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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2786898, member: 1899"] Outside of the Bulldogs/Titans games at the double-header, I've never left a game early. Unfortunately it was just majority rules and I had to bite the bullet. In a round-a-bout way, it made the 'Tate meme' that much better. Let's snap back to the present. Mal has weaved his magic once again, after a couple of lean years from the Australians, they've regained their throne in convincing fashion. On one hand, the victory can be put down to the usual suspects for Mal - Smith, JT, Cronk, GI, Boyd, Scott etc. but the big stand-outs were the efforts from Ferguson, Cordner, Merrin & Klemmer. There have been series where Australia has done just enough without certain parts working in the side, this time around it wasn't the case. Even up and comers like Shannon Boyd, Valentine Holmes and Tyson Frizell stood up for Australia. The key for Australia moving forward is that they'll have to evolve. As promising as they were in the back-half of the tournament, there still seemed to some issues with their fluidity and despite winning the Man of the Match award, Boyd continued to struggle with his outside men in Dugan & Ferguson. A few passes, particularly in the second half failed to find the mark and Australia simply have better threats at the back. Darius well and truly earned his opportunity to play for Australia being among the best in State of Origin and Club (Easily Top 20 of 2016) but I don't think he has another gear left in him as others do. [/QUOTE]

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