NRL Rugby League, General Discussion.

Originally posted by JoNeo:

As much as I loath Hayne's attitude he sure showed why he's still a football topic with that double brush/sidestep /flick offload to almost put Morris over down the left side

Yeah but his defence has been ordinary and QLD has been exploiting it.

I can see why they didn't play him as full back. The one they have is awesome

It must suck to be a QLDer

And Hayne fumbles it at the goal line tsk tsk tsk

Mitchell Pierce knocked rotten. Ouch

Turning in to a rout now. Qld will do well not to go down by 40+ at this rate.

NSW way too good.

Hayne has gained 107 yards and one touch down. But couldn't do in the NFL

Originally posted by Zealot:

Turning in to a rout now. Qld will do well not to go down by 40+ at this rate.

NSW way too good.

Are you saying QLD is throwing the first game to make the three game series more interesting?

How good is Tedesco? Brilliant brilliant game

Originally posted by Goatie:

Originally posted by Zealot:

Turning in to a rout now. Qld will do well not to go down by 40+ at this rate.

NSW way too good.

Are you saying QLD is throwing the first game to make the three game series more interesting?

No, I'm saying NSW has thoroughly outplayed Qld in this game. The Maroons have a lot of work ahead of them. NSW had several standout and impact players where Qld had none except maybe Gagai. NSW defence was Qld like.

And yes, Tedesco had an incredible game.

Originally posted by Zealot:

Originally posted by Goatie:

Originally posted by Zealot:

Turning in to a rout now. Qld will do well not to go down by 40+ at this rate.

NSW way too good.

Are you saying QLD is throwing the first game to make the three game series more interesting?

No, I'm saying NSW has thoroughly outplayed Qld in this game. The Maroons have a lot of work ahead of them. NSW had several standout and impact players where Qld had none except maybe Gagai. NSW defence was Qld like.

And yes, Tedesco had an incredible game.

Hayne knocked Gagai silly

OK rd 13
Stm
Eel
Dra
Roo 24/10
Cow
Rai 18/6
Bul

GL Blokes

Mabye early worm gets a bird

Rd 13

Storm
Eels
Dragons
Broncos
Cowboys
Manly
Panthers

Originally posted by Goatie:
Hayne knocked Gagai silly

O'neil mate

Congratulations Blues! Dominant performance.

Had to watch the replay late tonight. Lucky, I've got Friday off.

I don't get channel 9 in HD, only SD. So, had to record the 10pm replay yesterday on Fox. (I just can't watch sport in SD anymore)

I must admit the game isn't quite as exciting on replay, when you already know the result. I saw a much slower game than the commentators did, & I didn't see the best half of Origin football that Fatty witnessed.

The game felt fairly even in the first half, but got away from the Maroons in the second.

Fifita in the forwards & Tedesco in the backs, were the standouts in a very strong overall team performance. Slight edge to Fifita as my MOM.

Peats had an outstanding debut.

Hayne has definitely lost a couple of steps, he no longer possesses the explosiveness / speed of athletes like Tedesco, but his RL skills are sublime & he had some nice touches. Hopefully he finds some consistency & performs like this for the Titans, they deserve their money's worth.

NSW has put together an outstanding team, & I believe James Roberts would have excelled if selected. Nobody however has done anything to lose their spot if 100% fit for Origin 2.

I'm not fully prepared to admit the tide has shifted towards NSW for the foreseeable future, but they certainly have the advantage, at least in this series.

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Originally posted by Goatie:
Hayne has gained 107 yards and one touch down. But couldn't do in the NFL

.... Great to see you back, Goatie.

Metres are a bit easier to come by in both rugby codes, mate. (If you play in the right positions)

The Plane/Train finished up with 136m (148y).

Big Fifita pipped 'em with 168m (183y) ... Lynch needs to sign this man ASAP.

And a couple more...

Tedesco - 201m (219y)

Gagai - 218m (238y) (P.S... Gagai had a whale of a game for QLD)

Rd 13

Storm 30-6
Eels
Dragons
Rorters 20-4. Mood insurance.
Cowboys
Manly
Panthers

Still not quite ready to talk about Wednesday