ALexander has no right to comment on selections

I like the NSW selection, a team built to win an arm wrestle and play from the front. I worry if they fall behind by a couple scores early as they ain't built to chase in mho

Every year they say NSW is favourite and Qld win .so don't fall for it QLD is Favourite by a mile

@davidmiller4924

29 күн бұрын

Shoosh no we like being underdog lol hynes will do the job. Nsw favourite easy.. Na that's a shit looking side...

@dbo4506

29 күн бұрын

QLD are favourites. wtf are you talking about….

@I_Negan_I

29 күн бұрын

QLD are favourites. Nobody ever says NSW are favourites. Stop lying to yourself.

@theflyingcircusmen3726

29 күн бұрын

@@I_Negan_I2020, and definitely last year. I still remember the “better side on paper” although that might’ve been directed to Freddy and his coaching

@SkeletorsSon

29 күн бұрын

Sportsbet have Qld favourites

At first sight NSW does not look as strong as last year. Marroons to win 3 to 0. From New Zealand.

@shanerorko8076

29 күн бұрын

Are you on drugs? This team is wayyyyy stronger, the back line is nearly a back row.

@DestymphStormboy_

28 күн бұрын

I am much more worried about this year than any of the past few, NSW looking much stronger imo.

Great seeing the lounge room experts in the chat 😂

A good time to change your phone pin Brandy 😂

Nicco is their best chance of an upset. I think the Qld forwards will make his life tough. As far as favourites. It`s a nothing argument. On the day it`ll be the front row that will create the breaks. They are pretty even, but I reckon Qld just in front.

We Queenslanders love this side.

Billy the kid is brilliant in mind.

Brandy was a selector for Fitler and says Edwards has been the best fullback but didn't pick him once. Reece Robson was the biggest mistake Brandy and Fitler made in the last 2 years. They'd probably both still be coaching if they stuck with Api instead of screwing around with cook/Robson.

@dbo4506

29 күн бұрын

API was injured 😂 and Robson was one of NSW best haha tf you even talking about

@shanerorko8076

29 күн бұрын

​@dbo4506 he's either a Penrith fan or a west's fan.

Nicho should just sit out Game 1 - try to get fit for the games that decide the series. As a Blues fan from birth, regardless of the decades I've spent north of the Tweed, I'm fatalistic - that Maroons jersey makes players 8-feet tall and bulletproof. The Blues will hopefully prove me wrong.

penrith broke nicho - rattled him, qld will just do the same. nsw need luai to be dominant half early and tell nicho to just run the footy and tackle, and as the game progresses nicho take more control

@davidmiller4924

29 күн бұрын

Even without cleary. Luia showed him up

@Samileeee

29 күн бұрын

He had an injured calf going into the game… and during origin he has the best of the best around him.. he’ll be fine stop being a negative Nelly

@user-cb5tl5fu3w

29 күн бұрын

If he goes in with even the hint of an injury the toads will run at him all night.

@shanerorko8076

29 күн бұрын

Yea I think Nicho should be 6 and Luai 7.

@johnsonwithat2322

29 күн бұрын

Yeah but the thing with coaching is, coaches rarely give players freedom. If a coach says let nicho call the shots, everyone has to fall in line. Doesn't matter if luai sees a try.. if he isn't given the ball, that's a missed opportunity.

Qld have better halves and that is where it will be a big difference, i wouldn't mind betting Edwards sh1ts the bed and Teddy was the better option

Madge has finally done what needed to be done. Picked players on form and in position. Enough said. Its up to them to cement their reputations made at club level in those positions and prove that they can bring it to the Origin Stage. The coach doesn't need the added headache during origin week coming up with a game plan to suit players playing out of position. Neither does the player have to adjust to playing out of position in a week. Teddy was a major reason why we had so many fullbacks and wannabe fullbacks lining up out of place.

Good that nsw sticks to a formula, except for Nikita Hines who has a calf injury 😂😂😂

Dropping teddy and latrell will be the biggest blunder in origin history, coach will last 1 series

@user-cb5tl5fu3w

29 күн бұрын

And get the job coaching the eels?

@shanerorko8076

29 күн бұрын

Are you on drugs? Latrell is playing like a busted a hole, and Edwards is the better option, not by much, teddy isn't dropped completely, I'm sure he'll be ready to fill in if Edwards can't make game 2.

The coach not interested in picking players out of position or low work rate....this will be a low scoring war.

@shanerorko8076

29 күн бұрын

Yep, I picked about 70% of his team. NSW has always tried to put players out of position, at detriment to our scores. It's finally time for NSW to play how we always should.

THANK GOD BRANDY FREDDY AND JOEY ARE FAR AWAY FROM THIS NSW TEAM A NEW ERA HAS STARTED

@user-cb5tl5fu3w

29 күн бұрын

Brandy, Freddy and Joey have a 9/18 coaching record and have played a combined total of more than 60 origin games. The coaching record is the second best, only Gus has gone better.

@PUR3xNinjaz

29 күн бұрын

@@user-cb5tl5fu3w they should've won 5/6 series no questions asked with the players and team he had at a minimum so his tenure will always be seen as a failure.

Blues will win

regardless of whos better on paper or who will win - im just glad SOS is close to running on ........but that QLD spirit is always there - wish the game was tomorrow !!!

Wait for the game mate . QLD all day

This is going to be an authentic ORIGIN series. Madge is picking no nonsense guys who are going to play the full 80 and go directly through the front door. Go the Maroons! (But I tip my hat to Madge for "getting" Origin instead of mistakenly thinking that an Origin team is an all-start tean.)

Up the mighty Maroons 🔥🔥 NSW need more than a prayer in Melbourne before getting buried at Suncorp 😆🤣🤣

Im certain that zac will play centre and suaalii will play on the wing

I thought Talaki should have got a bench spot for Blues. It would still given us 4 forwards on bench but can also play centre if needed

@mickusachus

Ай бұрын

I like the team but yes it would be good to see talakai there

@shanerorko8076

29 күн бұрын

We're only running two true props, Haas and Leinu, the former being a small prop, I think this is because Mag wants a little more speed in the forwards, with Haas being able to do 150m plus easy he's a true prop that can keep up with the pace. JT is playing at 8 so a back rower moving into the front row. It's a fast forward pack.

@richardwhite2730

29 күн бұрын

I like the team, but I think we need some cover for our backs Injuries to one our backline and players playing in unfimilar has cost us few times the last few years

@shanerorko8076

29 күн бұрын

@@richardwhite2730 yea but all the back line don't get injured much, they're big body men that can come into tackles protecting them selves. There's players that are always picking up injuries, then there's others that don't, like Edwards, it's just player style some are better at avoiding the ouch zone.

@mikedemike5393

28 күн бұрын

Talaki had a shot and lost us the series last time he played...can not catch a ball

Fifita out to make room for Cobbo on the bench

Happy with the Blues

No Mitchell the choirboys are in trouble.....

Lomax will be the one who lays an egg and Mitchell will be picked for game 2. QLD have not won a series when Mitchell has featured. I know he can be a moron, but geez, not hard to see his value in a Blues jumper.

Keary shouldn't be anywhere near in the conversation. And I would've had Talakai over Leniu since Leniu has been suspended for 75% of the year so far and has only had 1 stand out game. But only time will tell

@Daewonnni

29 күн бұрын

If Keary can play Origin, we might as well recall Mitchell Pearce.

@user-cb5tl5fu3w

29 күн бұрын

Keary has a couple of premiership rings, a clive and has played origin. So many injured halves, there aren't many options.

@nathanpurss4582

29 күн бұрын

@@user-cb5tl5fu3w yeah and? He also said he wanted to play for QLD, not NSW

Cattle dog 🐕 Blues Id like to see Matt Burton to slot in remember he has won on Origin Debut for NSW Critta on fire 🔥 I realy love Zac Lomax the gifted one and Joseph Swayeasy Superman X Factor they will score trys win lose or draw ❤💙Payne Haas World Class still Im happy the direction Mage is taking this new look Blues team he has rewarded others like Dylan Edwards ❤ massive chance to upset in game 1 one game at a time You can win Blues 💙Yeo off the bench pretty potent to stop the Greatest Queensland juggernaut once and for all like the Crusaders up The Hurricanes❤

Lomax is the weekest link Qld will definitely target

@shanerorko8076

29 күн бұрын

Nah, he's strong as, his kick return is wayyyyy better than most other players available.

@sloppygoo

26 күн бұрын

@@shanerorko8076most errors in the nrl

nicho should sit out like everyone saw him against panthers they gonna give it to him & watch hik crumble like he did on panthers night 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

Tedesco shud be given his last game. And Bradman best was a start for blues. Cobbo shud start instead of Taulagi..and David Fifita shud start as well as Ezra Mam combination with Walsh is needed.

@hornetpilot1817

29 күн бұрын

No way Mam...he's a turnstile in defence at the moment. And DCE has his moments sometimes. Dearden is the right call.

Freddie was losing nsw the series before a kickoff was yet to be had

Fifita is the guy NSW don't want to play and Latrell is the guy Qld don't want to play but i understand them not getting picked

@Mumu-qq1sm

29 күн бұрын

I understand Latrell not being picked, however I don’t understand Fifita

Can't remember the last time a team dropped their skipper completely? Tedesco very unlucky

@mikedemike5393

28 күн бұрын

teddy should have been used as 14 and run hm as hooker replacement.

Brandy talking absolute shite every origin series it seems😂

if kiery the ferry gets on he'll get run over like a fly, they cant play him surely, this is origin not club

@briankennedy1192

29 күн бұрын

He's retiring oh yeah pick him.....qld by plenty....

Jake is not a captain. Yeo should have been given the job. Co-captain for the 3peat premiers. McInnes should have been 14. Burton should replace unfit Hynes, not Keary. Otherwise a good side.

@frankchapman8208

29 күн бұрын

So what are you saying linsey Collins no good as a prop gargoy

@DinkyDiTruBlu

29 күн бұрын

Pretty good observations. Totally agree with the burton thinking

@AbdulKhan-cy3vq

29 күн бұрын

Agreed Isaiah yeo captain 4 year gf . I think Isaiah will eventually take control

@screaming.pigeon

29 күн бұрын

Yeo is a hog

@johndavis16

29 күн бұрын

Jake is a captain in all ways. He is only not a captain of his club because DCE has had the job

teddy should have been 14 and used as hooker replacement or back substitute,,,Edwards had the benefit of a side winning 3 grand finals in a row.

I guess Michael Maguire still has raw memories of when he was sacked by Souths back in September 2017, and again by Wests Tigers in June 2022. No one was selected from those two teams.

@multioptioned

29 күн бұрын

Sacked by 2 NRL clubs and soon sacked by NSW? That'll add to his resume! 😂

@Harry.Lee.

29 күн бұрын

​@@multioptionedyou might be proven right as early as after game 2.

@MulletJump

29 күн бұрын

Well you guess wrong why would he pick anyone from south’s or the tiger they are both the two bottom teams dear oh dear 😂😂😂😂😂

@shiiiiiiiiiiiizzzzzzzzz

29 күн бұрын

Yeah, it's nothing to do with those teams being shit. Lmao

@MulletJump

29 күн бұрын

@@shiiiiiiiiiiiizzzzzzzzz hahahahahaha wrong he not going to pick from two bottom teams with all out of form players that’s why they are the two bottom teams 🤡 you don’t know much young hey dear oh dear never mind 😂😂😂

Rections? Amateur hour

@peasant5612

29 күн бұрын

Yeah, reactions ? Or erections? 😂

Kiwi but a Queensland supporter, If anyone can turn NSW around its Madge, as a Kiwi coach he gave us an historical win against Oz against all odds, sometimes fresh eyes and a new approach is what needed, gotta be bold and try an informed risk/decision...Good Luck NSW...lessgo QLD!!! All day Rugby League baaaby!!!

As a qlder, they made a mistake not including Fifita and Mam. Qld should never copy NSW. NSW always go for a defensive style team which suits their play. Qld play off the cuff and need to stick that way.

Fittler more interested in picking his nose than picking a quality NSW team

Blues are not loyal enough to their players who have given their best during the good and bad times. Blues showed no loyalty to Tedesco who gave his best every year. Nothing wrong with Dylan but playing grandfinals is nothing like Origin. QLD show loyalty at all times in key positions irrespective of whether they are in form or their teams not doing well. For me loyalty is what makes a team. Im a Blues and St George fan but to omit Tedesco is not a good call. No disrespect to Dylan but time will tell.

@canwelook

29 күн бұрын

The team that wins picks the same players again (aka loyalty). Just watch how quickly Qld dumps players if they hit a losing streak.

@stevvvvveperry

29 күн бұрын

Slater picked Walsh over Ponga and it was a stroke of genius. Don't buy into that loyalty narrative from QLD.

@canwelook

29 күн бұрын

@@stevvvvveperry Slater totally dumped Fifita, even while in form. Loyalty pfft.

@mikedemike5393

28 күн бұрын

they should have run a fresh Tedesco off the bench as the dummy half replacement to open this qld tean...who will break the like ?bob dylan edwards.?|

This will be 50-0 in favor of Queensland.

@doogi30

29 күн бұрын

go and do 10 pullups

@darkstars-torpedoes-of-truth

29 күн бұрын

@@doogi30 Truth hurts.

@doogi30

29 күн бұрын

@@darkstars-torpedoes-of-truth im from victoria and am unbiased, youre just a loser so go do 10 pullups or stop replying :P

@elaysoluwi7693

29 күн бұрын

Don't think so qld bench is ordinary

@peasant5612

29 күн бұрын

It's a good maroons team huh

First 15 minutes = boring, second 15 minutes = boring.

Queensland are heavy underdogs, no chance of winning. Luai and Nicho are super underrated, nothing like a cool guy with a boombox to get everyone hyped up for a big win(especially when you are an immortal level 5/8, probably better than Lockyer). NSW by 50. Sportsbet should give me 10-1 odds for QLD to win.

@endofall903

27 күн бұрын

Put down the pipe

Won't support the blues because they picked a guy who's loyal to Union not league.

Jake can't even spell cat FFS, and he is captain.

@canwelook

29 күн бұрын

@petersimpson6110 Wow. You are so far off the mark. E.g. Whenever they have quizzes Jake tops the others by miles.

@MulletJump

29 күн бұрын

@@canwelookyeah just another Karen up on top deck 🙄

NSW will lose this series again. Too much Penrith influence, they are great in club football, where they play for penalties and they can lay on every tackle and slow the opponents game to a crawl but it wont work in Origin against the very best. Dont be shocked if QLD go 3-0. Wait and see.