mate against mate...

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

QUUUEEEENNSSSSLLLLLLAAAANNNDDDAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!

Also Tony Carrol not playing, I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure he isn't playing.Nestling2008-05-21 16:08:44

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Hard News wrote:

...and next year when there is a second Victorian side playing out of the same ground ?

oh, it'll be on then!

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

kiwi pie wrote:

That may be true, but it'll be a cold day in hell before I support any state that contains Sydn*y.

Mornington for life, eh?

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

ginger_eejit wrote:

kiwi pie wrote:

That may be true, but it'll be a cold day in hell before I support any state that contains Sydn*y.

Mornington for life, eh?

What are you on about, you curious, ginger fellow?

BTW how can you not jump to the defense of your cousin...

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

kiwi pie wrote:

ginger_eejit wrote:

kiwi pie wrote:

That may be true, but it'll be a cold day in hell before I support any state that contains Sydn*y.

Mornington for life, eh?

What are you on about, you curious, ginger fellow?

http://sfcu.com.au/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=28&topic=8657.0

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Smashed ... Michael De Vere bears the scars in '03.

I remember watching the medic trying to use a stapler to fix his cut

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Barber21 wrote:

coz Maroon is a f*ckin MINGING colour and Meninga has the worst eyebrows ever bestowed on rugby league.

exactly!

I like tautologies because I like them.

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

summed it up right there really

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

ginger_eejit wrote:

kiwi pie wrote:

ginger_eejit wrote:

kiwi pie wrote:

That may be true, but it'll be a cold day in hell before I support any state that contains Sydn*y.

Mornington for life, eh?

What are you on about, you curious, ginger fellow?

http://sfcu.com.au/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=28&topic=8657.0

Jesus, they're hopeless.

I don't blame you for jumping ship!

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

NEW SOUTH WALES NEW SOUTH WALES NEW SOUTH WALES!

Atmosphere at Four Kings was awesome tonight - loved the booth full of my fellow New South Welshmen, right next to the booth full off *shudder* Queenslanders. Great stuff, most fun I've had watching league in a long time.

Pitbull wrote:

I remember watching the medic trying to use a stapler to fix his cut

Bwahaha, that guy so deserved a WHO ARE YA!

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

New South Wales all the way baby!

Awesome game, huge intensity. QL were under the pump from the word go and apart from a few periods, were never really in the game. Tho I think QL did NSW a few favours in:

- Not picking magician Scotty Prince
- Playing Harmichael c**t out of position
- Constantly throwing away possession early in the tackle count.

looking forward to game 2 up at Suncrop, should be an awesome atmosphere.

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Must say Slater didn't have his best game, ran too close to the sidelines too often

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Queensland seemed to have trouble stoping centre Mark Gasnier last night. Maybe Steve

Matai could give them some advice. they face off on friday when Manly takes on the Dragons at Brookvale Oval.

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

you guys needed a play maker in the halves, karmicheal hunt defended awesomely but had no creativity going forward, thurston took an age to get into the game as well.

you guys were unlucky not to score after that awesome run from slater that ended up right on our line and you guys coughing up posession

for us i thought wallace had a blinder on debut and so to quin and bird had great games as well

like phil gould said "do we really have to wait three weeks for the next game?"

well yeah we do, but i wish we didn't

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

From foxsports.com.au

AFTER 82 games, more than 6,500 brutal minutes of battle and 60,000-odd bruising tackles, just 17 points separate New South Wales and Queensland on the State of Origin points scoreboard.

But NSW's 18-10 upset took their Origin points tally to 1,302 with Queensland's total just 17 points behind at 1,285.

The hurdle facing Queensland is that if they force a series decider, it will be at ANZ Stadium - one place where the Origin figures aren't so close.

Their record at the Olympic venue is one win and a draw from 13 games since 1999.

The telling stat is that NSW have scored 305 points (23.4 points per game) at ANZ Stadium compared to 154 points (11.8 points per game) by Queensland.

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

historically it's a damn close series...f*ckn brilliant

I like tautologies because I like them.

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

FORMER Queensland State of Origin five-eighth Ben Ikin says the Maroons would not have won the opening game even with Wally Lewis in the No.6 jumper.

The youngest player to pull on an Origin jumper when he played the first of 17 games in 1995 under Paul Vautin, Ikin said Queensland had played too one-out and deserted coach Mal Meninga's game plan.

"It doesn't matter if Scott Prince plays last night, the cold hard facts are Queensland played boring and predictable football through the middle," he said.

"We didn't play direct enough and we were too one-out.

"It didn't matter who was in the halves, they were never going to have the time or space they needed off the back of some good go forward.

"Every time we did go wide it was off the back of limited go forward, they just shut us down because they were all set.

"The blame for that rests on the shoulders of Smithy (captain Cameron Smith) and his forward pack.

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Second State of O tonight, must win for queensland or nsw take the series for the first time since 2005

Random fact- in the 1st origin, an an incentive, the winning players shared 10% of the gate; the losing players received a match fee only

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

One-all into G3.... I'll take bets!!!

E + R + O

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Gutted that Lockyer is out but hopefully with Prince in there he can take some of the pressure off Thurston.

COME ON QLD!!!

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Blues are paying $2.30...I'd place a bet if I had the money.

Hopefully I can get back to Wellington in time for kickoff....COME ON YOU BLUES!

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

it's all over for you cane toads tonight, though prince and thurston as halves will be a handful for us, i'm pretty confident we can beat you at suncorp

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

robbwatson wrote:

Blues are paying $2.30...I'd place a bet if I had the money.

Hopefully I can get back to Wellington in time for kickoff....COME ON YOU BLUES!

Save ya money and invest in a beer Robb

E + R + O

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Hope the Maroons win so that the 3rd game is a decider and like a one-off, also I'm a Maroons fan so obviously wanting them to win

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Well played Queensland completely destroyed us. bring on game 3

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

30 - 0 !!!

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Greg Inglis was fantastic last night on attack. Gaz showed him up in Game 1 but he got revenge back last night. Tate was superb on defence.

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

SurgeQld wrote:

Save ya money and invest in a beer Robb

I have yet to hear wiser financial advice

(Albeit, from a Queenslander...)

Couldn't ,make it to Welly in time to see the game...got stuck in Porirua. Blessing in disguise?

(We're gonna win 2-1...)

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

robbwatson wrote:

SurgeQld wrote:

Save ya money and invest in a beer Robb

I have yet to hear wiser financial advice

(Albeit, from a Queenslander...)

Couldn't ,make it to Welly in time to see the game...got stuck in Porirua. Blessing in disguise?

(We're gonna win 2-1...)

Queenslander????

My fat KFC filled arse I'm a Queenslander!!! Bloody whippersnappers!!!

E + R + O

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almost 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

SurgeQld wrote:

Queenslander????

My fat KFC filled arse I'm a Queenslander!!! Bloody whippersnappers!!!

Haha sorry mate... the name threw me off

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

All on for the decider Wednesday week

NSW team: Brett Stewart, Jarryd Hayne, Joel Monaghan, Matt Cooper, Anthony Quinn, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Willie Mason, Danny Buderus (capt), Brett White, Craig Fitzgibbon, Ryan Hoffman, Paul Gallen. Interchange: Kurt Gidley, Anthony Laffranchi, Ben Cross, Anthony Tupou.

Queensland: Karmichael Hunt, Darius Boyd, Greg Inglis, Brent Tate, Israel Folau, Johnathan Thurston, Scott Prince, Steve Price, Cameron Smith (capt), Petero Civoniceva, Michael Crocker, Ashley Harrison, Dallas Johnston. Interchange: Billy Slater, Ben Hannant, Nate Myles, Sam Thaiday.

GO QLD!!!

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

NEW South Wales have called upon Sydney fans to adopt the same attitude as the 'rednecks' across the border by throwing away the beach balls and cheering the Blues all the way to victory next week at ANZ Stadium.

Chairman of selectors Bob McCarthy says the Blues will need a capacity crowd baying for Maroons blood next week if they are to upset Queensland and claim NSW's first Origin series title since 2005.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

TAB odds for State of Origin 3:

NSW b. Canetoads, $2.30

Canetoads b. NSW $1.57

COYB!

In other news: Robb's Plan to Fix Origin:

Have Game 1 always played at a neutral venue. I suggest Melbourne (Tard Stadium), Perth (Subiaco) or Auckland (Eden Park). This:

a) raises the profile of State of Origin - which face it, is the highest level of Rugby League considering how much of a joke the international game is.

b) Brings in more income - Sydneysiders don't have to pick between two games to go to, and fans outside the region don't have to travel ie me, and

c) Makes the series officially neutral in terms of fan support (although in most cases it will support to Canetoads).

Then, Game 2 is hosted by the loser of Game 1. This places an imperative on that fans team to show up and support a comeback. Also, it makes a comeback statistically more likely to happen - which is good for the series IMHO. I love it when Queensland wins one of the first two games and NSW wins the other two.

Then, Game 3 is hosted by whoever didn't host Game 2. This can make it one of two options.

a) A victory match. Say, if NSW won both first two games, locals will go to watch the Blues try for a clean sweep

b) A massive sudden death match to decide who comes out top after a 1-1 series draw. Which should draw locals.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

LOL @ making Sydneysiders and Rednecks have to go to Perth for the opener!

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

QUEENSLAND legend Mal Meninga is set to guide the Maroons' "Generation Next" into an exciting new era regardless of the result of Wednesday's State of Origin decider in Sydney.

Queensland Rugby League managing director Ross Livermore revealed on Friday night that his board had already agreed to offer Meninga the job again in 2009 and moves were under way for a further extension.

Livermore said the board was delighted with the job Meninga had done, with the Maroons aiming for a third straight series win over the Blues.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

kiwi pie wrote:

LOL @ making Sydneysiders and Rednecks have to go to Perth for the opener!

Melbourne would be more suitable for everyone involved, but imagine Bulldogs fans and Victory fans getting together. Set a record for stabbings in one night

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

*drools*

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

A FRUSTRATED Craig Bellamy is ready to quit as New South Wales coach after the State of Origin decider.

It has been revealed Bellamy has told friends he plans to stand down despite having been in charge for just one Origin series.

When asked on Tuesday whether he would continue as Blues coach beyond tthe much-anticipated finale, Bellamy said: "No comment."

But the man many consider to be the best coach in the game has told friends he is frustrated at some areas of officialdom and also dislikes coaching against his Storm-based Queensland players.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Fitting finale ... Brad Fittler scores for the Blues in his final Origin game in 2004

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