State Of Origin 2026

Fair bit of talk about Walsh not being on the Qld bench. Dylan Edwards not being somewhere on the Blues 6-man bench is equally weird imo. He covers Tedesco at fullback, and he covers the wingers. He also covers centre because you can move Koula in, and given Crichton is somewhat injured, it may happen.

I think it's absolutely bizarre that he hasn't been picked at all.

 

Yeah, I mean this is nonsense imo. Mam has 10 try assists this year. What are you talking about?

 

Grant and Ponga can't kick?

I don't understand the Mam and Walsh comparison at all. If a half goes down, Walsh would be playing fullback and Ponga goes to the halves. What are we talking about here...I get that Walsh plays a fair bit of first receiver but as with Ponga, that doesn't make him a 7.

If we're taking a half back-up the argument should be between Mam and Clifford imo.

 

Speaking of back-up halves, Mitchell Moses is apparently going to be ruled out due to a hamstring injury. That makes things verrry interesting. Would be a huge loss. Might be out for Game 2 as well.

 

Puts him in the same bracket as Walker, Fogarty, Boyd, Katoa, Clifford who are all playing in teams going a lot better than Brisbane. I think if Walsh actually played 6 and had to make 20+ tackles a game instead of his usual 3 or 4, you'd see how silly this line of argument is.

Mam isn't Wally Lewis but he's a lot better than you're making out. He's coverage for the halves, Walsh is not, plain and simple.

 

Dude, I'm not talking about tackle efficiency. I already know Walsh would be as hopeless if not moreso than Mam in the frontline, in that regard.

I'm saying quadruple his tackle count and see how effective he is in attack with that sort of fatigue. Ponga has all the tools and he couldn't manage it. Got moved back. Hayne had all the tools, couldn't manage it, got moved back. The only bloke who we've seen have success is Lockyer and it took years of persistence. You can't just move a fullback into the halves, and in Origin of all places.

 

What's this in reference to though...Koula?

 

I mean yeah I'll take that first half. Nervous lead but honestly, NSW's defence looks absolute toilet both with and without our second phase. Cobbo's been out of position too deep three times but everything else he's done has been great. Tino's been great.

Walker has been Lewis-like, except that ridiculous pass at the end.

 

I mean doean't the NSWRL owe Klein a carton for this. lol fuck this.