Thread: State of Origin 25/05/11

2011 State Of Origin Game 1 – XXXX QLD Maroons Team

No. Player (NRL Team)
1. Billy Slater (Storm)
2. Darius Boyd (Dragons)
3. Dane Nielsen (Storm)
4. Willie Tonga (Cowboys)
5. Jharal Yow Yeh (Broncos)
6. Darren Lockyer (c) (Broncos)
7. Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys)
8. Matthew Scott (Cowboys)
9. Cameron Smith (Storm)
10. Petero Civoniceva (Panthers)
11. Nate Myles (Roosters)
12. Sam Thaiday (Broncos)
13. Ashley Harrison (Titans)
Interchange
14. Cooper Cronk (Storm)
15. Corey Parker (Broncos)
16. Jacob Lillyman (Warriors)
17. Ben Hannant (Broncos)
18th Man
18. David Taylor (Rabbitohs)
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2011 State Of Origin Game 1 – VB NSW Blues Team

No. Player (NRL Team)
1. Josh Dugan (Raiders)
2. Brett Morris (Dragons)
3. Michael Jennings (Panthers)
4. Mark Gasnier (Dragons)
5. Akuila Uate (Knights)
6. Jamie Soward (Dragons)
7. Mitchell Pearce (Roosters)
8. Jason King (Sea Eagles)
9. Michael Ennis (Bulldogs)
10. Kade SNowden (Sharks)
11. Beau Scott (Dragons)
12. Greg Bird (Titans)
13. Paul Gallen (Sharks)
Interchange
14. Ben Creagh (Dragons)
15. Trent Merrin (Dragons)
16. Tim Mannah (Eels)
17. Dean Young (Dragons)
18th Man
18. Jamal Idris (Bulldogs)

Go the Blues

Astro SuperSport are showing it live here, coverage starts 4.30pm Thai time

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thanxs for the opportunity bobo746

Shoudn't that be the Saints v. Maroons ... again we'll struggle with origin commitment of our guns

Damn, good reminder. Anyone able to recommend a bad in HK to watch it in ?

Now, Aussies are all poofs, and their sports are poofs sports. That siad, I was once on the east coast and bloody fatastic it was - these are great games with a really big atmosphere; loved drinking in the bars watching these games...

Best game of rugby in the world. I'm looking forward to the series, as always- just hope the blues can put up a decent fight this year, after last years whitewash.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Aussies are all poofs

Know a few personally do you?

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

and their sports are poofs sports.

Those same sports we inherited from the Poms which records show we are more adept at playing.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

these are great games with a really big atmosphere

I have been to a few and the atmosphere and intensity is second to none. Too bad that rivalry between 2 states brings this out only for this series and not others.

Originally Posted by bobo746

Go the Blues

Mexican.

Originally Posted by Bazzy

Mexican.

Born & bread banana bender.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I have been to a few and the atmosphere and intensity is second to none.

Ever been to a Celtic Rangers game?

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Ever been to a Celtic Rangers game?

No Bob and I didn't know you liked soccer.......then again you do get excited over dressing rooms, the smell of jock-straps and that ever elusive autograph?

Ever been to a State of Origin game Bob?

Originally Posted by bobo746

Born & bread banana bender.

Ok, you're a traitor to your team. Go the maroons.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Ever been to a State of Origin game Bob?

Yes. 2.

Great games, lots of fun, but to suggest the atmosphere and intensity is second to none is a gross exaggeration. I wouldn't even rank it in the top ten of sporting events i've attended, but you'll be pleased to know it would be higher than the Super Bowl I attended.

Ever been to a Wales England game in Cardiff?

Do the players sing the anthem well?

^^ Mate it's a long story but after the super league fiasco who i blame on the qrl & the broncos i changed to the blues.

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Great games, lots of fun, but to suggest the atmosphere and intensity is second to none is a gross exaggeration

Exageration in who's opinion Bob? Yours????????? 55555555

You so far up yourself there's no wonder your in the dark most of the time.

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Do the players sing the anthem well?

Most Aussies don't Bob unfortunately but that doesn't stop us kicking Welsh arses most of the time. 55555

LT, they are great occassions, just don't let your silly one eyed Australian attitude make you look silly, blowing them up to the greatest sporting atmosphere, bar none, is frankly ridiculous isn't it?

I mean you haven't actually done anything to compare have you? I guess your world is taken from a random sample of one, a bit like an ABAC poll.

Johns' Blues exile over

Andrew Johns' NSW State of Origin exile is over, with the rugby league great back in the fold a year after a racism row saw him banished from the Blues.
New coach Ricky Stuart has invited the man who as a player orchestrated NSW's last Origin series victory in 2005 back to work with his side in the lead-up to next Wednesday's opening clash with Queensland.
"I've got Joey doing some work for me at training tomorrow and I'd be silly not to use him," Stuart told Network Ten.
"He's probably been one of - or the best - Origin players we've had.
"He's one of us. Absolutely. I want him to help me. I couldn't find a better bloke to ask and come out tomorrow and give us a help with certain parts of our game." Johns stepped down from his assistant coaching role with the Blues last year after admitting he'd called champion Queensland centre Greg Inglis a 'black c***'.
The remark so offended Blues back Timana Tahu that he walked out on the Origin II camp on the NSW north coast.
NSW Rugby league boss Geoff Carr said Johns had done his time, comparing the incident to the one that saw current Blues assistant Steve Roach stand down for calling referee Tony Archer a "cheat" in 2008.
"Both of them showed a lot of remorse, they apologised for what they did, they paid a penalty," Carr told AAP.
"Joey certainly did it very tough through his period. As I understand it he squared up with Timana.
"They were never going to get wiped. They've paid the appropriate penalty for what they've done and they've certainly worked hard to send the correct message that they were wrong and they weren't going to do it again.
"On that basis both of those ex-players were welcomed back." Carr said he had made it known to Stuart prior to the series that Johns was available should he be required.
Tahu has struggled with his career since the incident and was involved in a row himself late last year when a teenage player at an indigenous rugby league carnival accused the dual international himself of racism.
He twice took time off at former club Parramatta before linking with Penrith in March and last weekend suffered a season-ending pectoral muscle tear.
Johns answered an SOS from Stuart in 2005 after the Blues had lost the first match, taking to the game's biggest stage a week after returning from a broken jaw.
His performances in that series led to Johns being hailed as possibly the game's best ever player.
The series was Stuart's only one at the helm of the Blues before he was re-appointed to the job after a sweeping review of the side's set-up last year.
NSW have lost five Origin series since 2005.
Stuart has repeatedly emphasised the importance of involving former players in building a Blues culture that supports the current team in its quest to end Queensland's domination.

Originally Posted by bobo746

^^ Mate it's a long story but after the super league fiasco who i blame on the qrl & the broncos i changed to the blues.

bobo tink too mutt

Love my rugby league mate.No matter where i am i will sniff out a tv to watch it.

Agreed. More important than life, but in the end, just football......

Back in 88 I did the second Aussies v british Lions in .....lang park, and the third test at the sfs.

I actually gotten hold of the grand final trophy up in Cairns one day ( some years later) when a couple of the bronco's guys were showin it around.

Originally Posted by LooseBowels

and the third test at the sfs.

I was at that....