2023 State of Origin Discussion

[Big Pete]

No... he's a 5/8th.

I'm glad somebody else went for it.

@Foordy I'm just being a stickler and I didn't come across his name in any of the News Limited articles I read. Ztop and you are right, he'll be the 6 no question.

Unless Slater decides to give Ponga until the last minute he should be released @BroncsFan

 

[Sproj]

Pangai Jr? Is he their annual one gamer who then gets punted as the scapegoat? You’d have to hope he turns up for his one good game a year because if he doesn’t, it could be ugly. If he does though, could be Fifita like.

 

[Sproj]

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.

 

[Super Freak]

Pangai Jr playing.

Well it seems obvious who to target then.

 

[_wwong]

Ah ok. Not good for QLD. Our halves depth isn't great.

If Munster is confirmed out, I wonder if Billy will be as foolish as O'Brien and play Ponga at 6

I thought you were gonna say Billy Walters for a second there

 

[Foordy]

Peter Badel, Michael Carayannis, Brent Read, Travis Meyn and David Riccio

Are reporting that Ponga will also be dropped along with Gagai.

Walsh and HTF their expected replacements

 

[Sproj]

Wow welcome to the QLD Blues if that’s the case

 

[Xzei]

GL to walsh if that is the case will only elevate his game

 

[Super Freak]

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.

 

[Super Freak]

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.

 

[BroncsFan]

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.

Apparently Ponga was cleared by the knights and they were happy for him to go to camp.

 

[Mr Fourex]

Peter Badel, Michael Carayannis, Brent Read, Travis Meyn and David Riccio

Are reporting that Ponga will also be dropped along with Gagai.

Walsh and HTF their expected replacements

When are the sides named...?

 

[Harry Sack]

Peter Badel, Michael Carayannis, Brent Read, Travis Meyn and David Riccio

Are reporting that Ponga will also be dropped along with Gagai.

Walsh and HTF their expected replacements

Meanwhile, I read somewhere else that Ponga has won the Jersey lol. I won't believe shit until it's announced tbh

 

[BroncsFan]

Peter Badel, Michael Carayannis, Brent Read, Travis Meyn and David Riccio

Are reporting that Ponga will also be dropped along with Gagai.

Walsh and HTF their expected replacements

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

 

[Super Freak]

When are the sides named...?

9 today I believe.

 

[Super Freak]

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

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.

 

[Super Freak]

Meanwhile, I read somewhere else that Ponga has won the Jersey lol. I won't believe shit until it's announced tbh

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.

 

[BroncsFan]

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.

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