State of Origin 2010

old gregg

10 - 0 after 13 mins, this could become a thumping

mountain

bipedalhumanoid wrote: »

Every time I start to feel sorry for NSW I just think back to the history.

1925: Qld beats NSW and the Great Britain kangaroo tour cancelled rather than field an Australian team dominated by Queenslanders.

Pre-1980: NSW buying Qld players with poker machine money, which was unatainable by Qld clubs due to state laws, and forcing them to play for NSW.

1980s: 1980 & 1981 games excluded from series statistics

1999: Rules re-interpreted to exclude Drawn series being counted as a Qld win, despite the rules clearly stating that the previous winner retains the title... and despite everyone, including the commentators, treating the series like a Qld win at the end of game III.

2003: 1987 exhibition match reclassified as an official match so that NSW could claim to hit the lead in overall game wins!

2010: Attempts currently are being made to change the rules so that a Qld player can be prevented from playing in game 3.

There are many other controversies but these don't include complaining about poor ref decisions.

Today we make it 5 in a row, it could be 10 in a row and these bastards still wouldn't get any sympathy from me!

Wally Lewis being booed at the SCG when he ran out as captain of Australia

bipedalhumanoid

Wow. This is getting ugly.

bipedalhumanoid

QLD 16-0

old gregg

bipedalhumanoid wrote: »

QLD 16-0

bipedalhumanoid

22-0 This is a complete Masacre

old gregg

but wait, there's more

bipedalhumanoid

28-0. Biggest margin in history is 30 points.

bipedalhumanoid

34-0 :eek:

bipedalhumanoid

34-4. 30 point margin equal to the biggest margin of all time and the first time any team has won 5 series in a row.

I'll be off now to find some blues supporters :D:D

old gregg

well that was fun, back to the sun now

amacachi

Pity Inglis didn't get a proper slapping.

mountain

amacachi wrote: »

Pity Inglis didn't get a proper slapping.

??? whats that supposed to mean?

toomevara

Cant work out whether the Maroons are really that good or the Blues are really, really poor. Tactically the NSW boys were really naive and a terrible kicking game. No lack of commitment, a spicy encounter...but, and I know its a terrible cliche, but it really looked like men against boys. I was feeling sorry for the NSW pack by the end. Pity its been such a one sided series. Hope they can salvage some pride in the third game, but something tells me unless they find an answer to the brutality of the QLD pack and the brains an innovation of Thurston, Lockyer and co, we're going to see a pretty comprehensive whitewash...

bipedalhumanoid

QUEENSLANDER!

Time for the final humiliating blow!

toomevara

bipedalhumanoid wrote: »

Time for the final humiliating blow!

As a neutral, hope we get some sort of a game. Been a very, very disappointing Origin in terms of competitiveness. Alas can't see it happening, nothin' but a QLD whitewash on the cards here...

old gregg

bipedalhumanoid wrote: »

QUEENSLANDER!

Time for the final humiliating blow!

Adopted QUEENSLANDER!

Looking forward to a close, tough game with a breakway Inglis Try in the dying minutes to win the game... am I asking too much

AdeT

old gregg wrote: »

Adopted QUEENSLANDER!

Looking forward to a close, tough game with a breakway Inglis Try in the dying minutes to win the game... am I asking too much

Yes

Looking at the teams...it should be a hiding

However, "dead rubbers" like this can throw up exciting games.

amacachi

Few early tries for NSW would be nice. :P

amacachi

Few borderline tackles already from the Blues.

EDIT: Slater sure loves staying down, he should be in South Africa right now. :rolleyes:

bipedalhumanoid

NSW: 6 QLD: 13

bipedalhumanoid

What a field goal! 48 Metres off his left foot too! Unbelievable.

old gregg

bipedalhumanoid wrote: »

NSW: 6 QLD: 13

mate, that's a pretty wishy-washy shade of blue you've chosen there

bipedalhumanoid

old gregg wrote: »

mate, that's a pretty wishy-washy shade of blue you've chosen there

LOL. Yeah supposed to be sky blue.

12-13. Jebus!

bipedalhumanoid

3-0 - QUEENSLANDER!

toomevara

Good game, tough on the NSW boys in the end, but QLD just have too much quality. cant help thinking though if Ennis hadn't blown up and lost the plot towards the end and given away that penalty, the Blues might have stolen it. Justice done in the end overall.

old gregg

enjoyed that, for a moment there I thought I might get the Inglis breakaway try but glad it was close till the end.

Not much to look forward to for the rest of the day now, maybe a look in at the roundball game later :P

bipedalhumanoid

I really can't see Spain winning tonight. Germany win 4-1 me thinks.

old gregg

bipedalhumanoid wrote: »

I really can't see Spain winning tonight. Germany win 4-1 me thinks.

with Fernando Torres taking a dive almost as often as Billy Slater :p:p:p:p

toomevara

Lads, no more heretical talk of wendyball on here!!! I'm shocked and quite frankly surprised...;) Soccer forum.... thattaway

amacachi

old gregg wrote: »

with Fernando Torres taking a dive almost as often as Billy Slater :p:p:p:p

At least he doesn't stay down for as long. :pac:

amacachi

Sorry, didn't see that post, I'll shut up now. ^_^