State of Origin, 2025.

[globaleagle]

I can't escape the maroon and white disappointment FML

I'm sure your Dad is very sympathetic!

 

[globaleagle]

It's a best of 3 series so no crowing + smugness from me...yet.

Banter is a good thing though I do think if you meme dish it out you should hang around and take a bit of guff back.

Otherwise you may come across as an annoying spammer in the lead up, and a total whiny little boy super sooky diddums baby assed git after it.

And who'd wanna be that? lolol

 

[mave]

One can only assume Mestrov is advising Billy in the coaching box, how else could QLD have lost?

 

[Sheikheagle]

One can only assume Mestrov is advising Billy in the coaching box, how else could QLD have lost?

With Seibold as a coaching director.

 

[mickqld]

Gould, Johns and other Blues commentators need to shut the fu*k up. NSW has this habit of getting carried away, saying Qld can't win, we're unbeatable, blah blah blah and then we all know what happens. Save the gloating , big talk for after winning the series not before ya fu*king pot plants.

 

[manlyfan76]

Gould, Johns and other Blues commentators need to shut the fu*k up. NSW has this habit of getting carried away, saying Qld can't win, we're unbeatable, blah blah blah and then we all know what happens. Save the gloating , big talk for after winning the series not before ya fu*king pot plants.

To be fair NSW never got out of second gear. If they click expect a record score in game two.

 

[Rafferty]

True but his lost ball cost us a try.

Yer, but that’s footy mate, we all know that’s a tough carry off your own line in Origin at Lang Park yep I’ll call it Lang park against QLD chasing points before halftime, I don’t hold that against Trell. I thought his defence was excellent, his a must have in any rep side, he just brings that X factor and intimidation. Young’s lost ball down the other end was worse pushing a play that wasn’t on and not necessary.

 

[Rafferty]

Nanai was way offside when he tackled Trell

QLD pushed the 10 metres all night and got away with it.

 

[frank stokes]

Origin died when they cracked down on the biff. It’s just a regular game now.

I do think it is heading that way unfortunately… Origin was built on hate and the powers that be have let the people that would never follow rugby league anyway get into their head…
I WILL say there were a couple of shots let go last night that would have been penalties on a weekend so I guess we have that…

 

[frank stokes]

QLD pushed the 10 metres all night and got away with it.

Pushed? They were clearly offside multiple times - particularly on early tackles down NSW’s end of the field…
Thankfully Klein pulled up the laying in the ruck early because they came out with spoiling tactics…

 

[Rafferty]

Pushed? They were clearly offside multiple times - particularly on early tackles down NSW’s end of the field…
Thankfully Klein pulled up the laying in the ruck early because they came out with spoiling tactics…

Absolutely, they pushed the envelope all game and I thought Klein did an ordinary job without worrying about him too much.

One thing I noticed during Qld’s warm up in the sheds, they were practicing their 3 men in a tackle, two would lay over the ball carrier and the third man would flop in and hold down both feet, I notice them do it a couple of times during the game, however they didn’t do it as often as the coach may have liked, just another Slatter grubby spoiling tactic.

 

[manlyfan76]

Pushed? They were clearly offside multiple times - particularly on early tackles down NSW’s end of the field…
Thankfully Klein pulled up the laying in the ruck early because they came out with spoiling tactics…

It's all they got.

 

[Tragic Eagle]

Queensland were embarrassed last night and the score flattered them. That was on the back of losing the last series. They are in trouble.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

To my untrained eye, NSW were simply too strong up front. Qld had poor discipline early and gave up penalties, maybe they knew already they'd have to try something from left field?

I see this morning Qld spine including DCE under fire, fair enough but they also never had a platform to mount any sort of decent attack.

Attacking genii such as Hammer and Ponga never had an inch to move in. Maybe that was the fault of Qld halves but I thought mostly it was down to their forwards inability to match the opposition (I recognise this syndrome after recent years watching Manly!)

 

[47MVEagle]

I am a Toia fan and have no doubt he is a star… but I would give the points decision to Trell (who I am not a fan of) tonight…

No matter how much I dislike Trell, that boy is a beast when you put a blue jersey on him…

Yep, Latrell puts the effort in on the big stage, it's at club level that he's inconsistent & goes missing.

 

[The Who]

As good as NSW were I'd consider making two changes to the side for SOO2.
1. Dropping T'oo for a taller winger, such as Marky Mark. T'oo is a good player but if Queensland has one advantage it is with the jumping ability of Coates (and Cobbo, who should also be brought into the maroons team).
2. Dropping King. He was solid but is little more than a workhorse. Imagine another powerhouse in the NSW pack like May? They would be fearsome.
I think NSW will stick with its squad, but imo these two changes would make NSW even more dominant.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

As good as NSW were I'd consider making two changes to the side for SOO2.
1. Dropping T'oo for a taller winger, such as Marky Mark. T'oo is a good player but if Queensland has one advantage it is with the jumping ability of Coates (and Cobbo, who should also be brought into the maroons team).
2. Dropping King. He was solid but is little more than a workhorse. Imagine another powerhouse in the NSW pack like May? They would be fearsome.
I think NSW will stick with its squad, but imo these two changes would make NSW even more dominant.

Can't see any changes after that quite dominant performance.
If they lose game 2 then maybe, although To'o is such an asset, despite lack of height.
Also I didn't think May was a powerhouse type prop? Just a good worker who can play huge minutes.

 

[Chunkytuna]

Gould, Johns and other Blues commentators need to shut the fu*k up. NSW has this habit of getting carried away, saying Qld can't win, we're unbeatable, blah blah blah and then we all know what happens. Save the gloating , big talk for after winning the series not before ya fu*king pot plants.

I agree it’s not a great idea to go off too early, but there was a distinct lack of positivity about that QLD performance. Sure they can get better but honestly NSW looked WAY better - and they were nowhere near their best. Game 1 of the series is always a more dour affair. Will be interesting to see how much each team can improve. I’m betting NSW will have more improvement in them. Time will tell though.

 

[Chunkytuna]

As good as NSW were I'd consider making two changes to the side for SOO2.
1. Dropping T'oo for a taller winger, such as Marky Mark. T'oo is a good player but if Queensland has one advantage it is with the jumping ability of Coates (and Cobbo, who should also be brought into the maroons team).
2. Dropping King. He was solid but is little more than a workhorse. Imagine another powerhouse in the NSW pack like May? They would be fearsome.
I think NSW will stick with its squad, but imo these two changes would make NSW even more dominant.

Can’t agree with those changes. I thought King was very good in his debut. Bent the line back most times he took it up and was extremely solid in defence. Did not look out of place in SOO, IMO. Agree that To’o is vulnerable under the high ball, but in every other aspect of his game he is very good - especially in those yardage carries - invaluable. If anything they could think about adding Toupou in instead - got the height and his yardage game is also excellent. But barring injury, i doubt they will.

 

[madmax]

To be fair NSW never got out of second gear. If they click expect a record score in game two.

Qld was stuck in neutral! Never write them off mate. NSW & cock jockeys like Johns, Gould etc. have a habit of carrying on about how great NSW is yet who has won the most series? The fanfare should wait until the series is over!