Thread: State of Origin 2016

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Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Having said that they rely very much on Cronk and Smith and without them they are very beatable.

They were beaten as were Brisbane, Cowboys and the Bulldogs who all lost key players to the STATE OF ORIGIN.

^ Qld tonite Blues will catch them napping.

Why the Blues will win

With two games at home this year, the Blues will back themselves into winning just their second series since 2005, which would also bury the demons of last year’s series humiliation in which they lost the final game by a record scoreline of 52-6.
Coach Laurie Daley will be hoping that the four debutants he has blooded (Moylan, Mansour, Reynolds and Walker), as well as his new halves partnership in Maloney and Reynolds, can deliver, while seasoned veterans Farah and Bird return after missing the decider and series last year respectively.
Having played a huge role in the Sharks’ rise to the top of the NRL ladder, Maloney will also be hoping to weave his magic with Reynolds on the Origin arena, having narrowly failed when he partnered with Mitchell Pearce in 2013.
If the Blues can win the opening game, and assuming the second goes Queensland’s way as many expect, then the possibility of a record Blue crowd will hopefully cheer them onto a second series victory in three years.



Why the Maroons will win

It’s hard to make changes to a highly successful line-up, with only two forced changes from its Game III side last year: Justin Hodges (retired) and Will Chambers (injury), while Jacob Lillyman was the only unforced change though there is the chance he may win a recall if Cooper Cronk is ruled out due to injury.
As I have always said throughout the past decade of the Maroons’ dominance, experience, not form, is what wins Origin matches and series. Most of the Maroons sides named during this period have been picked on experience, and again that will come to the fore as they look to win the opening game in enemy territory.
That would then put them into prime position to wrap up the series at home, after which they can go for their first series clean sweep since 2010 on July 13.
It’ll also be hard not seeing the Maroons win on Wednesday night, with three of the top four teams in the NRL – the Melbourne Storm, Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys supplying all but five of the 17 listed players above.


The verdict

The opening game of any Origin series will always bring up many subplots, such as whether the debutants named by the two sides can deliver on one of the biggest rugby league stages in Australia and just how the halves will function.
It will be interesting to see how the Maroons perform under new coach Kevin Walters, having achieved so much under his predecessor, Mal Meninga, but if anything, don’t expect anything to change.
Conversely, it will remain to be seen whether New South Wales can bounce back from their series defeat last year, which proved to be a very disappointing follow-up to their 2014 victory, which was their first series victory for nearly a decade.
While the Blues have made wholesale changes since, and expect a crowd of over 80,000 to be right behind them, it’ll be hard going past Queensland in this one.


Prediction
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Go you mighty Maroons!

Cockroaches might as well bend over and brace themselves, it's that time again.

Queensland to win, but farcanal them blues are big this year!

And, now from the Department of Sour Grapes ...

BLUES coach Laurie Daley has torn strips off the Origin referees in a stunning attack, demanding they be sacked for Game Two.
Daley lamented the series of calls that went the Maroons way in their 6-4 win.
Two key calls, a no try to Josh Morris who appeared to be caught short and a bunker intervention to over rule a knock-on call and give possession to Queensland bothered Daley the most.
“Put it this way, I will be asking for those two referees to not officiate in Game Two ... there’s your story,” Daley said.
“Based on history and based on that game. There were plenty of big calls that happened.”

Rest of the story is here


Sour grapes really from Daley, two of what he says were referring mistakes ... the Morris 'no-try' and a crucial knock-on were decided by the bunker.



Laurie, pop down to Bunnings/Home Depot, buy some wood, build a bridge AND GET OVER IT !

Yep. QLD WON fair and square.

I'm not one to whinge but,Qld got all the 50/50 calls.
On to Game 2.

A bit of a dour match to watch, neither team were game to throw it around in the damp conditions and it was obvious both coaches had called for tight ball security and high completion rates. They both got it.

Game 2 will be a different story (weather permitting) when NSW will have no choice but to force passes and spread it wide if they want to square the series up. As big as their forwards are, they couldn't get through up the middle. I hope they do and they get in front which will force QLD to do the same, that's what the crowds want to see anyway.

Very disappointing to see Loz take aim at the Refs. He's not that sort of a guy and I would expect he'll apologize blaming the spur of the moment pressures of the big arena for his comments...

State of Origin 2016: NRL won't bow to Laurie Daley's demand to punt referees

NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg insists Laurie Daley's call for State of Origin referees Gerard Sutton and Ben Cummins to be replaced will have no bearing on the appointments for game two as figures illustrating the Blues' poor record under the duo can be revealed.
Barrie-Jon Mather, the NSWRL general manager of football, is due to meet referees boss Tony Archer on Friday to further discuss Daley's concerns, aired after a 6-4 defeat in the opening match of the series on Wednesday night


State of Origin 2016: NRL won't bow to Laurie Daley's demand to punt referees

figures illustrating the Blues' poor record under the duo can be revealed.

Are they QLDers?

Originally Posted by bobo746

I'm not one to whinge but,Qld got all the 50/50 calls.
On to Game 2.

Gee bobo, after all that trouble you went to posting those memes trying to make QLD look like dickheads..............it backfired !

I don't give cockroaches shit anymore about SOO, learned a long time ago it is best to let your players do the talking, with the ball. And the more they mouth off about how they are going to flog us the sweeter the victory.

But I will say one thing, if I was a NSW supporter I would feel ashamed, they not only have 3 times QLD's population they have 3 times as many registered players to pick their side from. And when you consider - "Of the 34 full series played till 2015, Queensland have won 19, New South Wales 13", well, do the maths.

Please keep the jibes and insults coming as us dumb QLDers are lapping it up !

Jesus man you take it all to seriously.
The best thing about QLD winning is that domestic voilence stayed level last night.
If they lost you rednecks would have been taking it out on your sisters.

You blokes are bad winners.
Anyway i'm a born and bred brissy boy.

Originally Posted by bobo746

State of Origin 2016: NRL won't bow to Laurie Daley's demand to punt referees

NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg insists Laurie Daley's call for State of Origin referees Gerard Sutton and Ben Cummins to be replaced will have no bearing on the appointments for game two as figures illustrating the Blues' poor record under the duo can be revealed.
Barrie-Jon Mather, the NSWRL general manager of football, is due to meet referees boss Tony Archer on Friday to further discuss Daley's concerns, aired after a 6-4 defeat in the opening match of the series on Wednesday night


State of Origin 2016: NRL won't bow to Laurie Daley's demand to punt referees

But Daley and Blues skipper Paul Gallen remained upbeat about their side's chances of securing an unlikely series victory.

(if they can select their own referees, ones that suit their game plan)

Originally Posted by bobo746

You blokes are bad winners.
Anyway i'm a born and bred brissy boy.

No we are not bad winners, in fact we can't win because no matter whether we win, lose or draw we are always going to be the poor, stupid up-country cousins who get kicked up the arse from our rich southern neighbors.

NSW hates QLD because in their minds they should be far better than they are but them darn banana benders keep beating them.
QLDers hate cockroaches because the majority of them are arrogant asswipes.

Luckily you are from Brisbane but you could have fooled me !

OK, I'm just a Pommie git, but that was the first SofO match that I found a tad boring; just seemed to lack spark and quality. I'll be off now before I'm assaulted...

wet games are a bit dour

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

I'll be off now before I'm assaulted...

you know you want it - big black hands , buttocks , bongo drums - yeah baby