Quote Originally Posted by God Member View Post
You can't. And throw Darren Lockyer in there too as he was a big part of Qld's ascendency.

Five once in a generation talents all playing together in the same era. No wonder Qld could hardly be beaten for 11 years. From my history reading it was the the same thing with the St George team of the 60s, who also had a group of once in a generation players. 11 straight premierships, (and one either side of that?). And 11 years is about the career length of a rugby league player, so there is the obvious answer.

The angst about nsw losing year after year never worried me. I just felt privileged to be able to watch that rare combination of a small group of champions playing for Qld together. Those five are going to be named immortals in the future, and nsw or qld supporters, we were all lucky to have the privilege of witnessing their unique combination.

You could see that their sheer footballing brains were missing from Qld last night. Those missing four in combination would have toyed with the nsw newbies.
Well summation GM,

It all started in 2006 when Lockyer scooped up that loose ball from Hodgson in the dying minute to win the decider , the rest , well, it’s Rugby League history .

But while The Maroons have all those once in a generation players, it was always very close and NSW could have won anywhere between 1 to 5 more series if not for 2 field goals from Cronk in 2012, 2015!

And three series we won by 2 points (all JT) in 2013, 2016 and game 2 last year !

So, rather than Qld winning 11 from 12 series, it could easily be 6 all or 7-5 either ways!

I think Maroons will make a few changes to recall Scott, Slater, Gillett and Glasby (if fit), and we have to find room for Ponga !

May be drop Chambers, move Gagai to the centre and Ponga on the wing. As with Billy returning for Full Back, Morgan will go to the bench.


Ps. If Billy is not 100%, Ponga straight to No 1.