Gagging for this game, Blues by 40. Spirit 1. Billy Slater 2. Darius Boyd 3. Dane Nielsen 4. Willie Tonga 5. Jharal Yow Yeh 6. Darren 'Mapp' Lockyer ( c ) 7. Jonathan Thurston 8. Matt Scott 9. Cameron Smith 10. Petero Civoniceva 11. Nate Myles 12. Sam Thaiday 13. Ashley Harrison 14. Cooper Cronk 15. Corey Parker 16. Jacob Lillyman 17. Ben Hannant Blues 1. Josh Dugan 2. Brett Morris 3. Michael Jennings 4. Mark Gasnier 5. Akuila Uate 6. Jamie Soward 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. Jason King 9. Michael Ennis 10. Kade Snowden 11. Beau Scott 12. Gregory Bird 13. Paul Gallen ( c ) 14. Benji Creagh 15. Trent Merrin 16. Tim Mannah 17. Dean Young
Spirit 1. Billy Slater 2. Darius Boyd 3. Dane Nielsen 4. Willie Tonga 5. Jharal Yow Yeh 6. Darren 'Mapp' Lockyer ( c ) 7. Jonathan Thurston 8. Matt Scott 9. Cameron Smith 10. Petero Civoniceva 11. Nate Myles 12. Sam Thaiday 13. Ashley Harrison 14. Cooper Cronk 15. Corey Parker 16. Jacob Lillyman 17. Ben Hannant Blues 1. Josh Dugan 2. Brett Morris 3. Michael Jennings 4. Mark Gasnier 5. Akuila Uate 6. Jamie Soward 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. Jason King 9. Michael Ennis 10. Kade Snowden 11. Beau Scott 12. Gregory Bird 13. Paul Gallen ( c ) 14. Benji Creagh 15. Trent Merrin 16. Tim Mannah 17. Dean Young
It symbolises that we all stick together, while NSW is just a bunch of players who only play for themselves.
Did you hear that the Post Office has had to recall their latest stamps? They had pictures of NSW players on them. People couldn't figure out which side to spit on.
I had the weirdest dream last night that I bet on Mathew Sinclair for FTS in this game. Weirder still, he scored it. Pearce was on the left hand side of the field about 25m out from the Queensland line (NSW running left to right on the TV screen), and he grubbered back towards the posts. Slater came running from the opposite corner for some reason and, and at full pace, just dropped it, straight into Sinclair's arms. He scored underneath the sticks.
Watmough deserved to be picked, but I'm definitely not 'devo' about his exclusion. Have basically no faith in him at all despite his past performances for us tbh.