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Message: [QUOTE="CaptainHook, post: 2840326, member: 8315"] Yeah you can almost set your watch to it. An injury scare or bug to sweep through camp and decimate the side serve an important function in State of Origin these days. Origin, in the modern era, has more in common with something like Wrestlemania than it does Rugby League. It has to follow certain genre conventions to make it palatable to the massive audience it generates. The best storyline is always when the Maroons are underdogs and the Blues are the villains. This is getting harder to pull off as they have won 10 of the last 11 series. We have to knock the Maroons down a peg or two. They have to be under the pump. Without a genuine scandal or legitimate injury, low hanging fruit like a virus, will suffice. It's been proven Origin won't die if the Bues are not successful. In fact it's only gotten bigger. It will though if QLD are ever noncompetitive. They are the people's team. Kick off is scheduled for 8:00 pm. Obviously it will not start then. Anyone want to take the over under on when it will get underway? I'm going with 8:35 pm. On a similar note, any takers on how long half time will go for? Last year one went for 22 minutes...They'll probably crack 25 minutes this year i reckon. [/QUOTE]

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