Stuart did it as a player in 1994 and coach in 2005, in which Johns was at his very best.
If NSW players are wondering how they can kill some time before the biggest game of their lives in the State of Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night, they could do worse than pack away the PlayStation and watch the first five minutes of the corresponding match in 2005.
Andrew Johns, the halfback, puts it this way: “That five minutes broke Queensland. Broke their spirit.” Juggernaut Tonie Carroll charged onto a short ball from Lockyer and would’ve scored if not for the desperate defence of NSW prop Jason Ryles. “That defensive effort in the first five minutes when we had no football gave us the energy and emotion to win that match. Special moments come from special efforts. The tries saved, the desperation in defence, it gave us that foundation for the rest of the game.”
Says Stuart: “We took the crowd out of that game in 2005 by eliminating every facet of Queensland’s attack. When they had so much ball and couldn’t score a try, it broke their hearts.” “You take the big moments away from the opposition by you winning them,” says Stuart, who also lost the 2011 and 2012 series as coach in Brisbane deciders.In the 2005 decider, Johns kicked 371 metres from 11 kicks, while Anasta booted 284 metres from eight. Thurston and Lockyer kicked the ball for just 302 metres between them.
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