State of Origin 2023

He made 1 or 2 crucial reads in the second half, but yes, the rest of the night was an absolute turnstile. He's always been an out and out winger, probably the best in the game but there's no one else to play centre and we need his goal kicking. Gagai was even worse defensively last year.

 

Yep. If you dont wanna cop a stray boot then dont take a bloke's legs out in the air. Frizellino had no right to be there, he wasnt looking at the ball and was in no position to make a tackle.

 

I was happy for Ponga to be left out. Too much to risk with his glass noggin. Walsh's pace is electric. Pure speed created Cobbo's first and the catch-pass for his second from Walsh was insane.

Munster was great again too. Two try assists.

 

Fittler has to go. I mean jesus christ, they've won 1 of the last 5 matches. How is that even possible with the better players to pick from?

Even putting aside his goofy selections every year.

 

It's great to hear Billy say he has mixed feelings about the performance. He's not under any illusions that the victory might've exaggerated how well we actually played.

We won the first ten minutes 10-0, and we won the last ten, 10-0. The intervening 60 minutes we were far from great. Same with defence. We saved a few tries but in the mid-field we missed far too many tackles. Lot of room for improvement.

NSW seemed the exact opposite. They won the midfield comfortably but in the red zone they couldnt attack for shit and they cracked on their own line way too easily.

 

Collins, a prop, outjumping his club captain, the Blues and Australian captain really is kinda hilarious.

 

Hynes has to be picked to start imo. 4 of the last 5 games NSW has failed to score 20 points and with 36 tackles inside the red zone you've gotta do better than that. I have reservations about whether he and Cleary are a good match though.

 

Bullshit. He takes Walsh's legs out. Dont care if he gets caught up with Tedesco. Not Walsh's problem. Frizell had no idea where the ball was and runs straight thru and under Walsh. Correct call, penalty everyday.