POST GAME [2022 State of Origin - Game I] NSW vs QLD
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LittleDavey
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You love to see it!
_wwong
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I hope that’s the bench
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Were you trying to name the worst NSW team possible??
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Api, Talakai, Crichton and Trbojevic.
What the **** kind of bench is that? Freddy been raiding Johns' private stash.
What the **** kind of bench is that? Freddy been raiding Johns' private stash.
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this is the biggest over-reaction to a loss in Origin history.
i've never seen so many unforced changes to a team that only lost by 6 points.
I realise teams have had mass changes in the past, but that has been in response big injury tolls or 30 point losses ... not a close contest that was literally in the balance until the final second
Freddy and Brandy have lost the plot
i've never seen so many unforced changes to a team that only lost by 6 points.
I realise teams have had mass changes in the past, but that has been in response big injury tolls or 30 point losses ... not a close contest that was literally in the balance until the final second
Freddy and Brandy have lost the plot
Santa
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No Addo Carr again? Good news for Qld.
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He's arguably been NSW's best winger since his snubbing and he still doesn't get picked.
With Cleary's kicking game, he would have been the best option. Remember what he did to us in Game 2 2020? But nope, Freddy has other ideas.
Big Pete
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They had a similar reaction back in 2019 and went onto win by 32.
They dropped Latrell Mitchell, Cody Walker, Angus Crichton, Nick Cotric & Josh Morris. On top of that they lost Klemmer and Haas to injury as well. Then in a stroke of luck, they were originally going to go with a Pearce/Cleary combination until Pearce got injured the day of the announcement. So they rushed Maloney in and he was close to the best player on the field.
Alec
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JAC likely didn't get picked because he's not a winger who can make many PCM, that seems to be the main argument about his effectiveness...but I can't remember him ever being driven back in Origin, he always managed to find space or space created for him and his early sets often were even more effective.
BroncosFever
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Talakai is going to get a bath, he made a name of himself by running riot over Morgan Harper then the following week he was comprehensively shown to be a backrower running at smaller men when he met Kotoni Staggs
This is desperation personified from Brad Fittler
This is desperation personified from Brad Fittler
nopatience101
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If only Staggs didn’t play for 50mins in game 1 they would have won… how ridiculous. Their forwards were the problem in game one, and Cleary did shit all to bring Staggs into the game.
nopatience101
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What’s it say about Cleary if he needs to be surrounded by Penrith teammates to be effective?
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Typical NSW over reaction on picks, could be a clean sweep this year.
It honestly looks like he just didn't pick him because he didn't want to be called out on how wrong he was for not having him in Game 1, there was situations where QLD where saved because Holmes had more speed then anyone NSW had.
