OFFICIAL ORIGIN: QLD WINS. HOORAY. NOW LET'S GET BACK TO THE FOOTY

Since we're coming into Origin season, we might like to think about how it's going to affect our playing roster and recovery time. Here is the schedule, and how it will impact us.

IMPACT	ROUND	DATE	OPPONENT
Missing players	17	Sunday, July 10	Dragons
	Origin 3	Wednesday, July 13
Backing up: 3 days	18	Saturday, July 16	Titans

We have 2 remaining games to be affected by representative matches:

Dragons in Round 17
Broncos missing
Kurt Capewell
Corey Oates
Selwyn Cobbo
Patty Carrigan
Tommy Flegler (replacement)

Dragons missing
Ben Hunt

Titans in Round 18
Broncos possibly resting
Corey Oates
Kurt Capewell
Selwyn Cobbo
Patty Carrigan

Titans possibly resting
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui

ORIGIN 3 SQUAD : QLD
Kurt Capewell
Selwyn Cobbo
Pat Carrigan
Corey Oates
Tommy Flegler (18th man)

NSW ORIGIN 3: NSW
No Broncos

 

[holdzy]

Is Drinkwater a Qlder?

I don't think so.

Billy will use that epic try saver to give Coates a spot. And incumbency. Other wing will be Oates or Cobbo, guaranteed.

 

[Johnny92]

I can't see how Coates gets in over Cobbo. Slater yadda yadda, it's his first year coaching and his reputation is on the line, I don't think he'll select on bias.

I don't know, maybe I'm being biased but Coates offers nothing you want from an elite winger other than finishing. Shit defence, makes no metres, doesn't create chances on his own. Origin is absolutely a game of field position and X Factor and Coates offers nothing there.

With Fidow getting some wing games before origin I think it's between him and Oates/Cobbo.

Coates would be my 4th choice.

Murray T from the cowboys would also be in the mix I'd have him about level or just above Coates.
On form it should be Cobbo and Oates, you could argue their the top 2 in form wingers in the comp right now or atleast top 5.

 

[Super Freak]

Is Drinkwater a Qlder?

Born and raised in NSW.

 

[Sproj]

Coates shouldn't be there ahead of our two or the Cows two (Hammer and Tualagi?) but he will be selected and I don't mind one bit, less Broncs in the better. We will definitely lose Haas, Cobbo, Capewell and Staggs. It will just be interesting to see if Oates and Flegler join them.

 

[BooKhaki]

I'm pretty sure they will go Coates & Feldt on the wings. They will put one on the left, the Cows are going better than us and Feldt is an incumbent. I fucking hate him though, he has such an entitled grub persona.

Feldt is injured and he was putrid for QLD. Should never be picked again.

 

[Morkel]

He’s out injured though.

Didn't feldt injure his mcl recently?

He's out for 6 weeks

Feldt is injured and he was putrid for QLD. Should never be picked again.

Oops. Carry on!

 

[Scorchie]

Cant see Coates getting in unless Billy is having Storm bias. He was only selected for Origin 2 last year due to an Ronaldo being booted and barely made it into Origin 3

 

[ivanhungryjak]

Born and raised in NSW.

So you’re saying there’s a chance?

 

[McHunt]

Cant see Coates getting in unless Billy is having Storm bias. He was only selected for Origin 2 last year due to an Ronaldo being booted and barely made it into Origin 3

I'll take the other end of that bet. Coates is a certainty. Selwyn would be the crowd pleaser on the other wing. That's who the press is talking up. That's who will generate the buzz. But if it were up to me, I'd hold off until game two. I expect Hammer to get a jersey, but I don't know which one. Not fullback, but maybe wing. Holmes is another. Walsh must be in consideration too.

 

[McHunt]

Coates shouldn't be there ahead of our two or the Cows two (Hammer and Tualagi?) but he will be selected and I don't mind one bit, less Broncs in the better. We will definitely lose Haas, Cobbo, Capewell and Staggs. It will just be interesting to see if Oates and Flegler join them.

Exactly. Coates is incumbent, and has 10 tries under his belt this season (as does Oates). He's probably improved this season so I can't see why he'd be dropped. He plays on the right (same as Selwyn).

Speaking of Coates and weird body language, when did he become such a grumpy bastard? He used to grin from ear to ear when he played for us:

Match Highlights: Knights v Storm

The Newcastle Knights host the Melbourne Storm during Round 8 of the 2022 NRL Telstra Premiership

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[Jedhead]

If Kev is doing his job he'll be having a quiet word in Billy's shell like and telling him to bring Cobbs into camp this year and if his form continues and a spot opens up because of injury then play him in game 2 or 3. Otherwise, Kev needs to protect one of our number one assets and push for him to be brought into camp like every other rookie with the view to him playing the following year.

Get the development wrong and you ruin the player for life.

Get it right and you have a lifelong superstar.

 

[McHunt]

If Kev is doing his job he'll be having a quiet word in Billy's shell like and telling him to bring Cobbs into camp this year and if his form continues and a spot opens up because of injury then play him in game 2 or 3. Otherwise, Kev needs to protect one of our number one assets and push for him to be brought into camp like every other rookie with the view to him playing the following year.

Get the development wrong and you ruin the player for life.

Get it right and you have a lifelong superstar.

The temptation with rep teams is to pick all the "best players." But what really works, with limited training time, is picking the "best combinations." Players who already know each others games.

A lot of QLD's success over the years has been down to building a core of players who either play together at club level, or have combined in rep teams over the years. NSW, on the other hand, have traditionally chopped and changed at whim. They broke that tradition when they went with the Penrith combo last year rather than mix and match. And then when Cleary was injured, they reverted in game three, which they lost.

If NSW had gone in with an all Souths spine, they probably would've won.

That's why sticking with incumbents has merit. Even if their recent form might not demand it. Gagai gets it.

Billy will pick Coates.

 

[holdzy]

I'll take the other end of that bet. Coates is a certainty. Selwyn would be the crowd pleaser on the other wing. That's who the press is talking up. That's who will generate the buzz. But if it were up to me, I'd hold off until game two. I expect Hammer to get a jersey, but I don't know which one. Not fullback, but maybe wing. Holmes is another. Walsh must be in consideration too.

It's good to have a few blokes who can play anywhere in the backline. Oates would have to be a very strong consideration as well.

 

[McHunt]

It's good to have a few blokes who can play anywhere in the backline. Oates would have to be a very strong consideration as well.

I would pick Oates over Coates, but they play on different sides.

 

[holdzy]

I would pick Oates over Coates, but they play on different sides.

I think it will be Coates and Oates, but there will be a lot of pressure on Billy and the selectors to go with Cobbo. I still think

1. Ponga
2. Oates
3. Holmes
4. Gagai
5. Coates

is how it will go. Possibly Hammer in for Oates but I'd go Oates.

 

[theshed]

The temptation with rep teams is to pick all the "best players." But what really works, with limited training time, is picking the "best combinations." Players who already know each others games.

A lot of QLD's success over the years has been down to building a core of players who either play together at club level, or have combined in rep teams over the years. NSW, on the other hand, have traditionally chopped and changed at whim. They broke that tradition when they went with the Penrith combo last year rather than mix and match. And then when Cleary was injured, they reverted in game three, which they lost.

If NSW had gone in with an all Souths spine, they probably would've won.

That's why sticking with incumbents has merit. Even if their recent form might not demand it. Gagai gets it.

Billy will pick Coates.

If I’m reading between the lines correctly, which I am, you’re suggesting a QLD spine of Billy Walters, Gamble, and Mam.

 

[broncoscope]

I think Cowboys Murray Taulagi must be close to getting a run on the wing, giving the form he's in..

 

[mrslong]

Is Drinkwater a Qlder?

I think Cowboys Murray Taulagi must be close to getting a run on the wing, giving the form he's in..

Yeah Tualagi has been fantastic for a couple of years now. Deserves a crack. Personally I’d have him and Oates. Oates metres out of trouble are going to be the difference between winning and losing.

Drinks is a filthy blue