Just finished watching the game and what a game!!!

The ref didnt allow either team to slow down the PTB and it was fast and free flowing

I think our refs could learn a hell of a lot from watching that game back

Their commentator is way better than the rabble we have got at sky, i was wondering what cr@p Eddie and Stevo would have been coming out with had they been commentating. I think its about time i muted sky and put the radio on which i know many people do

Makes a change

NRL and SOO games are usually a case study in slowing the ruck down

Origin games are officiated differently to the weekly rounds - high tackles, pushing and shoving and in this case, an outright battering, are tolerated for the sake of a fast, intense game.

Imagine Mr Child reffing that one - he'd have blown the pea out his whistle.

Oh and if you think Gansons VR decisions are dodgy - go back and look at some previous SOO VR calls

Interesting to see the quality of the centres on display.

Inglis did little but one freakish attacking move results in a try.
Hodges was excellent in attack and so was Jennings with his brilliant try.
Only Jennings blemish was his failure to take a high kick

Not sure what game you watched! I found it incredibly slow at the play the ball with all the wrestling and laying on. I really hope in the WC they ref to SL speed not NRL!

Generally a poor game, 12 NSW errors, no creativity and really only one decent attacking play from eitther side all game which led to tries. One of the worse I've seen for a long time.

Thruston was crook, Cronk took his poor form of the last few weeks into the game, Pearce puts to bed any debate that Australia has great depth of talent and only Maolney looked anything like a dangerous halfback.

Lewis was outstanding for NSW, Hodges was good for Q'land, Gallen needs a good smack and Inglis didn;t get enough quality ball. I still see a Q'land 2-1 win.

Glad it wasn't just me, I thought it was fairly poor game as well. NSW played well but Queensland were awful, just hope Smith, Slater, Thurston , Cronk and Inglis pay like that in the WC.

Gallen does something idiotic and cheap everytime I see him play. If he lines up against England he should be niggled in every single tackle by every single player, he can easily be got at and is fond of the cheap shot. Every forward on the field should be going out there knowing if they dont take a smack from Gallen they have failed in their job.

Get Ryan Bailey on the field, that'll do the trick

Fine, except that Gallen along with Lewis was the outstanding player on the pitch. He set the tone for NSW forward dominance, took the ball in effectively 2 drives every 6, was involved in half the tackles. No coincidence QLD came back into the game after he was taken off around 60 minutes and were strangled back out of it after he came back on after 70. Yes, he's a grub and you can wind him up, but you're never going to sent off for a couple of sly digs or punches at test level and generally it seems winding him up only makes him play better.

Is it just me that thinks Thursty boy is vastly overrated?

THats fine, if he is going to dominate our forwards we have two options, we either do get him sent off for the sly digs and punches he is so fond of and he is sent off. If it is decided that isnt a sending off offence we beat him up.