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NSW team for game 3
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[QUOTE="Ari Gold, post: 2217900, member: 1917"] How beneficial is it REALLY to blood young players in games they will just end up losing? I think a culture of winning is just as important. Kimmorley and Barrett I feel are their best halves combination, and if they win, it will at least give other new players like Lahrs, Jennings and some of their newer forwards (Creagh, Poore etc.) a strong opportunity to taste victory at Origin level. Introducing a winning culture (or at least, the potential start of one) to these players is IMO far more beneficial long term than keeping them in a losing culture that they would have endured with Wallace and Farah.[/quote:2simxpqr] Simple answer to that: There will be absolutely no pressure on these new guys that are blooded into Origin 3. Origin is already over, all they have to worry about is getting in and having a dig. They don't even have to worry about losing their spot in the side! Winning culture? You can't develop a winning culture after 1 game. It takes a series win at the very least to do that. Also, I ask you this Ari - Fair enough if you want to try and create a winning culture in picking the best halves etc in game 3 - But what happens if we lose? What benefits do we get out of having Barrett and Kimmorley there instead of younger halves that we could have blooded?[/quote:2simxpqr] Absolutely none. What good is it playing Wallace at half and getting beat? Similarly little. You may not be able to create a winning culture, but you can at least stop a losing one. At some point, it becomes psychological. Also, Wallace is basically an Origin dud - he's out of his depth. Playing a dud just because he is young is not a better option then playing a veteran who has the potential to influence the game in a positive matter. On an unrelated note, it has just occured to me that Anthony Tupou really should have been in that NSW side. [/QUOTE]
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