Mitchell MONSTERS Walsh, and loves it!

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11 күн бұрын

‘THAT’S IT’: Billy’s icy reply over big Origin question in testy presser
BLUES BLITZ: NSW stuns with historic ambush to force decider
NSW RATINGS: Moses masterclass shatters records as Latrell returns in style
QLD RATINGS: Walsh silenced as veterans dealt brutal reality check
It’s shaping as a mouth-watering climax to a pulsating series.
So how did we get here? Read on for the biggest talking points out of the Game 2.
MADGE’S MIND GAMES PAY OFF
Michael Maguire made a bold move in the lead up to Game 2, especially for a rookie Origin coach who’d just been spanked in his first game in charge.
The NSW coach publicly sledged one of the most respected figures in rugby league history in his Queensland counterpart Billy Slater.
Maguire called out Slater for “living in glass houses” after the Maroons camp accused the Blues of targeting Reece Walsh with illegal play in Game 1.
It was an apparent reference to Slater’s chequered history as a player as the legendary fullback was cited throughout his 16-year career.
It was clearly a tactic by Maguire to deflect attention away from the five changes he’d made, which included headline selections in Mitchell Moses and Latrell Mitchell.
Nevertheless it was the type of behaviour that would have got Maguire torn to shreds by the critics if NSW had lost Game 2.
But lose, they did not.
Instead, it will now be remembered as a mind games masterstroke from the rookie Blues coach.
“Look, I just called out what I saw,” Maguire said after Game 2 about his glass houses comments.
“We’ve got a really tight group within us and I felt there were probably a few things (from Queensland) in a certain way (that I didn’t like). I just called it out. That’s what I did.
“That’s something there, the team supports each other and looks after each other. You saw that out there.
“At the end of the day I was just stating the fact that a few things were said about one of my players. We’re a tight group. I’m going to support that.”

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@PaulB-gl1ix Күн бұрын

SMASHED the “Mascara Princess”.. 😂

@nicokaikama6454 5 күн бұрын

Origin is supposed to be brutal like that. It's rivalry & not like a classic NRL game.

@telanienugi4385 7 күн бұрын

Power play from Latrell win the decider for the blues.

@galesly8787 Күн бұрын

Please don’t change the team unless there are injuries 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 for g3

@russelluwarejnr1273 7 күн бұрын

Walsh was not there defensively that night. Hammer at fb in game 1 was better.

@princeyj5917 5 күн бұрын

Tbh it wouldn't have made much of a difference. In Critta's first touch of the ball, he ran over the top of Hammer 1 on 1 gaining nearly 25 meters with 3 players struggling to take him down. In short, the whole team wasn't there defensively, a lot of missed tackles, gave way too many fast play balls, and got beaten 1 on 1 resulting in tries. Nsw were better offensively to defend that night, especially with the addition of Moses and Lattrell, Qld wasn't prepared for them.

@swoopy287 7 күн бұрын

during the next 2 years or 1, RW will be more increasingly threatening in nrl and definitely totaly different man in the maroon colours.

@mikehansell7262 4 күн бұрын

In any other game that’s a dangerous tackle! How arrogant are NSW? The wonder why they are hated in Origin, the finally win a game and you would think they have never been beaten, next there will be the obligatory talk of a Dynasty.😂🤣🤣😂

@tpac83 3 күн бұрын

Didn't go beyond the horizontal. No penalty even in a club game.

@mikehansell7262 3 күн бұрын

@@tpac83 And the flop?

@lousaynas 2 күн бұрын

Gosh Qlders are bunch of sooks. Blues should have received a penalty for Qld players interfering with defenders.

@Oskar.s.s Күн бұрын

Its origin mate…

@PaulB-gl1ix Күн бұрын

Suck it up qlder. You lose… 😂