State Of Origin - General Discussion

[ZTop]

Cameron Smith and Ben Hunt will know all of their weaknesses

Still won't stop them in attack

 

[Super Freak]

Kalyn Ponga has been guaranteed a place in the Maroons squad this year. He will feature at some point during the series.

That's a mistake.

He'll be useless on the wing, Slater is at fullback and Morgan/Hunt offers more than him off the bench.

 

[Alec]

Kalyn Ponga has been guaranteed a place in the Maroons squad this year. He will feature at some point during the series.

That's a mistake.

Yeah, fullback or nothing for me. He's the future fullback, but if they try to bring him off the bench like Morgan or Berrigan this year it's kinda fucked.

 

[Kimlo]

Kalyn Ponga has been guaranteed a place in the Maroons squad this year. He will feature at some point during the series.

That's a mistake.

He'll be useless on the wing, Slater is at fullback and Morgan/Hunt offers more than him off the bench.

Said who? Why would he be guaranteed a spot exactly? Makes no sense for him to have such assurances especially when team selection is still a while out.

Source?

 

[Super Freak]

Said who? Why would he be guaranteed a spot exactly? Makes no sense for him to have such assurances especially when team selection is still a while out.

Source?

Heard it on Fox Sports News from Gene Miles who is one of the selectors.

 

[Kimlo]

Heard it on Fox Sports News from Gene Miles who is one of the selectors.

Wow... Baffling that a selector would guarantee a rookie a spot in the team publicly. I don't understand why they would though. Strange...

 

[tommy]

He said it would be in some capacity ie. 18th man.

 

[Kimlo]

Found the source
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www...les-drops-some-huge-origin-selection-news/amp

About 5 minutes in. He absolutely did not say he's certainty for selection, he basically said you'll see him at some point probably in the 18 around the squad and he may even break into the team.

Other interesting bits from the audio (reading between the lines)

Hunt is very likely the 7
Gagai is one of the wingers
Inglis will be there
Munster definitely 6
Gillett and McGuire are certainties if fit
Boyd is no certainty but probably gets the other wing spot

 

[Unbreakable]

Probably Game 1 team according to Channel 7 / Chris Garry -

1. Slater
2. Boyd/Oates
3. Inglis
4. Chambers
5. Gagai
6. Munster
7. Hunt
8. Scott
9. Smith (c)
10. Napa
11. Cooper
12. Kaufusi
13. McGuire

14. Morgan
15. Wallace
16. Hess/Papalii
17. Arrow

 

[Sproj]

Pretty much picks itself aside from those bracketed ones anyway.

 

[broncos4life]

Cameron Smith and Ben Hunt will know all of their weaknesses

Hopefully for Hunt their weaknesses are bombs to the chest and 7 tackle sets.

 

[Sproj]

I'm beginning to think the NSW team is almost just about set:

1. Tedesco (should be TTurbo but he's been horrid)
2. Cotric
3. Roberts
4. Mitchell
5. Addo-Carr
6. Maloney
7. Cleary
8. Vaughn
9. McInness
10. Klemmer
11. Cordner (c)
12. Frizell
13. De Bellin

14. Cook
15. Campbell-Gillard
16. Graham
17. This is the one open spot.

 

[Broncs_Fan]

I'm beginning to think the NSW team is almost just about set:

1. Tedesco (should be TTurbo but he's been horrid)
2. Cotric
3. Roberts
4. Mitchell
5. Addo-Carr
6. Maloney
7. Cleary
8. Vaughn
9. McInness
10. Klemmer
11. Cordner (c)
12. Frizell
13. De Bellin

14. Cook
15. Campbell-Gillard
16. Graham
17. This is the one open spot.

Pretty great team. I think Aitken will be there instead of Latrell Mitchell though.

 

[holdzy]

I'm beginning to think the NSW team is almost just about set:

1. Tedesco (should be TTurbo but he's been horrid)
2. Cotric
3. Roberts
4. Mitchell
5. Addo-Carr
6. Maloney
7. Cleary
8. Vaughn
9. McInness
10. Klemmer
11. Cordner (c)
12. Frizell
13. De Bellin

14. Cook
15. Campbell-Gillard
16. Graham
17. This is the one open spot.

Would be a gamble to play Cleary imo, but man that team would be a handful.

 

[Harry Sack]

He said it would be in some capacity ie. 18th man.

Exactly. You're not overlooking Slater, Boyd, Inglis and Morgan for the FB roll to go with Ponga.

 

[Unbreakable]

Sounding like Curtis Scott & Josh Addo-Carr will be on the left for NSW.

 

[Broncs_Fan]

I'll be pissed if Boyd gets a spot on the wing instead of Oates.

 

[Dash]

Sounding like Curtis Scott & Josh Addo-Carr will be on the left for NSW.

Addo-Carr is an obvious choice, but Curtis Scott?! That's just picking a combination for it's own sake. He wouldn't be in the top 10 options available.