Far and away the best on the park for NSW tonight, Watmough has done a ton of work in defence and Lyon has been the only blue shirt with some attack in him. Showing why imo he is still Manly's best 5/8, and best centre as well. Class act
Ballin went well for Qld too
Other brief thoughts on the game
Hayne must be fullback for the next game
Idris shouldn't have been picked, and right away cost a try, I don't blame the kid though
Qld were playing NFL all night, NSW should be working on some plays with forward passes for game 2, they won't be called
Slater makes yet another mistake in a big game costing a try and once again it is glossed over by the commentators
The BOTD try to Qld was rubbish. The offside penalty for NSW was average, outside of that Qld got every single call, but were the better team anyway, score flatters the blues
Ballin went well for Qld too
Other brief thoughts on the game
Hayne must be fullback for the next game
Idris shouldn't have been picked, and right away cost a try, I don't blame the kid though
Qld were playing NFL all night, NSW should be working on some plays with forward passes for game 2, they won't be called
Slater makes yet another mistake in a big game costing a try and once again it is glossed over by the commentators
The BOTD try to Qld was rubbish. The offside penalty for NSW was average, outside of that Qld got every single call, but were the better team anyway, score flatters the blues