Big Pete
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2023 State of Origin Discussion
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And also, strange to punt Gagai. This seems like a very NSW thing to do. Gagai always turns up for origin. I’m scared with Tualagi and Holmes there, both have been pretty poor comparatively this year and given what a numpty like Toa did to Holmes I fear for his safety coming up against TTurbo or Mitchell, they’ll slaughter him.
- Jan 25, 2014
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Pangai Jr playing.
Well it seems obvious who to target then.
Well it seems obvious who to target then.
_wwong
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I thought you were gonna say Billy Walters for a second there
- Jan 25, 2014
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Ponga probably having delayed symptoms from the head knock he copped on the weekend.
It's a common thing for people that have suffered repeated concussions.
It's a common thing for people that have suffered repeated concussions.
- Jan 25, 2014
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Either way, NSW will be cheering.
The Origin series is theirs this year. This is the exact thing NSW did all those years when they were losing, dropping players for the new "flavour of the month" players.
It backfired on them big time.
The Origin series is theirs this year. This is the exact thing NSW did all those years when they were losing, dropping players for the new "flavour of the month" players.
It backfired on them big time.
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Apparently Ponga was cleared by the knights and they were happy for him to go to camp.
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When are the sides named...?
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Meanwhile, I read somewhere else that Ponga has won the Jersey lol. I won't believe shit until it's announced tbh
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I think it's too soon for Walsh with all the errors he has in his game... and it's going to be a shitty dewy night in Adelaide.
NSW will target him all night... can see them aiming kicks with the intent of Turbo competing for the ball to out leap him as well.
It's such a pressure position in today's game that you have to be certain of what you're going to get from the player and Walsh could come out of it with 1 error or 6.
We haven't even seen him in a finals game to know how he'll cope with that kind of pressure
- Jan 25, 2014
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9 today I believe.
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You see what Raiders did to Walsh?
That's what NSW are going to do, and it's going to work because he's still quite inexperienced and doesn't quite know how to counter that.
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The majority of the media are reporting Ponga has lost it, and they're usually pretty accurate when it comes to team selections.
We'll just have to wait and see I suppose.
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Can't quite remember what you might be talking about, but teams have been kicking straight down the middle against us, because they want Walsh returning the kicks.
He can be a threat (like he did to storm on the first kick), but they mainly want to just rag doll him backwards. I think NSW will be doing the same with Cleary's torps, but also the threat of Turbo competing for kicks and out jumping him
