Pierce errors at crucible times. Jennings cannot contain hodgesLost the game by the point, played well in periods and held the Maroons out when they weren't.
So how fickle will the selectors be?
I'm going with 4 new faces.
Bye Bye Hodkinson.
From the SMH.10:43pm:![]()
[h=2]Daley: Halves Will Be Retained[/h]New South Wales coach Laurie Daley has offered a cast-iron guarantee that halves Mitchell Pearce and Trent Hodkinson will be retained for Origin II.
Speaking after an 11-10 loss to Queensland, he said his halves, "really combined well. They will be there for game two."
Summing up the reasons for defear, he said "possession hurt us". He was asked about the failure to shoot for field goal when one was in the offing. "It's a difficult one ... in the heat of the battle, under fatigue."
Asked about the performance of his players overall, he said: "I thought they all went great
"We'll take plenty of positives from that. I'm really excited about this team. The thing I liked about our guys tonight is if they made an error they just played on.
"Our defence was great, we proved that."
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