2013 State of Origin

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by KimmorleyKiller, Jun 30, 2012.

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  1. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    But that's just it, if they're not comparable players, how is the situation comparable? We had one golden son who was our best ever halfback, and then a long line of barely FG standard halves. That's not the situation for NSW. They have a huge reservoir of FG standard halves, none of whom have hitherto kicked on at rep level.

    Langer going overseas is an anomaly IMO.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 2, 2013
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  2. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    How is that relevant though? He was still infinitely better than Mitchell Pearce at that age. The standard retiring age doesn't apply to some players. Lockyer, Civoniceva and etc.
     
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    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 2, 2013
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  3. Andato BJT Manera

    Civo played at least a year too long though :p
     
    Andato, Apr 2, 2013
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  4. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

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    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 3, 2013
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  5. Hunter AD Hunt

    I always like Mason when he played origin. Seemed to lift for the occasion. From what I've seen of him lately I reckon he'd still offer something decent.
     
    Hunter, Apr 3, 2013
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  6. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    I always liked what I read from Mason come origin time.
     
    Sultan Pepper, Apr 3, 2013
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  7. Julian BJ Taylor

    tll is probably back in contention for bench prop as well. was always good when he played.
     
    Julian, Apr 3, 2013
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  8. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    He bizarrely fell out of favour when Stuart took over and then went through a period of quiescence at the Raiders. A shame. I can't even see him making City/Country this year.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 3, 2013
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  9. Raide KN Rask

    Raide, Apr 3, 2013
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  10. Alec AD Funkotron

    NSW would be stupid not to pick freeMason. He's going to prepare for the biggest game of his life.
     
    Alec, Apr 3, 2013
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  11. Sexy Yama (Muesli) JP Wilkinson

    Judging on his previous performances at SOO level and his recent for you'd have to imagine that he'd have to be in the mix.
     
    Sexy Yama (Muesli), Apr 3, 2013
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  12. Pretzel P Retzel

    mmm yes
     
    Pretzel, Apr 4, 2013
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  13. Magic AJ Parker

    The comment above that was even better.
     
    Magic, Apr 4, 2013
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  14. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Apparently Ryan James is a bolter for the NSW side.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 5, 2013
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  15. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    All the talk in the media is about who NSW are going to pick at five-eighth now that Carney is injured. How long is Carney out for?
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 5, 2013
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  16. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Two weeks lol. He'll be sweet.
     
    Cribbage, Apr 5, 2013
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  17. Cribbage RG Cribb

    I'll put it this way - if they think Mullen is good enough to come into contention even though Carney is fit to play just because he hasn't proven his form over the opening rounds with enough games or whatever, then they should definitely think he's good enough to play halfback ahead of Pearce - which they don't. So Carney should be a walk up hobble up start.
     
    Cribbage, Apr 5, 2013
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  18. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    5000 votes on the DT poll and 75% want Reynolds. That has more to do with Pearce's failures than Reynolds's ability IMO.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 5, 2013
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  19. Magic AJ Parker

    Or the type of fans the DT attracts...

    The amount of articles they're spitting out lately about the halves is ridiculous. It's like they've totally glossed over the fact Daley has come out and said that Pearce will be his halfback.

    I'd be more interested in them trying to dig up something on who the who will be in the backline & forward pack. Given Daley's comments the spine's already a foregone conclusion.
     
    Magic, Apr 5, 2013
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  20. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    The type of fans the DT attracts - What, general RL fans?
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 5, 2013
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