Origin Player Ratings

[HoldenV8]

My own take on tonight's game.

Queensland:
Billy Slater - Had an easy time with 99% of Pearce's kicks going straight down his throat and NSW having next to no attack for him to have to defend. 8/10

Valentine Holmes - 3 tries, can't fault that. 8/10

Will Chambers - 149 running metres and strong defence. 7.5/10

Michael Morgan - Played like he was a regular centre. 7/10

Dane Gagai - NSW had no answer to his running game. 8/10

Cameron Munster - Brilliant debut, was in just about everything. 8/10

Cooper Cronk - Once again showed Pearce how an Origin halfback should play. 8/10

Dylan Napa - Strong all night when on. 7/10

Cameron Smith - Usual grub self but was the general that led Qld to yet another win. 9/10

Jarrod Wallace - Outplayed Fifita and strolled past him for a try. 7/10

Gavin Cooper - Led the way with a game high 43 tackles. 7.5/10

Matt Gillett - Lather, rinse, repeat on Cooper but with 41 tackles. 7.5/10

Josh McGuire - Solid without being spectacular. 7/10

Ben Hunt - Little time but did nothing with it. 3/10

Josh Papalli - Was good in his 30 minutes. 6/10

Coen Hess - Quiet game really when on. 5/10

Tim Glasby - Could have scored if not for Maloney. 6/10


New South Wales:
James Tedesco - Ran for 180 metres but it meant little. 6/10

Brett Morris - Not a lot of opportunity. Good tackle stopped Cronk scoring. 6/10

Josh Dugan - Scored the only try but another error prone performance. 6/10

Jarryd Hayne - Caught out in defence too often and did nothing in attack. 3/10

Blake Ferguson - Got schooled by Holmes. Still no Origin try in 7 games. 3/10

James Maloney - Tried hard but had little impact. 9 missed tackles. 4/10

Mitchell Pearce - Went missing for the umpteenth time in Origin. Surely his last. 3/10

Aaron Woods - 73 metres from your front rower is not good. 3/10

Nathan Peats - Good service and a tackling machine, but offers little else. 5/10

Andrew Fifita - Qld have him worked out and he was poor again. 3/10

Boyd Cordner - Probably shouldn't have played and it showed. 5/10

Josh Jackson - Almost the complete opposite of his game 2. 5/10

Tyson Frizell - Tackled and ran hard. 6/10

David Klemmer - The Blues best forward, just shading Jake. 7.5/10

Wade Graham - Tried hard but gave a couple of silly penalties. 5/10

Jake Trbojevic - It was Klemmer, Jake and daylight for NSW's best. 7.5/10

Jack Bird - Was tying to get into the game but Qld's defence was too good. 5/10

 

[Shells Eagles]

Absolutey agree re Klemmer and Jake -they were both outstanding.

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

I really like the tough metres Ferguson makes coming out of our quarter but he undoes the good work with defensive blunders.

 

[HoldenV8]

I really like the tough metres Ferguson makes coming out of our quarter but he undoes the good work with defensive blunders.

Ferguson makes good metres but tonight he got completely schooled by the other current Kangaroos winger who's been playing fullback all year for his club side.

 

[manlyfan76]

I dont understand the Klemmer hate.

 

[sheridanstand78]

Next year I would replace Mansour with Ferguson who got owned last night. NSW need some speed out wide, Tommy T has to come in for Morris and I do not understand why Dugan is ahead of Bird? Daley has lost 3 series on the spin, time to go!!

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

NRL.com says Jake made 19 tackles, that can't be right. It looked like he was making 3 or 4 every set at one stage. He was superb, regardless.
As for beating Qld, NSW might need to wait until Smith retires.

 

[ricardo]

Origin is for Queenslanders anyway. Happy the JT/Cronk fairytale ended as it should.

Was just wondering why Myles, Lillyman, O'Neill, Milford and all the other 26 maroons that played this year weren't on stage singing yippie yippie ay like the others??

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

I see noted swordswallower (not that there is anything wrong with that) Webster only gave Jake a 5.5 rating.

Huh?

 

[nightster]

I dont understand the Klemmer hate.

What Klemmer hate? When he and Jake came on we lifted ..

 

[damiennp90]

Well it's clear that we'll have Daly at Manly for the next few years.

No Origan Daly.

Hope it doesn't get him down.

 

[The Who]

It doesn't seem to matter what individuals NSW picks; Qld plays as a team.

 

[Snake]

I really like the tough metres Ferguson makes coming out of our quarter but he undoes the good work with defensive blunders.

He is big and fast but he is dopey as they come. I don't think he has ever been the same player since coming back from the long suspension. He used to appear driven and motivated, but some of his plays in defence are very lethargic and even after he runs the ball up, so often he gets slammed into the ground heavily...he has no post contact metres. I think he needs to be given the arse permanently.

 

[bringbackbeaver]

My own take on tonight's game.

Queensland:
Billy Slater - Had an easy time with 99% of Pearce's kicks going straight down his throat and NSW having next to no attack for him to have to defend. 8/10

Valentine Holmes - 3 tries, can't fault that. 8/10

Will Chambers - 149 running metres and strong defence. 7.5/10

Michael Morgan - Played like he was a regular centre. 7/10

Dane Gagai - NSW had no answer to his running game. 8/10

Cameron Munster - Brilliant debut, was in just about everything. 8/10

Cooper Cronk - Once again showed Pearce how an Origin halfback should play. 8/10

Dylan Napa - Strong all night when on. 7/10

Cameron Smith - Usual grub self but was the general that led Qld to yet another win. 9/10

Jarrod Wallace - Outplayed Fifita and strolled past him for a try. 7/10

Gavin Cooper - Led the way with a game high 43 tackles. 7.5/10

Matt Gillett - Lather, rinse, repeat on Cooper but with 41 tackles. 7.5/10

Josh McGuire - Solid without being spectacular. 7/10

Ben Hunt - Little time but did nothing with it. 3/10

Josh Papalli - Was good in his 30 minutes. 6/10

Coen Hess - Quiet game really when on. 5/10

Tim Glasby - Could have scored if not for Maloney. 6/10


New South Wales:
James Tedesco - Ran for 180 metres but it meant little. 6/10

Brett Morris - Not a lot of opportunity. Good tackle stopped Cronk scoring. 6/10

Josh Dugan - Scored the only try but another error prone performance. 6/10

Jarryd Hayne - Caught out in defence too often and did nothing in attack. 3/10

Blake Ferguson - Got schooled by Holmes. Still no Origin try in 7 games. 3/10

James Maloney - Tried hard but had little impact. 9 missed tackles. 4/10

Mitchell Pearce - Went missing for the umpteenth time in Origin. Surely his last. 3/10

Aaron Woods - 73 metres from your front rower is not good. 3/10

Nathan Peats - Good service and a tackling machine, but offers little else. 5/10

Andrew Fifita - Qld have him worked out and he was poor again. 3/10

Boyd Cordner - Probably shouldn't have played and it showed. 5/10

Josh Jackson - Almost the complete opposite of his game 2. 5/10

Tyson Frizell - Tackled and ran hard. 6/10

David Klemmer - The Blues best forward, just shading Jake. 7.5/10

Wade Graham - Tried hard but gave a couple of silly penalties. 5/10

Jake Trbojevic - It was Klemmer, Jake and daylight for NSW's best. 7.5/10

Jack Bird - Was tying to get into the game but Qld's defence was too good. 5/10

Solid post. I agree with most of it but not the Josh Jackson part. Not sure of his stats but he seemed solid to me. Far better than Fefita and Woods anyway. It's hard to see where to go from here. Someone mentioned below we need more speed and I think that's 100% correct. Walker, Roberts, Turbo, Mansour, Latrell Mitchel .. Some of those names should figure next year hopefully...