CrazyMatt
Jaws
I thought it was ok, if anything the last pass from Fergo to Teddy looked more suspect then that one. Thought both were borderline at best anyway.
2019 state of origin
- Thread starter Gumby
- Start date
I thought it was ok, if anything the last pass from Fergo to Teddy looked more suspect then that one. Thought both were borderline at best anyway.
Capital_Shark
Kitty Master
- Joined
- May 7, 2006
- Messages
- 17,733
- Reaction score
- 2,386
I don't think many of the 1st half penalties were warranted. We could've had an epic decider with a 4 all penalty count.
sharkstragic
Jaws
Anyone know what Macguire said to Fergo in the tunnel at halftime?
HaroldBishop
Megalodon
I'm wearing yellow undies
sharkafar
Bull Shark
Hawthorn ones?
HaroldBishop
Megalodon
Anything is better than navy blue
egg
Jaws
- Joined
- Apr 11, 2010
- Messages
- 12,828
- Reaction score
- 1,022
SOURCE < Brisbane Times
The message Brad Fittler sent to his players with four minutes left
After Maroons prop Josh Papalii scored with four minutes to go in the Origin decider, and backrower Ethan Lowe lined up the pressure conversion to level the scores, NSW coach Brad Fittler grabbed trainer Hayden Knowles.
He wanted Knowles to deliver a message to the crestfallen players: "If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. Now, go and finish fast."
The Maroons knew it too.
It’s why they tried to wrestle their way to a series win, starting in the first game at Suncorp Stadium. It’s why NSW struggled in the first half of the decider as referees Gerard Sutton and Ashley Klein did the greatest "look at moi, look at moi" since the final episode of Kath and Kim, blowing penalty after penalty.
Fittler brought Olympic legend Ian Thorpe into the Blues camp to emphasise the importance of finishing fast.
In the men’s 4x100m relay at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, Thorpe had turned second behind USA arch rival Gary Hall jnr for the final 50 metres but somehow, impossibly, with arms and legs still tired from winning the lung-busting 400m earlier that day, overhauled him in the final few strokes to win gold for Australia.
Not only did Thorpe "finish fast", he hauled his exhausted frame out of the pool in front of the blocks to celebrate with the other team members instead of swimming over to the ladder.
"So, we worked on that all throughout the camp for the decider," Fittler explained on Thursday morning. "It’s about finishing the small things fast: finishing sets fast, finishing halves fast, finishing the game fast. Simply that: finishing fast. Be fast."
Maybe it’s just me but it sparked thoughts of this great line from the late, great Hunter S Thompson, who once wrote: "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow!’"
The inspiration was something more cerebral, Fittler said. It was Good to Great, a business management book published in 2001 that showed how good companies can become great companies.
"I read it ages ago," Fittler said. "There’s a story towards the back of the book where the coach of a high school cross-country team told her runners to not concentrate on times and results but just about running as fast as possible; running past people, about going hard to the line."
There are plenty of NRL coaches out there who have been dismissing Fittler’s coaching credentials, just as many did when he was first mooted as a replacement for Laurie Daley, whose contract wasn’t renewed after the 2017 series loss.
Stories about earthing, breathing underwater, meditating and yoga have fed the belief that Fittler is way too funky to be a serious coach. Talk about "finishing fast" will no doubt be dismissed as self-help jibber jabber.
"I expect the scrutiny," Fittler said. "Doesn’t worry me."
'He's proved me wrong': Fittler stunned by NSW hero Tedesco
Whatever he’s doing has worked because NSW have now won back-to-back series, the first to do so since 2004-2005. That’s not a fluke.
Blues players were glowing about his half-time speech. They were blown away about him challenging someone to take control.
Blues captain Boyd Cordner, a straight shooter from the NSW mid-north coast, is a Fittler believer.
"I’m not sure if it’s the way he trained, to win like that," Cordner laughed. "But f..k ... we certainly finished fast!"
The message Brad Fittler sent to his players with four minutes left
After Maroons prop Josh Papalii scored with four minutes to go in the Origin decider, and backrower Ethan Lowe lined up the pressure conversion to level the scores, NSW coach Brad Fittler grabbed trainer Hayden Knowles.
He wanted Knowles to deliver a message to the crestfallen players: "If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. Now, go and finish fast."
The Maroons knew it too.
It’s why they tried to wrestle their way to a series win, starting in the first game at Suncorp Stadium. It’s why NSW struggled in the first half of the decider as referees Gerard Sutton and Ashley Klein did the greatest "look at moi, look at moi" since the final episode of Kath and Kim, blowing penalty after penalty.
Fittler brought Olympic legend Ian Thorpe into the Blues camp to emphasise the importance of finishing fast.
In the men’s 4x100m relay at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, Thorpe had turned second behind USA arch rival Gary Hall jnr for the final 50 metres but somehow, impossibly, with arms and legs still tired from winning the lung-busting 400m earlier that day, overhauled him in the final few strokes to win gold for Australia.
Not only did Thorpe "finish fast", he hauled his exhausted frame out of the pool in front of the blocks to celebrate with the other team members instead of swimming over to the ladder.
"So, we worked on that all throughout the camp for the decider," Fittler explained on Thursday morning. "It’s about finishing the small things fast: finishing sets fast, finishing halves fast, finishing the game fast. Simply that: finishing fast. Be fast."
Maybe it’s just me but it sparked thoughts of this great line from the late, great Hunter S Thompson, who once wrote: "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow!’"
The inspiration was something more cerebral, Fittler said. It was Good to Great, a business management book published in 2001 that showed how good companies can become great companies.
"I read it ages ago," Fittler said. "There’s a story towards the back of the book where the coach of a high school cross-country team told her runners to not concentrate on times and results but just about running as fast as possible; running past people, about going hard to the line."
There are plenty of NRL coaches out there who have been dismissing Fittler’s coaching credentials, just as many did when he was first mooted as a replacement for Laurie Daley, whose contract wasn’t renewed after the 2017 series loss.
Stories about earthing, breathing underwater, meditating and yoga have fed the belief that Fittler is way too funky to be a serious coach. Talk about "finishing fast" will no doubt be dismissed as self-help jibber jabber.
"I expect the scrutiny," Fittler said. "Doesn’t worry me."
'He's proved me wrong': Fittler stunned by NSW hero Tedesco
Whatever he’s doing has worked because NSW have now won back-to-back series, the first to do so since 2004-2005. That’s not a fluke.
Blues players were glowing about his half-time speech. They were blown away about him challenging someone to take control.
Blues captain Boyd Cordner, a straight shooter from the NSW mid-north coast, is a Fittler believer.
"I’m not sure if it’s the way he trained, to win like that," Cordner laughed. "But f..k ... we certainly finished fast!"
So who do you reckon they'd pick as Kangaroos if they had to choose right now?
1 Teddy
2 Fergo
3 Turbo
4 Chambers (even though he was ****)
5 JAC
6 Maloney
7 DCE
8 Klemmer
9 Cook
10 Papalii
11 Cords
12 Kaufusi
13 Jurbo
14 Munster/Hunt
15 McGuire
16&17 Arrow/Friz/Murray/Vaughan
I tried not to be bias and still ended up with 9 NSW in the run on side.
1 Teddy
2 Fergo
3 Turbo
4 Chambers (even though he was ****)
5 JAC
6 Maloney
7 DCE
8 Klemmer
9 Cook
10 Papalii
11 Cords
12 Kaufusi
13 Jurbo
14 Munster/Hunt
15 McGuire
16&17 Arrow/Friz/Murray/Vaughan
I tried not to be bias and still ended up with 9 NSW in the run on side.
HaroldBishop
Megalodon
I reckon they'd pick Oats ahead of Fergo.
I did think about that as well, especially with Meninga but Fergo was very impactful.
By the time next team is picked quite possible Fergo has played his way back out if it though.
Proud Shark
Jaws
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2015
- Messages
- 8,135
- Reaction score
- 2,406
4. Latrell/Wighton/Dugan/anyone but chambers
6. Munster
12. Frizzel/Gillett
14. Ponga/Morgan
16. Arrow
17. Murray
Maybe I couldn't help the NSW bias but I thought Maloney deserved to be there and didn't think him and Munster was a good combo, so I benched Munster. In hindsight I'd have Munster or Ponga in 14, not Munster/Hunt.
I nearly put Latrell, I can't imagine they'd go an all NSW back 5 but maybe Latrell and Oates instead of Chambers and Fergo. I don't think they'd take Wighton although he showed he can do it. Also though Maninga would wanna keep one of his long time buddies (Chambers)
I started Kaufusi over Friz to be not bias & though Maninga would start his dude there, even though it'd be better other way around. Didn't really consider Gillett because I thought Kaufusi added a bit of a point of difference but wouldn't take Gillett over Friz/McGuire/Jurbo/Murray
Proud Shark
Jaws
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2015
- Messages
- 8,135
- Reaction score
- 2,406
I definitely don't think NSW won on the back of their halves. Munster arguably had the most influence of any half on the series, although he was pushed to fullback for game 3.
Yeah Oates could easily come in, I just think chambers is past it. Also Kaufusi has been bog average this year and close to cost QLD the game with errors and poor discipline. Friz is the stand out there for mine.
At the end of the day, they should be selecting the best 17 regardless of state. The only QLD outside back worth a shot is Oates.
Yeah Oates could easily come in, I just think chambers is past it. Also Kaufusi has been bog average this year and close to cost QLD the game with errors and poor discipline. Friz is the stand out there for mine.
At the end of the day, they should be selecting the best 17 regardless of state. The only QLD outside back worth a shot is Oates.
Mark^Bastard
Great White
I'd probably pick Munster and DCE to be honest.
Kaufusi lmao, no ****ing way.
Kaufusi lmao, no ****ing way.
CrazyMatt
Jaws
Don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned this but I’m not Ferguson’s biggest fan, (although I do appreciate the fact that he’s turning his life around), but it’s hard not to respect the way he’s handled this drama with McGuire. From all reports Josh said something very personal and vile and Ferguson’s brushed it off calling it ‘yapping on his ear’. Good on him.
HaroldBishop
Megalodon
Any idea what was said mate?
Assume he's just basing that off everyone saying the won't report what was said, but if you do have a scoop or a rumour I'd be interested to hear it.
Just remember, to say it alleged!
CrazyMatt
Jaws
No and I don’t think we’ll find out either. Its one of those things that would apparently cause him great distress if it went public. That’s the reason that people seem to be running with.
Josh McGuire’s sledge to Blake Ferguson has been described as both “below the belt” and “defamatory”, setting up an intriguing face-off the next time the Origin stars meet.
McGuire threw plenty of verbal barbs Ferguson’s way at halftime in the series decider on Wednesday night which continued as the teams walked up the tunnel.
According to NRL 360 host Paul Kent, McGuire’s words were so vile that Blues enforcer David Klemmer was forced to confront the Maroons villain and put him in his place before they headed into the dressing rooms at the break.
“I was just seeing what was up. He was getting stuck into Fergy and I came in to see what the go is,” Klemmer said.
“You’d have to ask Fergo (what he said). He was ripping into Fergo but I didn’t hear what he was saying.”
Ferguson told The Daily Telegraph: “I didn’t really hear it to be honest. It was a little bit of yapping in my ear.”
But Kent said it was more than just yapping.
“I can’t say what we believe McGuire said because it’s defamatory if I said it,” Kent told NRL 360 on Fox League.
“It’s inappropriate and it’s definitely below the belt.
“Ferguson’s confirmed he’s prepared to let it rest on the field, but certainly there was a square up certainly at the end of the game when Ferguson told him ‘mate, say it again and there’s a fair chance it’s on’.
“We might have to wait now until next year to see what happens.”
The Telegraph reported that the verbal tirade continued at fulltime with Ferguson firing back at McGuire with words to the effect of “don’t you ever say that **** again or I will f...ing drop ya.”
McGuire threw plenty of verbal barbs Ferguson’s way at halftime in the series decider on Wednesday night which continued as the teams walked up the tunnel.
According to NRL 360 host Paul Kent, McGuire’s words were so vile that Blues enforcer David Klemmer was forced to confront the Maroons villain and put him in his place before they headed into the dressing rooms at the break.
“I was just seeing what was up. He was getting stuck into Fergy and I came in to see what the go is,” Klemmer said.
“You’d have to ask Fergo (what he said). He was ripping into Fergo but I didn’t hear what he was saying.”
Ferguson told The Daily Telegraph: “I didn’t really hear it to be honest. It was a little bit of yapping in my ear.”
But Kent said it was more than just yapping.
“I can’t say what we believe McGuire said because it’s defamatory if I said it,” Kent told NRL 360 on Fox League.
“It’s inappropriate and it’s definitely below the belt.
“Ferguson’s confirmed he’s prepared to let it rest on the field, but certainly there was a square up certainly at the end of the game when Ferguson told him ‘mate, say it again and there’s a fair chance it’s on’.
“We might have to wait now until next year to see what happens.”
The Telegraph reported that the verbal tirade continued at fulltime with Ferguson firing back at McGuire with words to the effect of “don’t you ever say that **** again or I will f...ing drop ya.”