2019 State of Origin

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Old Mate, Jul 11, 2018.

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  1. morgieb MC Burridge

    Yeah basically out of all their forwards only really Tolman was still as good at his next club as he was at the Storm. Backs a slightly different story though.
     
    morgieb, Apr 23, 2019
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  2. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Yeah Welch isn’t good enough. At least not someone I’d have any faith in. A bloke like Arrow does it surrounded by pus/underperformers.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 24, 2019
    #122

  3. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Welch not even in the conversation.
     
    Boobidy, Apr 24, 2019
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  4. Alec AD Funkotron

    With Friend injured and Hunt possibly injured, how would Mahoney go? I haven't really seen too much of him, I wonder what Eels fans think?
     
    Alec, Apr 26, 2019
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  5. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Nah.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 26, 2019
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  6. Magic AJ Parker

    I feel for Friend, after Mal coming out and saying he would pick him and make him captain there was no way Walters wasn't going to pick him.

    Cunt tore his bicep, came back on the field and still came up with a tackle that dislodged the ball to set up the match sealing try.

    I remember a few years back he punctured a lung, played out the game, went home and if his misses at the time didn't rush him to the hospital there's a fair chance he would've passed.

    Bloke is dead set made for Origin, I was very happy but conflicted when QLD didn't pick him last year.
     
    Magic, Apr 26, 2019
    #126

  7. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Blues would be nuts not to pick Walker.
     
    jazman84, Apr 26, 2019
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  8. Alec AD Funkotron

    So assuming those 2 are out, would you pick McCullough again? The only other option is Granville, and he's not even NRL standard anymore.

    Well, I guess there's Baptiste...
     
    Alec, Apr 26, 2019
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  9. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Yeah, I’d pick McCullough. Best available, unfortunately.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 26, 2019
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  10. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Mahoney has been great - quickly cemented a spot in a position Parra have struggled with for ages. I'm confident he'll play for Queensland in the next few years. He hasn't been so great that you could really justify picking him as starting hooker so quickly - he's been surprisingly first grade standard immediatey, but his service and decision-making are really only just that and nothing more so far - but if they want to pick Hunt there Mahoney could be an option on the bench just to give him a rest.

    I don't see them doing anything other 9 McCullough 14 Hunt for Game 1 though. I could see the deciding Hunt was going to play longer than half the game but even in that case I still don't think he'd start.
     
    Cribbage, Apr 27, 2019
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  11. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Tallis is calling for Dafita to play in the centres...

    He could go alright attack wise, but defending there would be rough for a rookie
     
    jazman84, Apr 28, 2019
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  12. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    No Friend, possibly no DCE. Napa in doubt. Fook sake man...
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 29, 2019
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  13. Magic AJ Parker

    Magic, Apr 30, 2019
    #133

  14. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Even with DCE we’ll be up against it. Without him, fuck me...

    Hunt is Qld’s Mitchell Pearce. Big moment choker.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 30, 2019
    #134

  15. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    It's hard to really care with NSW just so overwhelmingly dominant. A shame the likes of Smith and Inglis have chickened out and left their team mates high and dry.
     
    Sultan Pepper, Apr 30, 2019
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  16. AVA T Delonge

    Yeah massive \_/
     
    AVA, Apr 30, 2019
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  17. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    You’re taking the piss yeah?
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 30, 2019
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  18. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Haha yeah I'm sure he is, but there is a kernel of truth in the first part at least for a NSW fan. Not that we're going to dominate per se, but that even if we win we haven't taken out Smith, Thurston, Inglis, Slater and Cronk. We really wanted that shit after all those years of pain. It makes it all slightly hollow. It's a new era but we're still licking our wounds from the previous one.
     
    Cribbage, Apr 30, 2019
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  19. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    For sure. I thought he may have been referring to the way Smith went out last year. I mean why mention Smith and Inglis but not Cronk?
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Apr 30, 2019
    #139

  20. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Yeah he took a reasonable point and decided to have a bit of a troll with it I think.
     
    Cribbage, Apr 30, 2019
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