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Message: [QUOTE="GCBRONCO, post: 2716817, member: 1808"] Yes origin started off as an exhibition but it had a lot of emotional drive behind not just for the Queensland players but the entire state that were sick of the fustration of seeing their own players beating their side and considered a draw a win. That first game had more credibility going it purely from that, the only ones who took it lightly were south of the border. All-stars will never be at that level, I doubt it will have even be more then city vs country and personally the appeal of the 9's has already outgrown it IMO. As for selecting fringe first graders for rep games please, we have seen a bloke with 8 games in total make his SOO debut that very same year, if he could handle that level, I don't see why Maranta can't handle an exhibition match that has nowhere near the intensity SOO has. For a "fringe first grader" who played 20 games and scored 15 tries who nearly won a premiership he didn't look out of depth. [/QUOTE]

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