Opinion: What happened NSW? Freddy needs to find cover for missing big guns | Andrew Webster
What happened NSW? What happened to the telepathic combination of Nathan Cleary, Jarome Luai and Isaah Yeo? To Cleary’s filthy, floating right-foot bombs in the westerly winds? To James Tedesco and Damien Cook trucking through the middle at will? To Payne Haas and Junior Paulo pummelling the Maroons into the middle of next week?
They were also beaten by a Queensland side clearly regenerated by the coaching of Billy Slater and inspired by Cameron Munster who produced his greatest Origin performance, which is saying something.When NSW backrower Cameron Murray crossed with eight minutes to go, with a crowd of more than 80,000 roaring in the stands, they were back in it.When Yeo was tackled just centimetres short of the tryline, and time expired with Maroons defenders lying all over him, the match was over.
Queensland also managed to hold their nerve when the Blues threatened to run them off their feet in the first 20 minutes.Of all the famous lines Jack Gibson dropped in State of Origin commentary during the 1980s, the most famous related to NSW winger Andrew Ettingshausen: “That guy is so quick, he can switch off the light and get into bed before the room is dark.”
NSW tried to ambush Queensland through the middle of the field with their outside backs carting it up more than their forwards. Time and again, Tedesco, To’o, Wighton and Tupou, punched away through the middle, and it eventually created the space out wide they were seeking with Wighton scoring out wide.
Late in the half, the ball shifted wide and bounced, allowing Cobbo to catch it with the defence ever-so-slightly rocking on their heels. He sprinted down the right touchline, dropped the ball on his right foot and gently grubber kicked it infield.
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