Tag: From The Couch
From The Couch: Round 18
Image: Origin III Review: Well Origin is done and dusted and the biggest build-up to an interstate clash in years did not disappoint with Queensland taking an astonishing seventh straight series 21-20. It was an excellent finale to a memorable series, a fitting scoreline to an entertaining and tight affair. The game, sadly, was lost […]
From The Couch: Round 16
Image: Ricky Finally Shows Some Balls: Dishing out compliments to Ricky Stuart is not in my nature but he deserves some credit for showing the balls to drop out-of-form winger Akuila Uate. Uate was solely responsible for three of Queensland's five tries this series. Combined with his lack of attacking punch at present, Uate had […]
From The Couch: Round 15
Origin II Review – And Now for the Decider: Well, Origin II has come and gone and what a classic it was, a match so memorable as to be rated in one of the four or five best Origin encounters ever played. And it was a New South Wales victory we got to celebrate and […]
From The Couch: Round 14
Image: State of Origin II Preview:I almost choked when I checked betting for Origin II and saw that New South Wales were favourites with some bookmakers. That is absurd. Queensland will win and win well, despite the match being played at ANZ Stadium. Let's start with the supposed home ground advantage. New South Wales have […]
From The Couch: Round 13
Image: Origin Selection Notes:Well, the Jamie Buhrer era is over. It last seven minutes. All the drivel put forward by Ricky Stuart to justify the selection is now done. He has been replaced by Penrith prop Tim Grant. Grant was lucky to get the nod over Aaron Woods and forgotten man Aiden Tolman but at […]
From The Couch: Round 12
Image: Origin I Review: Let's start where we have to, where any decent penman worth his opinion would: that ridiculous decision to award a try to Greg Inglis. To award Inglis a try at the death was a disgrace, one of the biggest embarrassments rugby league has had to endure. We have officially reached the […]
From The Couch: Round 11
Image: Origin I Preview: This preview won't be long. The result is a forgone conclusion. Queensland will win and win well. Ricky Stuart, in some sections, is being praised for finally picking a team that can beat Queensland rather than one that can simply hold it. That is total and utter horseshit. Stuart has picked […]
From The Couch: Round 10
Image: The Total and Utter Clusterfuck That is New South Wales Selection: Oh, where to start. Ricky Stuart and Bob Fulton could not have picked a worse New South Wales team if they tried. If I was in charge of the NSWRL, I would fire Stuart and Fulton now. I'd lock Fulton in a darkened […]
From The Couch: Round 9
Image: Only at Parramatta: There is just a small part of me that loves the Parramatta Eels. Loves how incompetent the joint is run. Loves how poor the recruitment is. How bad the attitude seems to be. How consistently self-defeating the club seems to be. The Eels always make my job as a front-line rugby […]
From The Couch: Round 8
Image: Get on Queensland, Get on Queensland Now: There is no way in hell New South Wales can win a State of Origin series under Ricky Stuart. Whatever doubts I had over Stuart – and I have always had plenty of doubts with him but last year I fancied he was well suited to Origin […]
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