Saturday, July 5, 2008

State of Origin Game 3

State of Origin finally returned to its roots after a poor season of football so far with the players actually showing some passion in Queensland's game 3 16-10 victory. If 2 out of 3 state of origin games were like that, the casual observer will begin to show interest in buying tickets again.

The NSW team lacked penetration at in the attacking quarter and this was the difference between 2 teams and I think this was down to Mitchell Pearce. The rating of 7 given by Sydney Morning Herald was laughable considering the forwards had their best game of the series yet NSW could still not win. Buderus and Gidley were the 2 best players on the ground along with Ben Cross for NSW. Jonathon Thurston had one good run that set up the winning try and 2 lucky kicks.

Tony Archer ruined NSW' chances of coming back with his forward pass call. The referee really is becoming an issue for the NRL to deal with.

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