2013 Official State of Origin Thread ***Spoilers***

ace e said:

My prediction is that if it is dry NSW will start fast and out muscle in the 1st half of game one and it will be 12-6 (NSW up) at half time and 18 10 at full time. 2nd half NSW will have to defend and try and get a 12 point lead before QLD try to do there predictable come back. This is where Laurie will have to keep some key substitutes to offset the attack and counter with a try.

Now if it rains it will advantage QLD and there will be a grind and kick game and if QLD kick as accurately as they have in the past NSW will have a tough time of it as Billy has much better positional play compared with Hayne. GO NSW we are slightly overdue

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jonnov0007 said:

Better team won. Well done to NSW. Luke Lewis well desevered man of match
For us Queenslanders,the good news is we kept them to 2 tries and they were soft tries that should have been stopped.
come on game 2

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lukeedwardjohn said:

Game 1: Queensland 44-8

Series: QLD 3-0

*Inglis to score 6 tries throughout the series to hit 20 total origin tries!*

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Brendan_B said:

NSW easily the better team, QLD started to come back hard in the last 20 but left it too late. Lewis was absolutely the best player out there, very similar to when he came off the bench for the Anzac test. I have no dramas with Gallen not getting binned, it is origin after all but I will be surprised if he doesn't cop one week. QLD looked very flat and lethargic and only seemed to spark up when Teo and Parker came on. The most impressive thing for me was NSW line speed, up in QLD's face all night. I look forward to game 2, Thaiday to the bench and maybe Papali into the 17.

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