winslow_wong
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I hope Boyd does a lot more dummy half running too as hodges used to do from centre.
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Like to see Boyd and slater switch in attack from time to time close to the line so Boyd can do his out the back sweep ball towards the end of each half, imagine billy running those lines or be a great decoy. Need both centres to step up out of dummy half and maybe find a way for Someone to take a couple sets off Cam Smith to give him a short 2 minute breather out back if game is fast. He was stuffed in origin 1.
theshed
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lmo Billy has Darbs covered for setting up outside men. I don't think he'll need boyds help at FB.
Super Freak
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I'm yet to see Slater set up his outside men like Boyd can.
Burning defenders for speed and throwing a basketball pass isn't quite the same.
holdzy
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Come on Darius does that too.
broncos4life
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Jarred Wallace starting for QLD. Unbelievable.
Hey @Unbreakable do me a favour will you mate? Just post this for me - 'If the Broncos win the next 10 premierships and Broncos4life gets a gobbie from Delta Goodrem I will quit the forum permanently'
theshed
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Different approach, same result. Though you're understating Billy's passing game imo.
Porthoz
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Selfish prick, you know that bold part is never gonna happen...
BroncosAlways
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Fixed it for you.
ZTop
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The latest talk in Origin camp is that Boyd insisted on playing centre instead of wing.
Also could someone please get the article on courier mail about Fifita bending the rules every time he runs
Also could someone please get the article on courier mail about Fifita bending the rules every time he runs
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State of Origin 2017: How Andrew Fifita bends the rules when he runs the ball
BLUES star Andrew Fifita has been exposed for bending the rules to help his team gain an attacking edge in Origin I.
In devastating form for NSW in Game One, Fifita destroyed the Queensland team through the middle with his imposing physique and blockbusting runs.
But it can be revealed that at least 50 per cent of his hit-ups should have been penalised, with Fifita failing to play the ball correctly on multiple occasions.
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Of the 12 times the Blues enforcer had to play the ball, he failed to reach the NRL standards six times, making no effort to roll the ball with his foot.
Fifita often makes no attempt to play the ball with his foot.
According to the NRL’s own guidelines, a player must make a genuine attempt to play the ball with the foot.
Fifita has attracted condemnation for this tactic, with Queensland legend Gorden Tallis calling for referees to crack down on the monster forward in Game Two on Wednesday night.
While it would not have changed the result in Game One, Tallis says it is a common theme within Fifita’s game and it gives his teams — both Cronulla and NSW — a massive advantage.
“He’s taken it to a whole new level,” Tallis said.
Will the referees take a stand in Game II?
“Sometimes it doesn’t even go underneath his leg. It’s the quickest play-the-ball in the game.
“You have to make an effort … The advantage it gives his team is unbelievable.
“Origin is the showpiece of our game. As much as you like to say refereeing is different at that level, it shouldn’t be different.
“The referees should be applauded for their effort in Game One but they need to watch this.
“If every other player starts doing it, it’s a bad look for the game.”
Fifita is well known for his questionable work around the ruck.
The Sharks prop was NSW’s most damaging player in Game One.
Queensland is so wary of what he can produce again, that they trained with a special focus on him.
At their first full session on the Gold Coast, the Maroons went through a drill where they had one of their forwards pretending to run as Fifita.
The likes of Dylan Napa and Josh McGuire would don a white bib and run as if they were the Blues forward, allowing Queensland to practice how they would shut him down.
Fifita is effectively cheating.
Utility Michael Morgan said afterwards that the team weren’t prepared for the impact he brought in Origin I but would not make that mistake this time around.
“We didn’t go into it singling him out,” Morgan said of Game One.
“We’d be silly not to do a bit of preparation on him as an individual (this time).
“He really stood out in Game One … He’s got really good footwork, he’s a different shape body and is hard to handle.
“It’s taking nothing away from their other forwards but the drill (yesterday) was just to make sure we’re clicked into what’s going on.”
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...l/news-story/725b117e3f4854846103a24d1a6e6721
ZTop
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Thanks
tommy
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Yeah read this story this morning and even though it's true it's sad in a way. This is the kind of story the DT would sink to except about Qld and how we always break the rules during our 8 year reign.
Kimlo
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Lol what a rubbish story. You'd have 100 penalties a game if refs started to enforce that rule, it's not unique to fafita.
ZTop
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I still think they need to crack down on the rule, It is a fundamental that kids get taught these days
Kimlo
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They do, but it's not a fafita problem, it's an NRL problem.
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It is as reasonably foreseeable as the one whom l can not name sticking to his word.
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