State of Origin Changes Forever

Mr Fourex said:
Thats a bit harsh Pete........ have you a beef with Taumalolo?

I know you're big Pete.......but he's big Jason
tread carefully would be my advice

besides

it wouldn't be the first time a player generally out of sorts
didn't come on in an origin game and put in the game of their life for 15 mins.
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I don't think his heart's in it. He had an opportunity to play for Queensland when he was younger and he picked New Zealand.

It would be a NSW esque selection.

I will forgive your indiscretion this one time because you're clearly cooked.
 
Big Pete said:
I don't think his heart's in it. He had an opportunity to play for Queensland when he was younger and he picked New Zealand.

It would be a NSW esque selection.

I will forgive your indiscretion this one time because you're clearly cooked.
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I think the term is "baked"
 
Big Pete said:
I don't think his heart's in it. He had an opportunity to play for Queensland when he was younger and he picked New Zealand.

It would be a NSW esque selection.

I will forgive your indiscretion this one time because you're clearly cooked.
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Nbc Noice GIF by Law & Order
 
1910 said:
Boarded at Nudgee from Year 8 and played for Norths. Was born in Qld anyway- left for NT when he was two.
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So it was after he was 13 he played in QLD..union too.
He didn't play league straight away.
He did play both in the NT.

But yeah he2as born in QLD.

So anyway I suppose that's enough
 
So far players either out of origin or in extreme doubt:

Queensland
Brendan Piakura (gone)
Jeremiah Nani (gone)
Ben Hunt (gone)
Corey Jensen (gone)
Xavier Savage (likely gone)
Josh Papalii (gone)
Kurt Mann (touch and go)
Kobe Hetherington (touch and go)
Jahrome Hughes (touch and go)
Xavier Coates (gone)
Murray Taulagi (gone)
J'maine Hopgood (gone)
Jye Gray (gone)
David Fifita (gone)
Isaiah Tass (gone)
Jai Arrow (gone)
Jaydn Su'A (touch and go)
Lindsay Collins (touch and go)

New South Wales
Payne Haas (gone)
Kotoni Staggs (likely unpickable)
Ethan Strange (touch and go)
Jacob Kiraz (gone)
Jesse Ramien (touch and go)
Tom Trbojevic (gone)
Liam Martin (gone)
Jack Wighton (gone)
Clint Gutherson (touch and go)
Mark Nawaqanitawase (gone)
Angus Crichton (gone)
Mitch Barnett (touch and go)
Adam Doueihi (probably gone)
Samuela Fainu (probably gone)
Jahream Bula (probably gone - not sure if eligible)
Api Koroisau (touch and go)

Crazy the amount of carnage this year...nothing to do with six agains making the game too fast of course.
 
Big Pete said:
Kiwi.

If he was eligible for Origin, it'd be Queensland (Keebra Park alumni). However I think it's a Taumalolo/Ronaldo situation.
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Thanks for the update. That would have been cool if he were Qld eligible, I reckon he's a bit like Hammer and you could probably put him anywhere in the backline.
 
So given probably more Broncos will go down between now and squad naming and other injuries will occur given the rate of attrition this season, this will probably massively change but as things stand, my Qld stab is:

1. Walsh
2. Sami
3. Toia
4. Hammer
5. Ponga
6. Munster (c) (he'll be there, he's captain)
7. Dearden
8. Tino
9. Grant
10. Gilbert
11. Finefeuiaki
12. Cotter
13. Carrigan

14. Plath
15. Collins
16. Flegler
17. Luki
18. Brimson
19. Mam

Oof
 
18 and 19 will be Broncos somehow. If Munster is named we lose.
 
It's sad but it doesn't make too much of a difference who is picked without knowing how it'll be reffed. If it's like some games (not all) on weekends, it'll be touch footy each way for periods of the game, and whichever team got the early jump will either hold on and weather the fightback, or they'll run away with it. Maybe we need a 42-38 SOO game for people to finally realise the damage being done to the actual game.

Both teams are going to have ridiculous outs though. Someone was reporting this morning that 11 of QLDs 17 from game 3 last year are injured/out of form (Munster).
 
Obviously NSW has more to choose form but they have a lot gone too:

1. Tedesco
2. Crichton
3. Mitchell
4. McLean
5. To'o
6. Moses
7. Cleary
8. Fonua-Blake
9. Koraisau
10. Ford
11. Young
12. Olakau'atu
13. Yeo

14. Brailey
15. Smith
16. Koloamatagi
17. Preston
18. Staggs
19. Edwards
 
1 Reece Walsh
2 Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
3 Jaxon Purdue
4 Kalyn Ponga
5 Alofiana Khan-Pereira
6 Ezra Mam
7 Tanah Boyd
8 Thomas Flegler
9 Harry Grant (C)
10 Tino Fa'asuamaleaui
11 Kurt Capewell
12 Kulikefi Finefeuiaki
13 Pat Carrigan

14 Max Plath
15 Tom Gilbert
16 Cooper Bai
17 Kobe Hetherington

18 Dane Gagai
19 Lindsay Collins

20 Robert Toia
21 Sam Walker
22 Reuben Cotter
23 Kurt Mann
 
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