2020 State of Origin

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Old Mate, Jul 10, 2019.

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  1. Cribbage RG Cribb

    As far as Jake goes, he's a bit of a weird one. His defence in Game II was fucking brutal despite his stats. I think he was in the top 5 players on the park due to just smashing cunts in their own end. It was an under-rated contributor IMO.

    In saying that, Radley also offers brutal defence in this way, and Jake's contributions as a middle-forward in attack were legitimately terrible all three games. He played the distributor role decently enough but it also just wasn't necessary at all with Cleary + Walker/Keary... and again, Radley is also offers this anyway (IMO he's better at it). What JakeT traditionally had over Radley was his ability to take a legitimate prop hitup, and he hasn't effectively executed those at either club or Origin level for over a year now. Brown and Finucane leave him for dead in this area. Fuck, even Yeo.

    He's not gonna be dropped. But I definitely don't consider him as being able to fill in up front anymore, so he's not really competing with Brown and Finucane as such - just Radley and Murray. He's basically a slower, bigger version of Radley now... and I don't think that's a plus.
     
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    Cribbage, Nov 22, 2020
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  2. Alec AD Funkotron

    I'm glad that Munster has finally delivered for QLD. I thought he's been pretty shit for QLD (in the halves) ever since his debut up until this year.
     
    Alec, Nov 22, 2020
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  3. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    I'd pick Grant from reserve grade ahead of Friend. I'll also take Turpin ahead of Friend. And Friend would be useless off the bench. 1 series is all he gets, IMO.
     
    Boobidy, Nov 22, 2020
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  4. Cribbage RG Cribb

    I agree with the last point.

    Friend as a starting hooker would still be better than Turps though, IMO, and in a world where Grant was going so shithouse that Bellyache dropped him then I'd pick Friend ahead of him there as well.
     
    Cribbage, Nov 22, 2020
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  5. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Turpin is gonna kill it in 2021. Lock him in for the QLD squad.
     
    Boobidy, Nov 22, 2020
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  6. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    3 series wins in 15 years. Cant believe that...
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Nov 24, 2020
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  7. Magic AJ Parker

    The silver lining to this origin series was seeing Jake Friend get a much deserved spot in the side and winning players player for the series.

    In typical Friendy fashion not getting much credit publicly, most Queensland's already dropping him but I reckon he's a big reason in the improvement to their middle third defence which ultimately was the different between 2020 and the 2 series that preceded.
     
    Magic, Dec 11, 2020
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  8. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    He was fine, but in saying that, he should never play origin again.
     
    Boobidy, Dec 11, 2020
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  9. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    I don't think it would be a total balls up to have Jake Friend take the hooking reigns for the first 25-30 with Grant coming on for the remainder.
     
    Sultan Pepper, Dec 12, 2020
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  10. Cribbage RG Cribb

    I think I'd still go Grant starting and Hunt bench tbh.
     
    Cribbage, Dec 12, 2020
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  11. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Yeah Hunt off the bench offers a lot more.
     
    Boobidy, Dec 12, 2020
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  12. Magic AJ Parker

    Madness. Hope he doesn’t and Qld’s middle defence goes back to being pus.
     
    Magic, Dec 12, 2020
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  13. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Grant is just too good not to be starting. Cant wait to see how he goes at Melbourne under Bellamy and with a quality side because if he's this good at 22 with Wests, jeez he could be Qld hooker for the next 10+ years.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Feb 4, 2021
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  14. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Turps is gonna take over. Grant will be good injury cover.
     
    Boobidy, Feb 4, 2021
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