State Of Origin

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Game I: May 24, Sydney
Game II: June 14, Brisbane
Game III: July 5, Melbourne

Comming up soon gonna start up a workplace tipping..
Seems a bit unfair tho.. Cause who ever bets for Qld is just gonna loose there money.. :) and so it starts

Go The Blues :d

its on like donkey kong bitch

Queenslander!@#!@$

go the blues

but whoever the blues guy is in that photo, my god he looks retarded..

Quote from Cow:
go the blues

but whoever the blues guy is in that photo, my god he looks retarded..

He's like.. omg have you seen my baseball?

Queensland all the way

go the blues, its the only footy i actully watch ay...even though im moving to queensland, im still backing the blues :D

Go Blues!!!

all i can say is

qld=horde
nsw=allaince

go Queensland

oh, stop it you evil man you. :/

but seriously, i will cheer for NSW, but QLD will win this year. then again they said nsw would win last year :/ anyway, thats why its so good.

Go Blues!!!!!!

I heard the 2 out of 3 game are held in NSW. SOOOO GO THE BLUES!

The only thing good to come out of the queensland is Bundy!

I just hope both teams have a good time
an that the blues win :P

Quote from Flammable:

The only thing good to come out of the queensland is Bundy!
bundy is foul
there is nothing good that comes out of qld

bundy is crap, everything else from QLD is good though. QLD for the win!!

Quote from Knight Of Nih:
there is nothing good that comes out of qld

:'(

We'll win as long as K.Hunt is playing. And yes I was just looking for an excuse to write k.hunt :|

22-12 Blues way
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Quote from Cow:
go the blues

but whoever the blues guy is in that photo, my god he looks retarded..
... that could be any one on the team

the dude in the photo is buderus you fools
and the Blues will win and ill get half a slab :D

1st game in sydney 2nd in brisbane 3rd in melbourne
qld ftw :)

Quote from shifty:
go the blues, its the only footy i actully watch ay...even though im moving to queensland, im still backing the blues :D

Watch out for the reds in QLD :P Go teh Blues. Was born in NSW so im a natural supporter. :-D

everyone knows dettol is good for cane toads, so when will the roaches equip properly for these matches??

Go Maroons.

ya know maroons is alot like another word in the english language ;) ...
coincidence i think not lol

Queenslander!!!!!

Quote from mepm:
ya know maroons is alot like another word in the english language ;) ...
coincidence i think not lol

Well 'Blue' is close to 'lube', this year NSW are going to need all they can get :)

I don't get how NT folk could go for NSW =/ I mean Phil Gould is by far the biggest tosser in rugby league. He is the most arrogant self-serving retard. And that f***ing Laurie Daley, get some safety lights for that nose mate you'll put someones eyes out.

Compare that to Queenslanders, you've got Alfie Langer probably the most awesomest league player that ever lived. Fatty who is just a funny bastard. Gordon Tallis and Carl Webb who are just plain hard mofos. Webcke the fat poo who never stops trying. What more could you want.

I think I have proven beyond all possible doubt that NSW smell, and if you support them you also smell. Thank you all for stopping by.

Quote from uber tard:

I think I have proven beyond all possible doubt that NSW smell, and if you support them you also smell. Thank you all for stopping by.

you have convnced me :D

yep, can't argu with that

Quote from uber tard:
Compare that to Queenslanders, you've got Alfie Langer probably the most awesomest league player that ever lived.

Your saying langer is better than Andrew Johns? Hahaha ok... Oh, and Mattew Hayden is a better batsman than Don Bradman too - cause like, Hayden is a queenslander...

Damnit got it before me OD
I think he is an even greater man for turning down the last minute request to play, knowing he couldnt give it his all due to his ongoing back complaints. NSW will be going into this first game with a few newstarts and late minute inclusions, and it will be a tough game for all.

But of course NSW will win cause my parents go for QLD and i have to beat them in the tipping ;)

well, this close to a state of origin i will say yes and yes. GO QLD!

Quote from uber tard:
Compare that to Queenslanders, you've got Alfie Langer probably the dirtiest league player that ever lived.

Fixed it for ya!!

Roy and HG for the win

anyone going to beach front to watch the game?
agreed blue's smell

staying well away from the beach front as it will be ****ing packed
the vic is also showing it for those who wanna go there

Im crashin round TN1's to see it on the digital STB and big tebee ;)

http://blogs.smh.com.au/sport/archives/2006/05/predict_the_ori.html

loved one of the bloke's response in the blog section
Quote:

WHO CARES, ORIGIN IS QUITE BORING, I WILL BE LICKING CLIT THE WHOLE 80 MINUTES

* Posted by: darren at May 24, 2006 01:21 PM

i'm thinking someone at SMH forgot to check before allowing it to be posted :P

blues by 6

dude is gonna need a tetanus shot after that.

Quote from OverDrive:
Your saying langer is better than Andrew Johns? Hahaha ok... Oh, and Mattew Hayden is a better batsman than Don Bradman too - cause like, Hayden is a queenslander...

Imo yep. Johns was probably 2nd imo. Can't believe how rude it was for NSW to ask him to come back this year though, what complete disrespect for his decision to retire from SOO.

Oh and don bradman is completely overrated imo. The standard of cricket back then would have been sooooo much crappier than today so it would have been much easier to be a class above. Nowadays they all play at such high standards to set yourself apart from the pack is a serious feat.

edit: won't be too surprised if QLD don't get up in game 1 though. They always choke in Sydney.

edit: zomg double post?!

Quote from uber tard:

Oh and don bradman is completely overrated imo. The standard of cricket back then would have been sooooo much crappier than today so it would have been much easier to be a class above. Nowadays they all play at such high standards to set yourself apart from the pack is a serious feat.

please find me another player, from any sport, from any era, who has so completely outclassed anyone that came before, during or after his playing career?

By a factor of at least 100%

Has anyone actually tried to do his trick with the golf ball , cricket stump and water tank.

I consider myself very well coordinated but screw that.

I can do the Tiger Woods trick tho :)

man rolaldo when he is praticing and he can bounce the ball on his feet then hit the crossbar of the goals from 20 meters out the catch it again then repeat this about 3-4 times without letting the ball hit the ground. that's ****ing skillz.

QLD by 8

Well.....I can type on a keyboard whilst drinking a Rum.....and smoking a cigarette...As well as watch a DVD whilst the kids are screaming and still act like a responsible adult without raising a sweat...throw in the occasional game and that is pure skill.........

And while i am at it NSW 32 Qld 28................

Blues will be lucky to score. QLD 40 -8

Quote from outofammo:
man rolaldo when he is praticing and he can bounce the ball on his feet then hit the crossbar of the goals from 20 meters out the catch it again then repeat this about 3-4 times without letting the ball hit the ground. that's ****ing skillz.

it's a faked ad by nike.

check these consecutive stills from the clip:

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/3382/nikead18qb.png
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/4746/nikead29qw.png
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/2039/nikead38xo.png
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/9199/nikead48dk.png

lets for the sake of argument, assume that it's actually real.

how the hell can you compare a staged advertisement,that probably has dozens of takes involved to the achievements of a man who performed at such a stratospheric level for a career that spanned twenty years?

Because he lives in a happy fantasy land where logic and reason are frowned upon...

Quote from paladin:
please find me another player, from any sport, from any era, who has so completely outclassed anyone that came before, during or after his playing career?

Haha, way to miss the point, and not just you pala. I'm agreeing with you that he was was by far the best cricketer of all time, and probably one of the best sportsmen of all time due to the fact that he dominated his sport for so long. What I am saying is that back then it would have been far easier to dominate like he did. Lets say to be the standard that Don Bradman was you would have to be 3+ standard deviations from the average national cricket player's level of skill. Back then the population of skilled cricketers was a faction of what it is today, so the tails or the outliers were much more pronounced. Today, if you are a skilled (let's say regional or state level) cricketer there are hundreds of others, if not more, who are competing against you. The distribution of cricketer's skill levels would become flatter over time as the population grows. As populations tend to the very large they normalise. This means that to be an outlier is much much less probable because even though you might be extremely good - because even if you are the best there will be people who are only slightly worse than you due to the large population size.

Just a theory, may or may not be true. Perhaps if he was born 20 years ago and was identified as talent and trained to today's standards he'd still whoop ass. Guess we'll never know.

Heh, I should have realised in hind sight that comment wouldn't go down very well. But I wish you'd ask why, or debate rather than reach for the petty insults OD. You always seem to do that =/

edit: we should probably get back on topic, if anyone wants to tell me im an idiot (cause hey, maybe I am!) feel free, but PM or start another thread :)

ps. go QLD!

NSW all the way.

I don't watch the sport - i just like stirring Queenslanders....

Petty insults?!? Didn't realise I insulted you at all... maybe your skin is a bit thinner than most - who knows...

edit: bah, we're both big kids lets drop it.

Qld Ftw ;)

FFS mate - I'm just ****ing around - how about you mellow out a bit and have fun - everything in life isnt a bloody "debate". Seems everyone else on this forum is allowed to have fun except me. I'm Mr ucking admin, and everything is taken seriously. Chill - you'll live longer.

Hey Dan, remember when we stuck Ciggy's up Terminators nostrils, after a night of heavy drinking?

That was serious man.........Seriously fuc.king funny :p

I still remember us having to hide in your study, so the wife didnt cotton onto the fact you had your buddies around all night/morning drinking piss :p

Totally off-topic, but this thread needed love.
Hugs for everyone!

ahaha, 3rd try, go mason u massive ****

NSW going well - those damn cockroaches can't keep up :P

Groktor saaad

this ref is a ****ing idiot

buderus got kicked in the head, check the replay u ****ing idiot

HAHAHAHAHA

GO FINCH!!

AREN'T NSW GLAD THEY CALLED HIM UP!

GO TEH BLUES

then they scored of it
im suprised we are doing so well with all the choping and changes
good on the blues

YES!!!! thankyou! 1 point!!

NSW deserved to win, we played like utter shit for the first half :( At least we came back though. Cool finish.

:(++

Well done NSW :(

I agree.
NSW deserved that win.

Hopefully the first game jitters are out of QLD's system.

Great game./.. very close.. had everyone standing up in the last 10 mins.. FINCH FTW with that kick!!

gg touch judge. NSW forwards way too good.

Grothe vs Hodges

"Whatcha gonna do, do something punk"

*WHACK*

Bwahaha funniest part of the nite.

He pulled up from playing the ball with fist loaded, and got snotted for it ;)
Was a good comeback by QLD (even if they had to resort to kicking a man while hes down) but in the end it was superior play and tactics, and not to mention a pearler of a field goal, that gave the better team the win.

yeah that kick was a low blow.. everyone saw it exept the ref!! and then we get done for a punch back..
good fight tho.. as coco said loved that part.. "what you gonna do"
WHACK!!

Heh you could see it in Grothes face.

Should I punch him.....****it its Origin WHACK

I reckon QLD needs bigger players. Did you see the way they were just bouncing off the NSW players. Even in defence they needed 3 to take 1 down.

GO BLUES!!!
if anyone is interested in watching the game again...
http://diwana.org/browse.php?search=state+of+origin
its an aussie torrent site that u can download the game from
there are 2 versions - one is just the game itself- and the other has the pre-game,half-time,post-game stuff

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Longtom
They were bouncing off Willy Mason, they dont get much bigger than him ;)

22 - 18 NSW way :)