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Message: [QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 2302964, member: 1994"] Agree, Gordy was just being honest. One of the all time shittest decisions in Origin, to award that try. We can also go back to King Wally getting sent off for 5 minutes for helping out a mate (the beer can incident lol!), Greg McCallum in 1990 game 2 giving NSW a crucial penalty in front of the sticks for Alfie "stealing the ball" when the attacker was clearly trying to break the tackle and run (in those days you could strip it with any number in the tackle that was the rule) - this was when the scores were even and it gave NSW the crucial late lead to wrap up the series - described by the King afterwards as "the bummest refereeing decision I've ever seen". Then Eddie Ward (allegedly a Qlder LOL!) ruling Willie Carne offside in 1993 when he was CLEARLY ONSIDE to score in the 1st 5 minutes of a game Qld completely dominated and then lost by a few points - again allowing the Blues to go to a 2-0 lead, we should have won that series too. Ironically that would have been an easy decision for a video ref to get right, had we had them back then. In that famous 1991 Lewis/Geyer half time sh!tfight game people also forget why Wal was so ropable, the karate chop to the neck of Steve Walters, and they probably also don't remember the many brawls that erupted in the 2nd half that all came from Geyer throwing swinging arms, king hits, basically the kitchen sink at any Qld player within reach. He could (and should) have been sent off at least 3 or 4 times in that match but you don't get sent off in Origin, unless you're a Queenslander that is, eh Gordy? He got 5 weeks afterwards at the judiciary for a cheap shot in the 2nd half and rightly so, and Graham Lowe's "lunatic" label at full time was apt. I contrast, I've never seen Qld get the benefit of such howlers. They love to keep the Blues in the game and make them seem more competitive. [/QUOTE]

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