Aaaaand it’s over. Well played nsw. Found a glaring weakness in our right edge defence and exploited it to perfection.
Only hope is they figure out for next year
Not till 79:30 with a 14 point lead lol
Haha
Sorry only just thought to check here for a match thread. Good game for NSW, we bloody needed one! Great game from Crighton, To'o and Best, Teddy with a nice break to set up a try, and JAC (Bulldogs Legend) having a solid game with a beautiful chip and chase try
QLD players should try out for NFL with the quality of their forward passes 😆
Why on earth is Crichton goal kicking when they have Moses in the team?
The mysteries never cease
"Freddie's picked a team to win this game..."
Surprise tactics from Freddie. Let's see if he can pull it off.
Valentine Holmes was wonderful in the first two games, but an absolute waste in the third game.
I hope he doesn't play next year.
I think he needs to be there, he can be so amazing - but god damn his defence can be abysmal. It's funny because his covering defence is elite tier, almost best in the comp. The number of times he makes a last ditch tackle or cleans up a kick that was almost certain to be a try is insane, but when he's set and in the defensive line he can be a turnstyle.
He made 33 tackles over the series which basically makes him the worst defender of the entire team (excluding interchange players and Taulagi who somehow got away with almost zero tackles - presumably the blues just never ran at him).
My boy Ruben managed 120 tackles. Wow.
Really damning though Holmes had 14 missed tackles. He somehow managed the least completed tackles and the most missed tackles. Ruben missed 6 tackles.
We lost Game 3 on defence, and he was the worst defender. I stand my hope that he doesn't come back next year.
Wtf is that garbage? We got a penalty, which then turned into a knock on, which we challenged, and which shows that it was knocked out by a head…..and nsw gets the ball? Jesus Christ.
You can blame the commentary team for that. Channel 9 shouldn't be allowed to telecast the great game.
I'm a QLD supporter by the way... for me it was a clear loose carry and it touched a defending player which means it's a knock on no matter what direction the ball goes. The commentators absolutely know it was a knock on. They were just stirring the pot - probably deliberately.
The attacking player is required to maintain position in the tackle and it's only "knocked out" by the defending player if they play at the ball with their hands.
Hammer time!
Exciting start.
Great kick critter. If only they had a good kicker in their team.
Take the tackle ffs
Geez I was worried they were going to give that given the quality of the refereeing this series.
Feels like I’ve been watching “How to bomb a try” - QLD origin team, the last 5 mins.
Ugh brimmo could not have thrown a worse pass there. Grants was amazing in the lead up.
Geez this is some interchange mismanagement by Slater. 2 interchanges left with 20 mins to go.
Something out of nothing there
Feels like NSW should be ahead by more than 8.
Fun game.
Yeah considering that middle 15 or so minutes of the game I’m pretty ok with only being 8 behind.
Nsw looking very dangerous. Where was this attitude and game plan in games 1 and 2?
Where was this attitude and game plan in games 1 and 2?
Stuck up their ass believing the press they are overwhelming favourites and QLD have no chance.
Yet they only figure it out by game 3....
Surely Moses should be taking this one?
Good lord, Queensland just can’t handle the lateral speed of NSW. They’re just going side to side and going around us at will.
Mainly on that side. They need to read the play earlier
Yeh that one was so signposted too. They had a massive backline spread set deep and QLD just sat there and didn’t even attempt to correct.
Go the Maroons!!!
Nice try
Not the usual Fifi try but I’ll take it!
Absolutely idiotic challenge. Also how can you challenge a non call? That was just a handover, which you can’t challenge.
Hopefully Queensland take the free lesson for next year.
Yeh good point. Glad we got toweled up in a dead rubber and not a live game.
Slater royally fucked up the bench rotation this game. Tino only had 28 mins up until about the 65th minute when he returned with us 14 points down.
Fifita, our most dangerous forward and one of the biggest weapons in the team, only had 22 mins up until he came back on with about 8 to go.
Carrigan was missing for most of the game defining minutes, only got 57 thanks to a late stint when it was over.
Slater needs to fix that. Players like cotter and nanai getting 80 while those other players ride the bench is a joke.
Harry Grant needs a rocket up his arse. He was dreadful apart from an attacking flourish here and there. Munster got almost no ball, same with Hammer.
Oh well, as you say hopefully it’s a lesson learned. We really need to improve after only barely scraping a series win that in all reality we shouldn’t have after that game 1 miracle.
That was a great chance gone begging with dumb play by qld. Zero tackle 2m out from the nsw line and we throw it away on tackle 2 ffs.
Stupid play by grant. Expecting nsw to go in again now. They look much better than game 1 and 2.
Taking the two just to even up
Nothing to play for, guys. Let's play some entertaining touch footy and make sure nobody gets injured for their club!
Well this is getting embarrassing. 4 scores in 4 straight sets.
No HIA for saifiti?
Geez our right edge defence is shocking.
NSW seriously need to think about keeping this halves combination. Cleary just seems to be another player that can’t step up to another level at origin, and Luai is a flat track bully who is only any good when Cleary is dominating in a club game.
Grant is having a shocker. He’s been off this whole series and most of the season. 3 penalties given away tonight. Get him off and put hunt to 9.
Hammer again! Piece of individual brilliance with nothing going on. Really wish he was playing fullback with gagai in centres.
Good QLD defense. NSW making no metres in the first 3 tackles
Has there been an ad this game that wasn’t for gambling or the Meg?
Where the hell is Fifi? Tino too.
Phew, knock on both ways surely…..
Edit: no should be back by us so hopefully we get the ball.
Whoever is directing the shots/replays, and not showing some of this craziness should be errr... shackled to Freddy
