SoO Game 2

Double oh dear.

Is it over yet? Did Qld declare? Send the Cockies back in after following on?

invoke the mercy rule

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Hehehe. Espesh when the Banjos are smashin' the bejezus out of the Roachs, ay Wally.

Who was MoM?

Joey Johns?

tac wrote:Joey Johns?

chuckle

tac wrote:Joey Johns?

Prolly a pretty fair call, but II hardly think even a perfect preparation nor the presence of Tahu would've made the slightest difference. The Banjos were always going to be too big, too strong and too classy for the disjointed Cockies.

The current Qld team is a real dynasty and it's hard to see them not making it 6 or 7 series in a row.

FFS - Hayne couldn't even make the team bus on time!

Whitewash - now that would be justice!

So - surely Bellamy must go - isn't it time to bring back Gus - he's about the only coach who can get near us.

The only thing that will stop a whitewash is what stopped it lost year - all the Banjos getting loopy on Stillnox/Red Bull combos in the early hours prior to the game.

We are giving you a chance next year - Israel won't be there - Lockyer might not be there - Inglis might be gone to AFL as well.

Zat wrote:

WideWally wrote:.

RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL

The Greatest*

Game

Of All

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* except for several other sports which are better to watch, more widely played, and clearly superior.

Well if you have no interest in Rugby League, you can fark off out of this thread. Your opinion is even more irrelevant than normal.

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Hehehe, well played Wally. And bask in the glory, ol' bean. A quality side you have there.

I agree with Wally's sentiment, noting of course that cricket is a sport.

WideWally wrote:

Zat wrote:

WideWally wrote:.

RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL

The Greatest*

Game

Of All

.

* except for several other sports which are better to watch, more widely played, and clearly superior.

Well if you have no interest in Rugby League, you can fark off out of this thread. Your opinion is even more irrelevant than normal.

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Sagacious

embee wrote:Name the Aboriginal players the Blues HAVEN'T selected who should have been ....

According to David Peachey, former blue fullback we have;

Nathan Blacklock, the leading tryscorer in the game for three years; Preston Campbell, Dally M Player of the year in 2001; Nathan Merritt, another leading tryscorer.

Blacklock was the top try scorer in the Australian National Rugby League competition for three consecutive seasons whilst playing for the St George Illawarra Dragons between 1999 and 2001. It was the first time since the 20's in Australian rugby league that a player had topped the try scoring list for three consecutive seasons. Blacklock was the first ever player to score 20 or more tries in 4 consecutive seasons. In 1998, playing for the St George Dragons, he scored 20 tries from 22 games, the second highest in the competition that year. In 1999 Blacklock scored 24 tries from 24 matches, the highest that year. In 2000 he scored 25 tries from 26 matches. In 2001 Blacklock scored an incredible 27 tries from 28 matches, thereby completing his treble as top try scorer.

Blacklock was first selected for the Australian team in 2001, scoring two tries in Australia's 54-12 win over Papua New Guinea. He played one further Test, the Third Test against Great Britain at Wigan in 2001. Blacklock was controversially omitted from the NSW Blues 2001 State of Origin team despite being the stand out winger of the competition. State selectors claimed that Blacklock's omission was necessary due to his small size and possible deficiencies in defense, because he would have to mark up against larger wingers such as Wendell Sailor or Lote Tuqiri. Ironically the NSW Blues lost the series 2-1 and were humiliated in game 3 at AAMI Stadium by 40-14, where QLD wingers Lote Tuqiri and Wendell Sailor, as well as QLD centre Chris Walker ran riot over the selected NSW wingers Adam MacDougall and Jamie Ainscough, Ainscough who was coincidentally Blacklock's Dragons wing partner.

Preston moved on to play for the Cronulla Sharks in 1999. He spent the first two seasons biding his time in reserve grade and occasionally filling in for injuries in first grade. It was in 2001 that he showed what he was capable of with his feats as a replacement fullback for the injured David Peachey. His electrifying speed and side-step combined with his diminutive stature and humility quickly endeared him to Cronulla fans.

It was expected by some that he would eventually return to the lower grades until he was needed again but coach John Lang had other ideas. Clearly Campbell was too talented to be wasted playing in reserve grade. With the return of David Peachey, he was no longer needed at fullback and Cronulla was struggling without a recognised halfback. Finding the solution to two problems Lang pencilled in Campbell for the halfback role. Combining with David Peachey and pivot Adam Dykes, the trio formed a devastating combination on the field as Cronulla pushed forward and made a serious bid for its 2001 finals campaign including one memorable game when Premiership favourites the Newcastle Knights were soundly beaten by the Sharks.

At the end of 2001, Preston Campbell was awarded the Dally M Player of the Year, beating Andrew Johns, the Newcastle Knights captain, by one point and became Cronulla's third Dally M medallist.

In 2002, with the arrival of new coach Chris Anderson and former Test halfback Brett Kimmorley at the club, he was overlooked for his preferred halfback role in place of Kimmorley. He was instead moved to the unfamiliar position of hooker. After several disastrous games and seemingly very little interest in playing, he was dropped to reserve grade and, stating his desire to return to the position he had made his own, requested a release from Cronulla which was eventually granted in early August, 2002.[1]

In 2006, Merritt re-joined the Rabbitohs after a brief stint at the Cronulla Sharks. He was a stand-out performer in an underachieving side all year, and was one of only three players to play all 24 games for the Rabbitohs that year. In September the same year, Nathan's hard work and great performances through the year culminated in the announcement that Nathan had earned his first representative honour, to play for the Prime Minister's XIII. Merritt was the only South Sydney player to be included in the squad. The Australian team beat the Papua New Guinean team 28-8, with Merritt one of the try-scorers. He was also included in the train-on squad for the Kangaroos squad for the Tri-Nations tournament against England and New Zealand, but missed out on a starting position.

He was the highest try scorer for the 2006 season with 22 tries, beating Manly Sea Eagles' star Brett Stewart who scored 20. It was the first time in rugby league history that the leading tryscorer in a season came from the club that ran last that year. His great try-scoring form lead to him being selected for the Prime Minister's XIII to play against Papua New Guinea.

Following the announcement of the City Origin squad in 2007, Merritt hinted that his non-selection was possibly due to "a Souths thing or a racial thing"[

Matt Orford won the Dally M in 2008 ...no SoO games

blacklock and campbell were exceptional attacking players

i watched the game last night and agree the maroons were too big, too clever and too team oriented for the outclassed blues...of the blues only White and Barret were consistent throughout the game...the most resounding win I have seen in soo

WideWally wrote:

Zat wrote:

WideWally wrote:.

RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL

The Greatest*

Game

Of All

.

* except for several other sports which are better to watch, more widely played, and clearly superior.

Well if you have no interest in Rugby League, you can fark off out of this thread. Your opinion is even more irrelevant than normal.

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Phurt! It's a minor sport in the grand scheme of things. I cast the occasional glance at it, but the 'greatest game of all' tag is pure marketing hype and BS.

And opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one. Of course, you could be one.