ssar 0 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 --- State Of Origin III - Wed 02 July, Stadium Australia Sydney, Kickoff 8:00pm NSW Blues Team: Fullback: Brett Stewart (Manly Warringah) Wing: Jarryd Hayne (Parramatta Eels) Centre: Joel Monaghan (Canberra Raiders) Centre: Matt Cooper (St George Illawarra Dragons) Wing: Anthony Quinn (Melbourne Storm) Five-eighth: Braith Anasta (Sydney Roosters) Halfback: Mitchell Pearce (Sydney Roosters) Front Row: Willie Mason (Sydney Roosters) Hooker: Danny Buderus © (Newcastle Knights) Front Row: Brett White (Melbourne Storm) Second Row: Craig Fitzgibbon (Sydney Roosters) Second Row: Ryan Hoffman (Melbourne Storm) Lock: Paul Gallen (Cronulla Sharks) Interchanges: Anthony Laffranchi (Gold Coast Titans) Anthony Tupou (Sydney Roosters) Ben Cross (Newcastle Knights) Kurt Gidley (Newcastle Knights) QLD Maroons Team: Fullback: Karmichael Hunt (Brisbane Broncos) Wing: Darius Boyd (Brisbane Broncos) Centre: Greg Inglis (Melbourne Storm) Centre: Brent Tate (NZ Warriors) Wing: Israel Folau (Melbourne Storm) Five-eighth: Johnathan Thurston (North Qld Cowboys) Halfback: Scott Prince (Gold Coast Titans) Front Row: Steven Price (NZ Warriors) Hooker: Cameron Smith © (Melbourne Storm) Front Row: Petero Civoniceva (Penrith Panthers) Second Row: Michael Crocker (Melbourne Storm) Second Row: Ashley Harrison (Gold Coast Titans) Lock: Dallas Johnson (Melbourne Storm) Interchanges: Ben Hannant (Brisbane Broncos) Billy Slater (Melbourne Storm) Nate Myles (Sydney Roosters) Sam Thaiday (Brisbane Broncos) --- NSW Blues are currently paying $2.20 fo the head-2-head win, those odds are expected to shorten as the betting increases closer to the game. If Anasta doesn't choke, Mason doesn't wuss, Buderus is on his game and Mitchell Pearce puts in a solid perfomance, the rest of the pattern of success for the Blues will fall into place and give it a good shot at taking this year's decider out. NEW SOUTH WALES! Link to post Share on other sites
ssar 0 Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 7 1/2 mins SOO primer Clip: Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 If NSW play shite again QLD deserve to have it. I went down to watch Origin 1. Great game. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 go the blues. hey, we're all from newcastle.. spooky !! Link to post Share on other sites
9015peter 0 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I am going against the grain. GO THE MAROONS Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 why is called "State of Origin"? Link to post Share on other sites
mrbrisbane 0 Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Stemik - it is a very parochial thing where players represent the state (province) from which they came - even though they may be living and playing in another one. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Originally Posted By: Sarge1 I am going against the grain. GO THE MAROONS u traiterous dog! Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 QLD too good. We gotta find some better players. Can we have Greg Inglis back please? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 This is the Ozzie version of the US world series. A game no-one plays, and no-one is interested in. Spain just won in Europe. The World game is called football. Others may play kickball and handball. Airial ping pong is an amusing divertion. Oz and the US: bugger off. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 ahem, yes, if you insist.... Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I don't insist. The Ozzie bores feel their games are important. In Sydney and Auckland, Oh yes. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 personally, I like football. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Originally Posted By: soubriquet I don't insist. The Ozzie bores feel their games are important. In Sydney and Auckland, Oh yes. They are important us,and we don't care what you or anyone else thinks. Oh, and wasn't it Japan we beat in soccer/football to get in the finals of the world cup (cant remember seeing England there BTW). We went down by 1 point to the world champs Italy in the end. We felt that was pretty important too. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Thank goodness the "State of Oranges" is over for another year! Now we get some semi-decent programming again on the idiot box. Actually, can't wait for the thugby season to be over entirely. Then we can go back to something approaching intelligent programming without the "I get knocked down, but I get up again!" game. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Well I don't think anyone follows the NRL for the 'intelligence' value. Rugby League is a test of strength, courage and skill. The things that are sadly lacking in other codes. I can't watch the round ball game anymore for all the dives, play acting and other girlish behaviour. But mostly because one of the games icons, David Beckam, spends more time in the beauty salon than on the pitch. Hardly the type of man I want my boy to become. That said, my boy has started playing soccer and I love watching every game. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Rugby League - a gentleman's game played by thugs, Rugby Union - a thug's game played by "gentlemen". There are nearly as many dives, play acting in league and union as there are in futbol. BUT, the single advantage they have is that there are plenty of points scored. Very few games end up as a nil-all draw. That used to be the point of the pools, to pick which games would end up a scoreless draw after 90 minutes! It is almost impossible to get excited about a game where nobody wins and nobody scores - most of the time! Anyway, the point of my earlier post was that, for those of us who prefer NOT to watch the thugby (of either code) there is very slim pickings on the telly! Actually, expand that to those who prefer to not watch sport (much) on the box, and the programming in Oz os woefull. Golf, FFS! I'd rather have nose hairs pulled one by one! Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Originally Posted By: JA Rugby League - a gentleman's game played by thugs, Yep. That's why I love it. If they would just throw in some christians and lions at half time................. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Rugby Union is the game. League is just a castrated version for television and attention deficient rednecks. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Union is a great game. Especially if you like to watch overweight man standing around with their hands on their hips sucking in deep breaths while they watch some peckerhead kicking a penalty goal. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 For bit of fun, take a look here. The recent revelation that EVERY single member of the Australian Wallabies RU team was, technically, obese shows that it is irrlevant to use simple formulae to determine matters relating to the human condition. (sortof like the current, in Oz, 'discussion' abut what constitutes a drinking "binge". Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 good read JA. I'll now adjust my post accordingly. Union is a great game. Especially if you like to watch NORMAL SIZED men standing around with their hands on their hips sucking in deep breaths while they watch some peckerhead kicking a penalty goal. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Originally Posted By: thursday. Rugby Union is the game. League is just a castrated version for television and attention deficient rednecks. I must concede thurs. Rugby has so much the class and sophistication about it than Rugby League. The brawls and eye gouges certainly don't have any redneck quality about them, especially when we play the French. They certainly bring a a sense of Je nous se qua to the game. James Horwill recieved some cultural enlitenment from the French Rugby team last night. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Originally Posted By: Mantas Je nous se qua I really hope you meant "je ne sais quoi" (which translates from French as "I don't quite know what" )! :pedant: Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Yeah, something like that, I'm a rugby league boof head remember. Link to post Share on other sites
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