State Of Origin 2026

Lol watch Daley get an option for a third year now. Clueless cunt.

 

I was literally calling for Carrigan after 15 minutes. In his first 4 runs, Cotter got driven back three times. The only one he didn't was because he knocked on before NSW had a chance to drive him back. That and watching Capewell make 4m a carry and knock on 400 times.

I honestly thought Nanai and Carrigan had missed the bus. Slater was prank tonight.

 

This was his best Origin game imo. I don't think NSW were overly sensational tonight but he was in everything for them. Really stood up and shook off the Mitchell Pearce's.

 

Lang Park turning into a happy hunting ground now for NSW is just the icing on the shit sandwich. Crowd full of yuppy cocksuckers, no atmosphere. What's it cost a family of four these days, 12, $1500? Way to go administrators. All the while putting jack shit back into the grass roots.

 

Yeah Moses kicked us to death. The distance he generates is wild. Turned several mediocre sets into great ones in terms of field position.

Qld's kicking game was diabolical. The two kicks we actually got a result from were half-shanks.

 

He's not a myth. If Ponga doesn't cop that pus send off, he'd probably be 4 series from 5. 3 from 5 is still pretty good considering.

He just totally underestimated the loss of Collins. I think Billy is great at recognising potential in the backs, and not so good when it comes to forwards. Having slugs like Capewell and Nikora out there for 60-80 when we've got Nanai, Luki, Fifita, etc. And playing that small ball shit with Cotter, Loiero and Plath was criminal. How do you lose Collins and then not play Carrigan or Finefeuiaki?

As soon as Slater, Daley, Fittler, Walters etc. have/had a team getting chewed through the middle their reaponse is to go ham on small, mobile forwards. Slater did it in game 2 when Tino went off for a HIA and it was immediately noticeable.

I just don't get it. The idea that it's better to have a half-fucked Cotter or Yeo out there with two other locks instead of fresh, big men because of 'mobility' and lateral movement in defence is the biggest load of shit misunderstanding of how the game works. If you can't get forward, nothing else matters. Plath and Cotter are all heart and effort but expecting them to contain Haas, AFB and Murray is borderline insane.

 

Capewell was average in game 1. And good in game 2 imo. Nikora was awful in 1 and 3 and did bugger all but tackle in 2. He came up with some of the dumbest plays I've ever seen in Origin, and offers nothing with the ball.

Made it even harder watching Fifita tear Newcastle's edge apart, today. Our edges offered fuck all with the pill. Zero threat. Still, it's a secondary concern. How any coach can sit down to pick an Origin team and not have:

8.Prop
10.Prop

15.Prop
16.Prop
...written in concrete is beyond me.