State of Origin 1 - 2013 Build up thread

[Black Philip]

State of Origin 1 - June 5th, 2013 @ ANZ Stadium, Sydney

NSW Blues

1. Jarryd Hayne
2. Brett Morris
3. Michael Jennines
4. Josh Morris
5. Blake Ferguson
6. James maloney
7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Paul Gallen (C)
9. Robbie Farah
10. James Tamou
11. Luke Lewis
12. Ryan Hoffman
13. Greg Bird

14. Josh Reynolds
15. Andrew Fifita
16. Trent Merrin
17. Anthony Watmough

18. John Sutton

Coached by Laurie Daley

Vs.

QLD Maroons

1. Billy Slater
2. Darius Boyd
3. Greg Inglis
4. Justin Hodges
5. Brent Tate
6. Johnathan Thurston
7. Cooper Cronk
8. Matt Scott
9. Cameron Smith (C)
10. David Shillington
11. Nate Myles
12. Sam Thaiday
13. Ashley Harrison

14. Corey Parker
15. Matt Gillett
16. Ben Te'o
17. Chris McQueen

18. Daly Cherry-Evans
19. Josh Papalii

Coached by Mal Meninga

Lets get some discussion going guys.

Rumors out of the Maroons camp today are that J.T. has a virus which is impacting on his preparation, and Corey Parker may shift into the starting line-up for Wednesday night. J.T. is a worry but I like the idea of Parker starting in place of Myles as it would give us a big fella with fresh legs coming off the bench. I think we will miss an experienced prop in Ben Hannant coming off the bench, but hopefully the mobility we have gone for will make up for it. Apparently Boyd is still not 100% so Justin O'Neill is on stand by (unfortunately) and there are still concerns regarding Te'o who is under scrutiny with the current allegations of assault against him.

As for the blues, Gallen just completed his first training session in a month apparently. Apart from that, injury concerns are minimal and nobody has been accused of punching a member of the public. So minimal disruptions there.

Forecast for Wednesday night is wetter than Steady Eddies chin so lets hope for good ball control.

 

[Coxy]

Gallen is one of those guys that could probably never train and still play the house down.

JT is a worry only because his form so far this year has been pretty poor anyway. Add any fatigue from a virus and he's going to struggle.

 

[tkday]

Not good news that's for sure. Who replaces him if he can't play?

 

[Coxy]

Not good news that's for sure. Who replaces him if he can't play?

DCE

 

[tkday]

We will definitely see what he's made of then, how do you think he will go if he does come in for JT?

 

[Charmamba]

DCE will slot in fine, It would be a shame to see JT miss out but QLD are lucky enough to have a good player to replace him.

 

[Broncojim]

Gallen is one of those guys that could probably never train and still play the house down.

JT is a worry only because his form so far this year has been pretty poor anyway. Add any fatigue from a virus and he's going to struggle.

EDIT: See the rumours sticky.

I just have a feeling JT isn't going to play unfortunately.
Having DCE slot in negates the advantage QLD have with Maloney being on debut and I think if that's the case we'll lose on Wednesday.
We really need to have JT playing.

I'd also just drop Teo or at least tap him on the shoulder and tell him to take the night off. There's no way he'll be in the right state of mind and you can;t afford that going into origin. Just bring in Papalli!

 

[QUEENSLANDER]

DCE just doesnt have the same running game as thurston does imo so he wouldnt worry their line as much

 

[Coxy]

Heh. I think NSW will win anyway. It'll just be all the sweeter to win the series in Sydney for game 3 ;-)

 

[Mr Fourex]

Not as sweet as a 3-0 whitewash.......

Game 1 ???

We got this.

 

[Son Edo]

Can't wait! Hopefully the quality is just as good as last years.

 

[Mister Wright]

Screw quality. I hope it's a poor quality match & Qld win by 50!

 

[subsbligh]

JT will play. And a sick JT > healthy DCE

 

[subsbligh]

Can't wait! Hopefully the quality is just as good as last years.

Yup. But for Jennings's brain explosion last year the Blues would have won.

 

[Son Edo]

That's in the past now. Lets focus on this year.

 

[Broncoman]

No matter how much origin games I watch I still get so nervous and anxious about it.

 

[Alec]

No matter how much origin games I watch I still get so nervous and anxious about it.

That's because NSW never win.

 

[tkday]

I'd hate to be NSW supporter, even when they are winning you still feel disappointed because it's NSW and is full of scum bags.