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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2597945, member: 1899"] [B]State of Origin Game I 1982[/B] [B]New South Wales 20[/B] (Niszczot 2, Mortimer, Izzard tries; Cronin 4/5 goals) defeated [B]Queensland 16[/B] (Ribot, Brennan tries; Meninga 5/6 goals) [B]Queensland[/B] 1. Colin Scott 2. John Ribot* 3. Mitch Brennan 4. Mal Meninga 5. Kerry Boustead 6. Wally Lewis (c) 7. Mark Murray 8. Paul Vautin* 9. Paul McCabe 10. Bruce Walker* 11. Paul Khan 12. John Dowling* 13. Rohan Hancock Interchange 14. Bob Kellaway* 15. Gene Miles* [B]New South Wales[/B] 1. Greg Brentnall 2. Chris Anderson 3. Michael Cronin 4. Steve Rogers 5. Ziggy Niszczot* 6. Alan Thompson 7. Steve Mortimer* 8. Ray Price 9. John Muggleton* 10. Tony Rampling* 11. Craig Young 12. Max Krillich(c)* 13. John Coveney* 14. Royce Ayliffe* 15. Brad Izzard* * denotes debut New South Wales were clearly the better team for the majority of the contest but a few quick tries gave Queensland a real sniff late before the Blues were able to hold on. NSW were virtually better in all departments but the two best runs of the night belonged to Mal Meninga who had threatened on a couple of occasions to tear the Blues apart before doing so leading to two really good long distance tries for Ribot and Brennan. Unfortunately one of his conversions from right infront sailed wide which would have put the game to 18-17 and changed the complexion of the closing minutes where Queensland were desperate to add to their tally and made some mistakes along the way. [B]BP Man of the Match[/B] - Steve Mortimer This is actually difficult because I believe the real difference was the scrum play which NSW dominated and as a result they had all the possession and territory but I just think Steve played a big hand in most of their points, scoring one running straight through two tired forwards, another through a nice bomb and the last try through a nice switch of play to find Izzard in the corner. Mal Meninga was the official man of the match and he'd be thereabouts but I thought Steve was more consistent across the game. Other stand-outs... [B]Greg Brentnall[/B] - I haven't heard his name mentioned so far in terms of NSW Origin greats but so far he's been one of their best players in the two games I've seen. Made some very important plays for the Blues, was an absolute handful everytime he had the ball and just a very well rounded player. [B]Michael Cronin[/B] - Have really liked what I've seen from him. A strong runner of the football and also a very skillful playmaker with a reliable boot. [B]Ziggy Niszczot[/B] - Went missing in the second half but his first half was strong with two wingers tries in the corner and a few strong runs which put NSW on the front foot. [B]Ray Price[/B] - Greg Bird reminds me a lot of him. Capable of giving away some dumb penalties but also a real handful all night. [B]Max Krillich[/B] - Was interesting to see him named captain on debut but Max had a strong game, causing plenty of headaches around the ruck for Queensland and playing a key role in the scrums winning possession for the Blues over and over again. [B]Mal Meninga[/B] - Is really starting to come into his own. Was a bit quiet in the 1980 game but is making these odd big runs which no other player outside of Grothe is capable of. Before then, he just seemed to be one of those players picked for his goal-kicking and ability to kick for touch. [B]How did Wally play?[/B] Not great. NSW targeted him early, leaving him laying during the early exchanges and he never really recovered. He threw some nice passes but a lot of the time he was caught trying to go for desperate chip and chase plays and kicks that weren't really on. The Maroons really needed his kicking too since they couldn't win a scrum to save themselves. [B]Other notes...[/B] - Izzard scored virtually moments after coming on for Anderson who suffered a serious hamstring injury. The commentators called it a 'pulled' hammy but the way he was chaired off made it look a whole lot worse than that. - Mortimer had this funny trick play where he'd take a quick tap with his back turned to the defensive line and then kick it into the in-goal. It nearly worked once but he tried it again and Scott read it fairly well before conceding a goal line drop out. - Bit of controversy surrounding some of the selections in the Queensland team. Namely Fatty Vautin who was preferred over Rod Morris who had been one of Queensland's best. Fatty wasn't too bad out there but was a downgrade on the old-fashiond tough nut forward. - The biggest problem with Queensland was the lack of direction really. There was a real 'go yourself' mentality to the team, not unlike what we've seen from the Broncos in the past and it made it easy for the Blues defence. Dowling and Murray were probably the most guilty of this. Oh and Paul 'Genghis' Khan had a shocker. Queensland made something like 10 errors and at least half of them had to come from him, the other five just from desperate passes. - John Muggleton would be up there as a contender for a NSW Worst Side. Seemed like he always found himself in the thick of a few try scoring opportunities and only coverted one getting a desperate pass back on the inside for Niszczot when Kerry was about to show him the sideline. [/QUOTE]

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