The NRL's head of football has backed the decision to sin bin Dane Gagai and Matt Burton but not Tino Fa'asuamaleaui in Origin III.
The Origin decider, won 22-12 by Queensland, has been widely hailed as one of the best matches ever witnessed and statistics provided by the NRL confirm that the speed and intensity of the game was at near record levels.
“In the 80 minutes that we did play we are three and a bit sets [of tackles] up on last year’s average. GPS data also showed that players ran more than 7km in the series decider - more than 1km further than last year's series average of 5,958m.
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