Take a deep-dive into the State of Origin game plans from Game One - why the Maroons' worked, why the Blues' didn't, and what they need to fix ahead of Game Two.
Munster makes a line for Koroisau and Cotter’s lead holds Young’s slide. Cherry-Evans does the same with Tom Gilbert on Jarome Luai, and just like that, Walsh is back on the outside in a three-v-two situation.
Walsh is playing out a career-best season from this point on the field for the Broncos and the Maroons made sure to put him in similar situations in Game One, regardless of the tackle count or state of the game. The Blues, on the other hand, weren’t able to provide their superstar backline with enough clean opportunities to pile up points.The reality is that New South Wales didn’t struggle in yardage.
They also found a lot of success down the short side, with Koroisau regularly identifying the middle forward flipped over to the short side A spot — sending his outside backs on a carry to generate ruck speed ahead of a long shift. Getting up the field wasn’t a problem for Brad Fittler’s side, and the coach mentioned as much after the game that he thought his side created enough opportunities to attack the Maroons from favourable areas.. “We seemed to have a lot of good ball.”Setting up from a tap-in good ball in the 22nd minute, we see in the video below how Haas wins the ruck before Jarome Luai takes possession down the left edge.
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