Depending on which what colour you wore on Wednesday night will most likely determine you feelings towards certain events in the game. Regardless of what you think, the game is over and the result won't change. All in all, that is sport.
I have my opinions on the bigger talking points and do not shy away from them.
The Sin Bin: Right call. If a player runs from 40 odd metres and jumps into the fray and lands a punch on a person who is not prepared for it, there is no question over why he should be sent from the field. For me it is not the 3rd man in rule that is the worrying part but rather the blindside punch. It is essentially a king hit and not good for the game. I like a good Origin brawl, but I cannot stand this sort of attack. And maybe all the NSW fans should be sending their anger towards Jennings for his act of stupidity that cost his team.
The Try: Fair call. All it comes down to or not is whether Inglis placed the ball onto Farrah's foot or Farrah knocked the ball out in an attempt to stop a try. Watching the replay, Farrah is clearly looking at the ball and makes a movement with his leg in a last ditch attempt to stop the try. It is clearly a deliberate action and therefore under the rules, it is play on. If you don't like this rule, then maybe you should be complaining about other decisions in the game. If a tackler knocks the ball as it is passed in the attempt to make a tackle it is play on and six to go. If the marker deliberately knocks the ball out of the dummy half's hands, it is play on.
The Sook. After both of these incidents, Paul Gallen showed why he will be seen as the least gracious player in the history of Origin. His tirade at the ref after the call was nothing but disrespect to the officials and should be taken further. A captain has the right to question a decision, but the way in which he conducted himself, was not questioning the decision, it was questioning the integrity of the officials. An act that would normally get a captain 10 minutes in the bin for dissent.
NSW will never win a series until they learn to win the hard games where nothing goes your way. If they are relying on the majority of decisions to go there way then they are already on the back foot. NSW had plenty of possession and field position to put Queensland away in the first 20 minutes but clearly had no answer in attack to counter Queensland's defence. This is highlighted by the fact that the only tries NSW scored were off kicks and both were more from luck then great execution. NSW will now be labelled New South Waaaagh. Thanks to my sideline reporter for that one.
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| Got my vote for Man of the Match |
Unfortunately for the rest of the series we will here only about what has gone against NSW due to a very heavily biased media that is centralised in the south. Maybe what NSW should be more worried about is what went wrong on the field. Poor goal kicking, and kicking in general play, failure to find touch and a very weak right hand defence. Queensland scored two tries that were always going to come. Watch the highlights again it it is easy to see what the plan of attack was from Queensland. With Carney being a weak defender he hides out wide and Queensland aimed Inglis in his direction in the same way that Souths did in their win over Cronulla. Thurston had the defence waiting for Inglis to get the ball, sucking in the centre and winger, leaving little work for Boyd to do. The only problem for NSW in defending this situation is not knowing who Thurston will pass to. Inglis will have a big series if Carney is picked again. Predicting Queensland to wrap up another series 3-0.
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