2017 State of Origin

Wow. Daniel Tupou will be named on the wing for NSW. Jesus.

 

1. James Tedesco
2. Blake Ferguson
3. Jarryd Hayne
4. Josh Dugan
5. Daniel Tupou
6. James Maloney
7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Aaron Woods
9. Peter Wallace
10. David Klemmer
11. Wade Graham
12. Boyd Cordner
13. Tyson Frizell

14. Jack Bird
15. Josh Jackson
16. Andrew Fifita
17. Jake Trbojevic

18. Nathan Peats
19. Jack de Belin

 

Jesus Christ Kevvie, there's no need to start crying ffs.

 

I don't think there's any chance of Milford starting at 6. Even if Thurston is out, it'll be Morgan.

I'm fine with Boyd over Slater. Billy would've beaten Hayne with speed and Darius will be him with the pass. Either way Hayne should be our main target. Just a shame we have O'Neill out there instead of Holmes.

Guerra and O'Neill are the two biggest disappointments. Neither of them should be anywhere near Origin at this stage.

 

What on earth is the point of having Josh Jackson on the bench? Especially when you've already got a lock replacement in Trbojevic. Jackson is not a second rower, and he sure as fuck isn't an impact player. It's just so tiring to see, year after year, supposed experts making elementary mistakes in player analysis.

 

Agreed. It's silly to pick Trbojevic to play up front instead of Vaughan because you want more mobility.

 

It's great to see Papalii finally push his way into the starting side. Hope he tears Pearce a new arsehole.

 

Okay so fucked if I know where they got Tupou from.

1.Tedesco
2.Ferguson
3.Dugan
4.Hayne
5.Morris
6.Maloney
7.Pearce
8.Woods
9.Peats
10.Fifita
11.Jackson
12.Cordner (c)
13.Frizell

14.Bird
15.Graham
16.Klemmer
17.Trbojevic

 

If this game was being played in Sydney I think we'd be fucked. As it stands it's as near a coin toss as it has been for a decade imo.

Despite our dramatically weakened side I can't wait to see how Napa goes. Hope that ranga stomps some smurfs.

 

There is no logic in playing Frizzelle in the middle instead of Jackson imo.

And I still can't believe they left Vaughan out.

 

One positive for us is that with Papalii, Gillett and Napa starting we have more big hitters than we've had since Carroll, Costigan and Webb retired.

We really need to win the battle of the hitting.

 

Gould reckons we can't win it without Slater. Jesus Christ, I like Billy but fmd they're all going way overboard. Walters crying, Miles saying he's the best fullback of the modern era. Mate, that would be the bloke sitting next to you at the selection table. I mean ffs, we've won the last two series without him haven't we? It's not like we've struggled for points with Boyd at the back. If anything he's been more productive than Slater.

Aside from pure speed and his running game both with the ball in hand and on kick chase, I don't really see why he should displace Boyd who threw the last pass for 3 QLD tries and scored one himself. I was for Billy if it meant the Inglis/Boyd combination reuniting but that's gone so I'm fine with Boyd being left there. Slater is just an unnecessary risk afaic.

 

Agree. Morgan, Munster and Gagai are all better options.