Had a solid Game 1 and a good Game 3. Tbh the only other one I can think who matched him would've been TLL. Sad days....
Slater's try was so soft. Three Sharks players all at fault. Barrett races up and staggers the line. Gallen over-reads. Snowden gets across but both he and Gallen, arm grab. To produce that on your own line when leading by 5 with 7 minutes to go...just terrible. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XPoMBdrgIGY&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XPoMBdrgIGY&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
Lol. It was ****ing awesome. Who doesn't? Find me one sane person who wouldn't take 14inches of Lockyer down their gullet. I raged so hard at that one. How the **** has Hayne proven himself in Origin? Yeah, definitely no need to play game 4.
I think Barrett is most at fault, had no business coming up like that. Snowden and Gallen got in each others way a little bit, probably looked at each other rather than the player with the ball, meaning neither of them fully committed to the tackle. A very soft try really.
And Snowden and Gallen had no business missing that tackle when both of them had a great shot at him. Barrett didn't miss the tackle. I think he's least at fault of the three.
Do we think Kimmorley and Barrett will be considered next year? I mean knowing the NSWRL's propensity for picking based on form, I'd say, absolutely. Personally, I don't think Kimmorley has it in him any more and frankly, the incongruity of using Pearce's youth as a rationale whilst still picking the 32 year old Barrett as his partner, is laughable.