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Message: [QUOTE="Super Freak, post: 2632381, member: 8536"] [b]Best Origin Tries 1. Mark Coyne - Queensland, Game 1, 1994[/b] Queensland's "miracle" try started and ended with Mark Coyne in arguably the most memorable moment in Origin history. Inside the final minute and with the Maroons trailing 10-12, Coyne played the ball on his own 40 and it was collected from dummy-half by Mal Meninga, who swung it to Allan Langer, who fired it to Kevin Walters, who in turn hit Willie Carne. Carne straightened the attack before throwing an overhead basketball pass over Rod Wishart to Steve Renouf. The headgear-wearing centre took off down the left sideline for 20 metres before flipping the ball back inside to winger Michael Hancock, who got away an incredible pass to Darren Smith after being smashed by Andrew Ettingshausen. Smith hit a charging Langer, who found Meninga as a desperate David Gillespie held on. Meninga headed towards the corner before passing to Coyne, who then ducked inside through the tackle of Brad Fittler and under the last-ditch attempt of Ricky Stuart for an incredible match-winner. "That's not a try, that's a miracle!" screamed caller Ray Warren. [b]2. Billy Slater - Queensland, Game 2, 2004[/b] One of the greatest individual tries ever scored, Billy Slater's chip-and-chase beauty in the second game of the 2004 series was sheer magic. In just his second Origin, Slater steamed on to a Darren Lockyer grubber inside Queensland's own half. He veered right before chipping left over Anthony Minichiello's head and outsprinting Blues winger Luke Lewis to scoop the ball up on the try-line and dive over. Slater spiked the ball in celebration - he'd just put the Maroons on top in what would be a series-levelling 22-18 victory. [b]3. Matt Gidley - New South Wales, Game 3, 2000[/b] NSW centre Matt Gidley scored a double on debut in the Blues' 56-16 rout of Queensland in 2000, including arguably the greatest try in the state's history. Gidley finished an incredible movement that started with a scrum 40 metres out on the right edge that went wide to the left and came back to the right corner through 11 sets of hands before Gidley dived over. Andrew Johns made the initial break and then switched play with his second touch as the Blues desperately flung the ball to the right. Johns then touched the ball for a third time, throwing the final pass to Gidley in a spectacular four-pointer. [b]4. Greg Dowling - Queensland, Game 2, 1984[/b] Maroons prop Greg Dowling scored one of the unlikeliest tries in State of Origin history on a rain-sodden SCG. Camped 10 metres out from the NSW try-line, Wally Lewis put up a chip towards the Blues' posts. Garry Jack and Peter Tunks turned to collect the kick but it clunked into the crossbar and bounced back towards Dowling, who took a fingertip catch off his bootlaces in the pouring rain before sliding over. [b]5. Jarryd Hayne - New South Wales, Game 1, 2007[/b] A prodigious 19-year-old debutant in the opening game of the 2007 season, NSW winger Jarryd Hayne put his amazing skill set on display just before halftime when he scored a jaw-dropping try. Queensland centre Brent Tate put in a grubber on halfway, but it was trapped by Hayne. With no momentum and facing his own try-line, Hayne picked up the ball and pushed off Justin Hodges before tiptoeing down the sideline. He then grubbered past the Queensland cover and won the race to finish an incredible try. [b]6. Tonie Carroll - Queensland, Game 1, 1998[/b] Maroons enforcer Tonie Carroll scored just one try in his lengthy State of Origin career, but it could not have been more important. NSW seemed to have the opening game of the '98 series - Carroll's debut match - in its keeping with a 23-18 lead and less than two minutes to play. Stuck on their own 10-metre line, Maroons pivot Kevin Walters kicked on the first tackle for a flying Ben Ikin, who won the race for the ball some 45 metres out from the try-line. The Maroons kept driving and three tackles later they were just 10 metres away. Jason Smith put a jink on and landed outside his opposite, hitting brother Darren, who threw a deft ball to Kevin Walters, whose pass to a charging Carroll was equally sublime. Carroll crashed over near the sticks, with Darren Lockyer's after-the-bell conversion wrapping up a famous 24-23 victory. [b]7. Mark McGaw - New South Wales, Game 1, 1987[/b] Mark McGaw's magnificent winner on debut in the opening game of the 1987 series was perhaps the most thrilling moment NSW fans enjoyed during the Queensland-dominated 1980s. The scores were locked at 16-all with less than two minutes to play when McGaw flashed on to an Andrew Ettingshausen pass down the right edge. McGaw raced 20 metres before tossing the ball back inside to 'ET', who became tangled up with Queenslander Peter Jackson. The ball was knocked down by Tonie Currie before hitting Jackson's foot and rolling into Queensland's in-goal. In a desperate chase, McGaw outpaced Jackson and grounded the ball just inside the dead-ball line to settle a famous victory. [b]8. Wally Lewis - Queensland, Game 2, 1989[/b] A try that came to personify Wally Lewis's brilliance and determination, the Queenslander skipper's solo effort in the second game of the '89 series was something special. Queensland halfback Michael Hagan collected a spilt NSW ball 30 metres out from the Blues line and quickly scooped it to Lewis, who went on a fierce angled run to the corner. He sliced between Chris Mortimer and the lunging Laurie Daley before fending off fullback Garry Jack and crashing over out wide. Lewis pumped his fists in celebration of a spectacular individual try. [b]9. Adam Mogg - Queensland, Game 3, 2006[/b] A left-field selection from Canberra for the final two games of the 2006 series, Adam Mogg would become the hero of Queensland's series win after scoring a double in game two and then capping off his fairytale call-up with a magnificent try in the decider. With the game scoreless after 10 minutes, Maroons half Johnathan Thurston bombed for the corner. Mogg came flying through and leapt over Eric Grothe Jr to pluck the ball, but appeared to be pushed into touch before sending it to ground. However, after an indelible act of acrobatics, Mogg had somehow managed to plant the ball before landing over the touch in-goal line, his entire body out. [b]Israel Folau - Queensland, Game 3, 2008[/b] Melbourne winger Israel Folau had a magnificent first season with Queensland in 2008, scoring in each match of the 2-1 series victory. Folau's best was unquestionably his flying effort in the Stadium Australia decider. Following a Johnathan Thurston bomb to the corner, Folau climbed above his opposite Anthony Quinn, his knees reaching Quinn's head, to pull down the ball before grounding it, upside down, with one hand. [/QUOTE]

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