Game II Discussion

[Harry Sack]

Head is surprisingly not sore, I'm a little more controlled these days haha.

 

[Nashy]

Head is surprisingly not sore, I'm a little more controlled these days haha.

Older*

 

[Harry Sack]

Older*

I certainly am. Gone to work massively hung over far too many times

 

[Foordy]

**** me check out how salty this article is


Queensland Maroons player ratings Origin game two 2017: prop who should’ve stayed home

THEY left it late but they refused to die as Queensland shocked New South Wales in Origin II.

Here’s who battled and who stood up, in our Maroons player ratings.

BILLY SLATER 6.5

Had a hand in the opening try of the night. Was as safe at the back as ever. Set up the Dane Gagai try to put Queensland in front with two minutes to go.

VAL HOLMES 5

Spilled the ball with his first touch in Origin football, thanks to a big hit from Aaron Woods. Scored the opener in the 9th minute although replays suggested he may have stepped into touch. Was OK without been outstanding.

WILL CHAMBERS 5

Thrown into touch by Jarryd Hayne when on the attack in the 6th minute. Put Hayne into the ground from a kick off 10 minutes later. Put Hayne into touch to save a try in the 33rd minute. Set up a Dane Gagai with a nice run and flick in the 53rd minute. Was shown up by Hayne and Morris. Capped an ordinary night by getting knocked out in the final 10 minutes.

DARIUS BOYD 4

Threw the final pass to set up Val Holmes for the opener. Otherwise wasted at centre.

DANE GAGAI 8

Safe under the high ball aside from one miss im the second half. Bundled into touch by Hayne and Morris in the second half. Didn’t appear to have the sting in his kick returns as he did in game one. Scored an important try in the 53rd minute then the winner in the 78th. Ran for 174 metres.

JOHNATHAN THURSTON 7

Linked up with his old mate Billy Slater to help set up the opening try of the night. Kicked out on the full in the 31st minute to keep the Blues momentum going. Put Michael Morgan over the line in the 40th minute only to be held up. Was terrorised by the NSW forwards all night.

COOPER CRONK 5.5

Couldn’t pierce through the defence on that right side and couldn’t link up with Slater. Kicking game was good.

DYLAN NAPA 5.5

Just two touches for 22 run metres in his opening 22-minute stint. Clocked 116m all up and put on some big shots.

CAMERON SMITH 6.5

Typical tradesman like game without any brilliance. Made a heap of tackles in the middle of the park.

JARROD WALLACE 1

First stint lasted 22 minutes without much impact. Two runs for 22 metres. Could have stayed at home.

GAVIN COOPER 5

Made 24 tackles by half time. Topped the count with 47 and was reliable.

MATT GILLETT 7

A tackling machine as always.

JOSH MCGUIRE 6.5

Gave away the silly penalty which led to Jarryd Hayne’s try in the 14th minute. Made 42 tackles and 116 metres.

MICHAEL MORGAN 6.5

Promoted off the bench before half time. Held up over the line by Josh Dugan on the half time siren. Threw the flick pass to set up the Dane Gagai winner in the 78th minute.

JOSH PAPALII 5

Came on after 22 minutes. Punched out 47 metres before half time. Was used sparingly.

COEN HESS 2

Finally came on for his debut in the 57th minute. Three runs for 18m and a tackle break.

TIM GLASBY 3.5

First off the bench in the 22nd minute. Immediately missed a tackle on James Maloney which leaked the Brett Morris try, then let James Tedesco through to set up Mitchell Pearce minutes later.

And then this is the team that lost

NSW Blues player ratings Origin game two 2017: Guns fire blanks at the death

NEW South Wales nearly had the series in the bag, before a horror half of football from Laurie Daley’s men let Queensland storm home and snatch a thrilling victory.

Here’s who battled and who stood up, in our Blues player ratings.

1. James Tedesco (7.5)

Strong on the kick return and broke the Maroons up the middle when they tired. A constant threat, but his HIA robbed NSW of his counter-attack just when they needed it most.

2. Brett Morris (6)

Nabbed a 24th minute try and showed his class throughout, particularly in defence. Still, he doesn’t pose the same threat as younger wing contenders Josh Mansour and Tom Trbojevic.

3. Josh Dugan (7.5)

Answered every question asked of him, first when he stopped Morgan where he stood as the halftime siren sounded. Started asking a few of his own in the second half, but produced his best with critical defensive plays when he moved to fullback.

4. Jarryd Hayne (6)

Got the better of Will Chambers early and got the first try as just reward. Impressive with his commitment in defence, but came up with telling lapses in attack right when the Blues could ill afford them. His last 20 undid all the good work of his first 60.

5. Blake Ferguson (6)

Good at the back. Came up with the wrong decision on the Holmes try but came off his flank for plenty of work.

6. James Maloney (6.5)

Conceded a couple of early penalties — par for his course — but redeemed those with the show and go for Morris’ first four-pointer. Typical junkyard dog performance, but went missing late when NSW needed his guiding hand.

7. Mitchell Pearce (6)

Exactly where every No.7 should be in support play and sound in defence. But once more his kicking game only had its moments, especially in the big ones, and was shown up once more at the death by opposite Cooper Cronk.

8. Aaron Woods (7)

Best big man on the park in the first 20-odd minutes, but exposed in his second stint by the smaller, fleet of feet players.

9. Nathan Peats (7)

The exact Energizer Bunny effort that was his briefing. Still yet to see his running game at this level, and could’ve used it late. Can’t argue with a game-high 52 tackles though.

10. Andrew Fifita (5.5)

Swamped whenever he went near the play and guilty of overplaying his hand at times. Shut down superbly by the Maroons mob.

11. Boyd Cordner (7.5)

Tireless, and went looking for work when it didn’t come his way. Particularly when Queensland rallied, it was Cordner leading the resistance.

12. Josh Jackson (8)

Renowned for doing the dirty deeds no-one but his teammates see, but impossible to miss in the first 40. Couldn’t quite match it after the break, but still strong.

13. Tyson Frizell (7)

Stuck to Thurston like white on rice, rattling the champion into the rarest of errors in a strong first half. His absence was most telling as Queensland surged.

14. David Klemmer (8)

Man possessed. Racked up 163 run metres either side of halftime, bending the Maroons line with every carry. NSW sure could’ve used him at the clutch.

15. Wade Graham (6)

Coupled some intelligent ball playing with real physicality, but exposed at crucial junctures. Overdid it more than once, most notably with the ill-timed shot on Josh McGuire that led to the Gagai try.

16. Jake Trbojevic (9)

Superb. Couldn’t have scripted his intro to the game better — laid on a try within two minutes of being out there, saved one with seconds remaining before the break. With all Queensland’s focus on Fifita, Trbojevic would not have garnered too much attention during the Maroons video sessions. He so nearly proved their ultimate destroyer.

17. Jack Bird (4)

Got out there at the hour mark and popped up frequently, but couldn’t do much amid the Maroon tide.

@Sproj ... you need to save us with your player ratings

 

[Sproj]

@Sproj ... you need to save us with your player ratings

Yeah those ratings are horrid, where's the class??

I didn't watch the game, will have to see the replay.

 

[Accept]

Yeah those ratings are horrid, where's the class??

I didn't watch the game, will have to see the replay.

NSW rated 27 points higher according to this journo despite being on the losing end and the game stats being pretty even. Ridiculous in the extreme.

 

[Porthoz]

The best player ratings were published in the... Tele imo. :whatwouldjareddo:

 

[uptheguts]

Have to look at the game again to really analyse it , but watching it last night( with a fair few ales on board) I thought Gavin Cooper was immense in the middle. Did he play the full 80?

So pleased that McGuire played a crucial role in the win with that great break and linking up superbly with the speed men.

 

[Alec]

Anyone got any screenshots of Cordner holding back tears in the dressing room?

 

[JayPee]

No surprise there is about 10 articles of ritchie buzz and co blaming referees. I never ever see kent blame refs. About the only non biased reporter they have. They were terrible last night but to say it was only one way was laughable.

Slater got taken out off a kick chase twice and the silence is deafening on that. Then the constant complaining about 50/50s in the ruck lol they were all clear strips. They were lucky they didn't get pinged for holmes first run which was clearly raked and morgan attacking the tryline. Daley was looking for that excuse aswell. And that penalty on cooper where klemmer just dropped it cold was a farce.

Daleys tactics and rotations were abysmal. Look in your own backyard before you go blaming everybody first

Big ups to cordner. Classy captain who never goes that route

 

[Foordy]

bout the only non biased reporter they have.

please tell me you didn't just say Kent was non-biased? :whatwouldjareddo:

 

[JayPee]

please tell me you didn't just say Kent was non-biased? :whatwouldjareddo:

I never ever see him rubbishing referees. He is an arrogant twat but I agree on alot of things he says. He can actually right a decent concise structured article. Go read rothfields last night. May aswell got a chimp to write it

 

[mitch222]

I loved Haynes face every time last night he would just run into another player on a kick chase, fall over and look up with his hands up in the air like they cant do that, only we can do that sir!

The amount of whinging about the refs is about normal for NSW when they lose. They praised the refs in the first game when they let NSW do anything they wanted to do in the ruck and won. And its the worst ref performance ever according to them. They forget the game 3 reffing performance last year which was absolutely blatant as it can get. They penalised the **** out of us and NSW still only wont by 4.

 

[Nashy]

I've watch the replay of the Morgan - Gagai pass a thousand times. How the **** has he managed that. Deadset, what a fuckin pass.

**** I love seeing NSW lose. There is nothing nicer.

 

[tommy]

can someone post buzz's article? Getting the subscribe message.

 

[Nashy]

can someone post buzz's article? Getting the subscribe message.

Copy paste the headline in Google and view it that way.

 

[Super Freak]

I never ever see him rubbishing referees. He is an arrogant twat but I agree on alot of things he says. He can actually right a decent concise structured article. Go read rothfields last night. May aswell got a chimp to write it

He rubbishes refs all the time on NRL 360. Do you watch it at all?

 

[Big Del]