This Is What Origin's All About! Post by: Dan Ginnane 16 July, 2009 - 11:27 AM

Now, honestly, how good was that!

No doubt there'll be the talkback announcers and bloggers that will revel in faux-disgust at the biff near the conclusion of Origin III, however if the reaction in this office the morning-after is replicated in offices throughout the country, then the spite of Suncorp was a big success. Huge.

Dead rubbers often produce the most entertaining matches, simply because the shackles are off. Teams are no longer afraid to lose and free to express themselves. Last night was no exception. The Blues were dominant, but then again the Maroons were askew. New South Wales produced a similar stirring victory in the dead rubber of 2007, only to lose the next two series, so grand predictions for future success should be treated with caution.

The critics will point to the carnage of the last few minutes as harmful and overshadowing.

Wrong.

It only enhanced the night.

It momentarily brought people back to the eighties, when we thought Origin was bigger than life.

In the middle of the bloodbath, Phil Gould screamed for another game. Let's not end it at this.

Can we go to California again?

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• shaund says

  bloody ripper.

  I'd love to see the game in california again - only if Triple M pay for it and sterlo tries to break thru that paper banner.

  gold.

  Posted Thursday 16 July, 2009 11:39 AM
• paul says

  What really shits me about the N.R.L. these days is that gutless wonders like Poore, Gallon and players like them get away with doing dog acts like poore on Price when he was knocked out and that pussy Barrett when he king hit Inglis, they get away with it because there's no payback, if there was they would think twice about it, at least Croker, web, Costigan, O'donnell (he's the only N.S.W. player that I can think of that can fight a bit and is'nt dirty ), and players like them have the guts to punch you when your standing in front of them, all these other dogs need to get some payback when they do dog act things, no matter how long it takes, thats the only way to sort out the dirty players, let the other players do it ! I remember when Poore broke Web's jore a few years ago, that was'nt an accident and Web never payed him back for it, if he did, maybe he would'nt be doing things like that anymore, I reckon it would be worth a few weeks suspension, good on ya Mick Croker for giving the big girl a touch- up, more of it I say !!
  I'd also like to see a servay on Triple M- Do tou think there's match fixing in the N.R.L.

  Posted Friday 17 July, 2009 11:04 AM