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ORIGIN! Just the word gets everyone excited I reckon and more so the diehard footy fans and the patriotic blue or queensland supporter.
Game 1 in Adelaide has been run and won and by the time this gets read one team has the upper hand heading to the cauldron that is Suncorp Stadium.
I’m sure it will be a good crowd and I understand the idea and concept to take the game to different parts of the country, I’m just not sure Adelaide is it.
Origin should be a sellout wherever it is and the fact there will be empty seats at the Oval indicate it might not go back there.
I’m thrilled to see Walsh get a go and I feel he will excel at this level, he lives for this sort of footy.
Gee there has been a changing of the guard in both forward packs I feel in 2023.
Some new stars and a few others have returned, but the engine room looks significantly different for both teams whereas the backs are pretty similar (Qld left a few veterans out for the first time in a while).
Latrell out is a big loss for the Blues.
The Women’s Origin gives us the Thursday night footy game in Sydney and should be a cracker.
The build up around this shows the direction the footy is currently going for the women and it’s great, good luck to our two local stars in Jaime Chapman and Tarryn Aiken who fly the flag for our area.
This time of year makes the tips hard and the footy seem minimal but we were treated to a good weekend of footy.
The Dolphins were emphatic cruising to their 7th win of the season against a hapless Dragons. The new coach we win for him first up then drop off occurred again for the Dragons and a coach needs to be announced soon.
Parra have strung a couple together and are a different team at Commbank stadium. Sivo continued his dominance on the left wing and is nearly guaranteed a try each time he plays there. Dylan Brown’s tackle on Townsend was a true highlight of the game.
The Broncos don’t tend to win much during Origin but fringe players turned in quality performances but snuck home against the Warriors.
Well done to son of gun Tristan Sailor who made his debut for the Broncos after a tough few years off the paddock.
The Raiders have turned their season around in a big way and are in the eight on the back of hard work.
Scary scenes with the Harawira-Naera incident but well done to the ref, players and medical staff who attended to him brilliantly. Speedy recovery to you Corey.
Some big results in the NRRRL on the weekend with the top three skipping clear.
Ballina look back to their dominant ways going undefeated through seven rounds.
Mullum had been performing really well but found the reigning premiers too strong on the weekend.
Evans snuck home by a point against Cudgen and the Northern were too strong for the very young Mustangs.
See you at the footy.
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