2012 State Of Origin

Te'o will rattle a few Blues players with some shots IMO. The article is ridiculous but the notion of him being a hitter certainly isn't. Just hope the cunt doesn't race out of the line leaving massive gaps.

 

lol, why is half the team black?

 

Indeed. They say that all the time.

 

I remember them saying it about Game 2, 2009 when NSW were facing 4 straight series losses. 25 minutes in 18-0 after two woeful lapses from Robbie Farah and it's no longer the biggest game in Origin history. NSW come back to make it 18-14 and hang on, it is the biggest game in Origin history again.

Same was said last year. Until 24 minutes in and it's 24-0. All of a sudden it's just another game where NSW have been blown off the park.

 

Yeah see that's my problem though, which I mentioned in my previous post. If NSW win it's the most important ever. If QLD win, it's just another match. Well, maybe we should all wait and see who wins before saying how big and important the game was.

I don't doubt we'll see Mortimer-like scenes of epic relief and joy from the NSW players and staff if they win. Just a shame they might have to do it in front of a Brisbane crowd. I tell ya what, they better win for NSW's sake afaic because if they don't it's 7, and in 2013 QLD have two home games again. Even if NSW win one of the first two and force a Decider, they'll have to come to Brisbane to win it, for the third year in a row. Massive, massive ask, even more than it will be on Wednesday. And if they can't do it, then you're looking at 9 straight losses in 2014. That shit would be fucking lolworthy.

 

No team that has won the game in Melbourne has gone on to lose the series. And NSW have only come back twice from one-game down to win a series. Mind you, both times they did it, it was a Decider in Brisbane. And Stuart was either a player or the coach.

Could the stars be aligning again?

 

2005. That was also the last "live" match that NSW won in Brisbane. The other two in 07 and 09 were both dead rubbers.

 

Yeah, but 8 or 9 straight? Arthur Beetson first predicted after 3 that we'd go on to win 6 straight. They laughed at the old Abo but he was spot on. After we won 6, just before he died, he said now we'll go on to win 10. Haha.

 

I'm very interested to see what happens if QLD score the first try. I probably read a bit too much into the stats but QLD's record when scoring first is phenomenal. We scored first in all three matches last year and yet so far this series NSW have scored first both times.

They haven't had to come from behind as far as tries go.