New South Wales wins first State of Origin in 8 years - Polidicks

[img]http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/5534368-3x2-940x627.jpg[/img] [quote]Trent Hodkinson is the toast of New South Wales after scoring the try that ended Queensland's eight-series State of Origin dominance on Wednesday at Sydney's Olympic stadium. The Canterbury half-back, who was considering representing England at the start of the year, scampered over seven minutes from time and then kicked the winning two points to wrap up a 6-4 victory to hand the Blues a first series win since 2005. In front of a record crowd of 83,421 - the largest at the venue since the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games - Laurie Daley's side edged out the Maroons in an absorbing and occasionally spiteful clash. Tempers flared throughout from both sets of players in a match that produced little in free-flowing play but plenty in hard-nosed aggression. [/quote] [URL="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-18/blues-break-origin-drought/5534296"]source[/URL] Congratulations to the Blues, and condolences to the Maroons. It wasn't the most enjoyable game to watch but I won't complain about the result.

I was at work until midnight last night, so I couldn't watch this. I didn't even need to watch it to know the result; there were millions of statuses about it when I checked Facebook after work.

That game was so violent though. If you were the kicker on the 5th tackle, you were as good as dead. Exhibit A: [t]http://images.smh.com.au/2014/06/18/5524057/1403097128179.jpg-620x349.jpg[/t] Te'o (left) is moving very quickly, the next frame was rather brutal. Jonathan Thurston (QLD) also broke some long-standing point record.

[QUOTE=Bradyns;45149878]That game was so violent though. If you were the kicker on the 5th tackle, you were as good as dead. Jonathan Thurston (QLD) also broke some long-standing point record.[/QUOTE] He broke Mal Meninga's SOO record, 162 points or something. I barely remember Mal Meninga, except for his epic eyebrows. There was also a hilarious moment when they were starting a play and Thurston reached around the teammate in front of him and slapped a blues player in the face so he'd think the other player did it.

one in a row - every New South Welshmen last night

umn obody cares about england

Am I the only one that isnt really into Australian Footy or any Football for that matter?

Is that baby wearing an Adventure Time Finn hat?

[QUOTE=Sm63;45164851]Am I the only one that isnt really into Australian Footy or any Football for that matter?[/QUOTE] yes you are the only one out of 22m people that dislikes a sport take solace in that statistic

I knew this was coming. You could tell up here in Queensland, there was a lot of uncertainty after game 1. I doubt NSW can match a 8-year win streak though