had the ball. qld too strong.

 

[Lodan]

Why the **** was anyone sent off, that's what I want to know. What a load of ****.

My understanding is
merrin went for the new "swing a punch get 10 in the bin" rule
tate went for deliberately headbutting merrin's fist
hodges went for throwing 20 punches without actually hurting anyone (a capital offence)

and bird... well... refs on QLD side all night :lol:

 

[rehab]

Bird went because he is a dirty grub that has had it coming for a few Origins (and almost every week) to be fair. This was the one time they sent him and I think they must have been watching his grub plays of the week highlight reel and decided enough was enough.

Class effort this week QUEENSLANDER :beerbang:

 

[JDW81]

Merrin and Hodges should have gone, the other two were hard done by.

 

[Dan Dan]

Hahahaha, I started reading this thread from the first page, the whole while thinking "huh, that's not what happened". OH IT WAS LAST YEAR! But yeah, the better team won.

 

[Lodan]

Hahahaha, I started reading this thread from the first page, the whole while thinking "huh, that's not what happened". OH IT WAS LAST YEAR! But yeah, the better team won.

you weren't the only one! :beer:

 

[Lodan]

grub plays of the week highlight reel

had me in stitches!

 

[kymba]

but the 10 minutes of super 11's was the highlight of the game, and would have been even better if they actually applied effort in the scrums

 

[mrTbeer]

Get the blood sport out of the way Rudd so we can watch some civilised RL at Koorin Cauldron. Top night. 20 point margin!

 

[tricache]

Fark I didn't even watch it...nor the polis...was busy playing Xbox :lol:

 

[KingKong]

It's bye bye for that dog Merrin at the judiciary. Picked up his tips on cheap shots from Gallen.

King Kong appears to have returned to the jungle. Sans $100 unfortunately for SWMBO and the little Kongs.

Quickest 100 Ive ever spent, gone in 14 minutes!

Lucky there are no little Kongs, they would be going hungry!

Double or nothing for game 3

 

[Mattress]

Apparently Nathan Merrit's wikipedia site was updated earlier

 

[Josh]

While the QLD effort was outstanding, and they probably would have won anyway.

Am I the only person who thought the no-penalty for Smith's rake of the ball in the first few minutes was crucial in deciding the outcome? NSW was penalised for exactly the same thing which led to Thaiday's try. Then instead of NSW on the attack and attemping to return serve, QLD get the ball and camp in the NSW 20 for the next 15 minutes. All of a sudden we'd made 100 more tackles and were no chance of winning the game.

Added to that, the NSW halves couldn't kick their way out of a wet paper bag. And Merritt... well he's copped enough already.

As one fella noted on twitter last night. I blame it on Hayne's hammy. If he plays, Ferguson doesn't reacquaint himself with Dugan and the booze, so he plays and Merritt is still watching at home. Hayne's long kicking game would have been handy last night too.

 

[Rowy]

Then again we could look at NSW constantly attacking the head and the send off of Tate and Hodges. The penalty against Sater on the line when Pearce snapped after not kicking deep enough. Josh you got flogged your supposed tough man king hit merchant Gallen went missing in action. He's the captain if he can't lead you can't win.

 

[Josh]

Then again we could look at NSW constantly attacking the head and the send off of Tate and Hodges. The penalty against Sater on the line when Pearce snapped after not kicking deep enough. Josh you got flogged your supposed tough man king hit merchant Gallen went missing in action. He's the captain if he can't lead you can't win.

Hodges was throwing left hooks. He and Merrin both deserved to go.
Thought Tate and Bird were unlucky.

If Merrin didn't throw a punch it would've been a penalty to NSW for Tate's first infraction pushing a defender away.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

..pushing him away for slowing down the play of the ball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSzlnC6vQv4

gotta laugh at Gallen gesturing to the ref: "he PUSHED me!!" wah wah wah

EDIT (video link)

 

[Clutch]

Loved Hodges cheeky grin when he got sent.

As for Bird pleading that he didn't throw a punch, it was obvious he didn't, there wasn't a female around to throw one at.
Fucken tops game.

 

[goomboogo]

Loved Hodges cheeky grin when he got sent.

As for Bird pleading that he didn't throw a punch, it was obvious he didn't, there wasn't a female around to throw one at.
Fucken tops game.

That's not fair. He doesn't punch women. He glasses them.

 

[bconnery]

I think all NSW wingers need to be given a tattoo that says "Stay on your wing in defence"
Happened again in game two constantly, and frequently over the years.
Matt King used to appear to think he was playing centre so often was he tackling the next man in and leaving a man unmarked outside.
Thurston can find that outside man with his eyes closed when he's on form and we saw that in this game...

 

[Liam_snorkel]

this is a good laugh:

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/karl-stefanovic-storms-off-today-set-after-his-nsw-origin-revealed/story-e6frfmyi-1226680628100