Thread: State of Origin - 1st Game - Wed June 3rd

Originally Posted by kingwilly

woohoo!

Hey! You are a Mexican. What is it to you?

A enemy of your enemy is your friend?

That has got to be one of the strangest games I have ever seen. WTF happened at the end there?

Originally Posted by Mid

3 - zip .............coming up

Sorry mate 28-16 to the NSW blues!

Originally Posted by JoGeAr

WTF happened at the end there?

I thought the same mate as I only caught the last 10 minutes and there was a send off and 2 sin bins.

The banana benders were obviously the instigators especially with regard to the last sin binnings with the swinging arm which resulted in the hand bags at 10 paces push about!

Congratulations to Queensland and winners can smile and losers can suit themselves.

Sorry mate 28-16 to the NSW blues!

indeed , went to bed at 1/2 time and missed the biff

anyhow good one the blues and you come back next year ya hear ?

Originally Posted by Mid

and an 8 point try .

he dropped the ball first, shouldnt have been a try at all.

Originally Posted by Lily

Hey! You are a Mexican. What is it to you?

my Uncle who introduced me to rugby was in townsville most of his life...

Originally Posted by JoGeAr

That has got to be one of the strangest games I have ever seen. WTF happened at the end there?

Biff, its all good ! that's why we watch rugby

xxx.xxx.xx

Go the Marooooons !

And Qld thrash NSW 34-6 to make it 5 series in a row !! QUEENSLANDER !!

It's just getting better and better, well done lads.


Invincible Maroons notch five in a row

Updated June 16, 2010 2200
Queensland player Greg Inglis scores the opening try in the third minute. (AAP: Dave Hunt)

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Champion captain Darren Lockyer led Queensland to State of Origin immortality as the Maroons humiliated New South Wales 34-6 in Game II at Lang Park and romped to a record fifth consecutive series win.
Lockyer was simply untouchable in his 32nd Origin appearance as Queensland weathered a storm of reckless tackling and ill-discipline from the Blues to pile on six tries and stamp an indelible mark on the storied interstate rivalry.
The Blues' heavy-handed tactics merely proved to further spark Queensland following a tumultuous build-up to Game II plagued by a racial slur against Aboriginal centre Greg Inglis and an ugly public debate over the eligibility of AFL-bound winger Israel Folau.
Luke O'Donnell was lucky not to be sent off for a spear tackle on Darius Boyd and a head-butt on Dave Taylor in the ensuing melee, instead joining Cronulla enforcer Paul Gallen on report.
The Maroons though enjoyed the last laugh with Folau grabbing two tries and Inglis terrorising the Blues' right-edge defence all night, making his first mark in just the third minute when he opened the scoring with a powerful burst to the corner flag.
Queensland now holds an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, following a 28-24 triumph in Game I at Sydney's Olympic stadium.
The brilliant Lockyer orchestrated the six-try demolition with a set of precision passes and tactical kicks that utterly bamboozled NSW, the highlight coming in the second half with a reverse cut-out on the run to pick out Folau unmarked on the right win.
Lockyer drew the Blues' defence up and in with a ghosting left-to-right run and pivoted his body in order to deliver a flat pass for his Brisbane Broncos team-mate's second try.
The Queensland skipper also executed a sublime defence-splitting inside ball to put Billy Slater in to space to score five minutes before half-time but the try was harshly ruled back for a forward pass.
With doubts surrounding the 33-year-old's representative future, this was the perfect performance in front of a vocal Queensland crowd which packed Lang Park to its capacity to witness perhaps Lockyer's final stand at The Cauldron.
NSW prop Brett White scored a late consolation to help the Blues avoid a shut-out, while a gritty performance from young half-back Mitchell Pearce may give them some hope for the future.
The Blues' preparations were disrupted by the departure of winger Timana Tahu and assistant coach Andrew Johns amid a racism scandal, with Joel Monaghan drafted in to make his third Origin appearance.
The visitors made a raft of changes following the loss in Game I but Craig Bellamy's new-look side had no answer for the Maroons' slick attack and stout defence with Lockyer ably supported by Australia team-mate Johnathan Thurston.
In addition to the tries from Folau and Inglis - Darius Boyd, Willie Tonga and Cooper Cronk all crossed the line with Thurston adding five conversions from six attempts.
Queensland: 34 (I Folau 2, G Inglis, D Boyd, W Tonga, C Cronk tries; J Thurston 5/6 conversions)
New South Wales: 6 (B White try; M Ennis conversion)
Tags: sport, rugby-league, nrl, state-of-origin, australia, nsw, qld, brisbane-4000
First posted June 16, 2010 21:56:00

^ What he said about Locky was absolutely correct. He engineered the game beautifully. Thurston, who usually controls the Qld attack, was hardly seen all night. The Qld forwards all had blinders and big Dave Taylor is fcuking scary.

so them blues can't play football nor can they fight ...............