2017 State of Origin

Check Daley's comments. They'll be there.

 

It's hard picking a Blues side these days. There are so many options, and they're mostly fucking mediocre. lol.

Just the spine alone is difficult. Maloney's gotta be there but fuck it says something about the state of NSWRL that he's one of the walk-ups.

 

Slater is definitely going to be in the QLD side based on what Walters said today. You cunts all owe me $5.

 

Why?

 

Assuming they're all fit, Walters has virtually picked the QLD side already.

1.Slater
2.Boyd
3.Chambers
4.O'Neill
5.Gagai
6.Thurston
7.Cronk
8.Myles
9.Smith (c)
10.Napa
11.Gillett
12.Thaiday
13.McGuire

14.Morgan
15.Lillyman
16.Papalii
17.Guerra

(This was even before I heard Walters on the radio which all but confirms it. He literally told Marto exactly what he's thinking, and who gets a tick. He said they have to blood some young guys but they're wary about doing it in Game 1. That was in reference to Jarrod Wallace. So you'd assume the same applies for Hess. He said Guerra gets a tick. Napa is a certainty too just depends what number he wears. O'Neill is there, as are Chambers and Gagai.

Slater may still miss out which would bring Oates in, but I find it very unlikely based on Walters's comments last night. Oates hasn't been in great form either.

 

For anything other than just running the ball, not really.

 

Er, you know, all the other parts of being a winger.

 

Woods is really long odds to play Game 1. That's pretty significant because it means Cordner could be captain for the next 5 years for getting the jump on him.

 

Daley's entertaining the idea of Finucane/De Belin/Trbojevic up front, off the bench. He wants a smaller, more mobile pack.

Pretty happy about that tbh.

 

Gallen and Woods are no chance of playing in Game 1. Woods may even miss Game 2.