RedV01
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Bye bye Fittler, you mumbling moron!
State of Origin 2022
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GCRV
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At least Ben Hunt played well.
Eric
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His position is untenable now. Good riddance.
Chris M
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Gave the bogans a reason to be happy twice in 3 days. Simply unacceptable.
Morgan
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I wanted NSW to win so didn't watch Ben Hunt especially close but according to his Origin player ratings by the media, he's one of the best hookers in the game.
9. BEN HUNT 9.5
Huge defensive effort in the first half but fatigue started to set in right before half time when he threw a poor pass to Tino Fa’asuamaleaui. His class was evident in the second half when he came up with a one-on-one steal, kicked a 40/20 and then charged down a Nathan Cleary bomb to run 60-odd metres to score the series-sealing try.
GCRV
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Probably slightly flattering. The 40/20 and the steal and the try were all game-changing but perhaps his control of the ruck area and playmaking from dummy half didn't warrant 9.5. Assuming the score if out of 10.
RedVHeartbeat
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Your resident SOO party pooper here. War of the states, footbrawl, thugfest, hospital ward, call it what you will. Three serious concussions in the first ten minutes tells the story. Thank goodness another SOO is over and clubs will now pick up the pieces of another fractured season. Those Canies pulling off the unwinnable with men down. The Blues could take a leaf from the playing book of those most hated gladiators north of the border when it comes to winning against the odds. Now the dust has settled let us hope those picked for the Kangaroos, and a majority will be Canies as always the case for the SOO winner, that they play with the same blood-spilling passion for the green and gold in the world cup.
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RedV01
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I'm usually an Origin fan and I be disappointed if a number of Dragons players had shockers and NSW lost as a result.
As is, don't really care but I still prefer NSW win.
Morgan
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You don't care or you prefer NSW win?
RedVHeartbeat
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I have an ally. Good for you
RedV01. "if a number of Dragons players had shockers." Possibly if any had played. Not a single man in the series. JDB should have been there. Next year Jack. Our only rep was in the enemy camp, our skipper Ben Hunt.. who by all accounts had a good match for the Maroons.
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RedV01
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if a number of Dragons players had shockersI have an ally. Good for you
RedV01
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Don't really care
Eric
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JDB would have cut down very quickly those "workman-like" QLD forwards who marched forward again and again .I have an ally. Good for you
Ben Hunt is having a banner year for sure. He'll probably be starting hooker for Australia. If there are any test matches this year.
GCRV
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My NSW player ratings:
- James Tedesco: 6 - Played for himself, not the team.
- Brian To’o: 6 - Not bad.
- Matt Burton: 5 - Average.
- Stephen Crichton: 4 - Poor
- Daniel Tupou: 2 - Lucky he didn't get hooked. Cost NSW the game, IMO
- Jarome Luai: 6 - One bad mistake but I rate him as a player.
- Nathan Cleary: 5 - flat track bully.
- Junior Paulo: 8 - Probably NSW best.
- Api Koroisau: 7 - Just behind Paulo. Should have stayed on for 80min.
- Jake Trbojevic: 6 - Tried hard. Not much impact.
- Cameron Murray: N/A
- Liam Martin: 5 - Drastically overrated.
- Isaah Yeo: 6 - Average
- Damien Cook: 4 - Origin days are over
- Angus Crichton: 7 - Sign him up please!!!
- Jacob Saifiti: 7 - Surprised me. Played well.
- Siosifa Talakai: 5 - A few good things and a few bad things.
- Ben Hunt: 9 - Ponga had a blinder and deserved MoM but Hunt was just behind him.
RedV01
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Not bad but I'd mark them all down one except Angus Crighton. No mistakes, no missed tackles I saw, kept making metres, think he stayed on for 79min.
RedVHeartbeat
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Eric, Hunt has the second worst missed tackle record in the NRL It was the worst until recently. You need a strong defender at dummy half. Still QLD keep playing him there in Origin so they must be satisfied with his defensive capabilities..
RedVHeartbeat
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If choosing an Australian side now am leaving out Luai, Siosifa Talakai , Brian To’o, Stephen Crichton out of consideration as all have declared their allegiance to Samoa for the World Cup.
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Eric
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True. It's hard to judge him as a starting hooker because that is obviously not the position he plays in the NRL but for the last 3 years he has excelled in Origin as either a starting hooker or off the bench.
RedVHeartbeat
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May be worth having a crack at your preferred Australian World Cup squad over on the Kangaroo thread now that the main trial is over..