They must be biased against any team with blue colours inc my beloved Bulldogs!

How many times do we have to go through this??? By your definition of the rule, all passes have to made standing still. Think about it.

As for the Hayne no try decision – farcical.

I agree with LAS – Lewis’ selection was confounding. He is neither here nor there. I would replace him with Waterhouse – they got the club right, just the wrong player. The reason is that I thought the Blues tactic of dual dummy halfs when the big Queensland forwards were tiring was a master stroke – my view is that Bellamy timed Wings insertion into the game perfectly. The yards were so easy from the 60 minute mark and a more expereinced (better?) set of halves would have made more of it.

The Blues selectors must stick strong with the squad that has been chosen. Any players that were quiet or down on from last night will be miles better for the run. To my mind the Blues did not have any bad players, just a few that looked a bit off the pace – McManus was a notably quiet performer.

Hayne was MOM in my view. He was dynamic every time he got the ball. O’Donnell was not far behind.

Bring on game 2.

To be honest I’d rather lose as well (as long as NSW have a good game that is) – having to sit and listen to my Qld uncle explain how the Maroons were cheated in every single SOO game they’ve ever lost would’ve killed me!

This squad played to form, inexperienced. This will come. Creagh, Farah, Lafranchi, Wallace all delivered. They benefit from having a really good club coach. O’Donnell was strong. Wing did well out of dummie half. Hayne was vey good all night. Campo was good and with Weyman, Poore and McManus, will benefit from the run.

Gidley tried too hard and made some big, costly mistakes. I can live with this. Is he the best goal kicker?

Jennings was out of position and didnt get any one on one opportunities. Heaven help the defender when he does.

Lyons was good and should kick the goals.

Kite and Bailey were overshadowed.

The big question is whether this group will snag a victory next time around to avoid the 4 loses in a row monika. If only the selectors had been braver last year!!!!

I guess the refs eyes are better than the touchies?

Creaghs try – didn’t they say it was in goal so it didn’t matter which way the ball was pass (I don’t know the rule – that’s just what I heard)

Every SOO has controversial moments – yes NSW were screwed over by that Hayne decision but it was their lack iof experience to regather themselves quickly (not to mention chase the loose ball!) that cost them.

As for the Creagh try, it left Hayne’s hands backwards, and then drifted forwards. Read the rules – that is a legal pass.

I would make a couple of changes for game 2. Drop Gidley and switch Hayne to fullback. Morris onto the wing. I would leave the pack the way it is, I thought they did ok and were more mobile than Qld. Lewis must retain his spot, he did well.

I would have said Hayne went out. I would have thought Creagh’s penalty was a bit tough, as was Crocker’s lost ball when he stood up to play it, and was pushed out.

Anyone who runs those block lines on a kick should be penalised. I can’t understand how it has gone on so long in club games. You shouldn’t be able to block runners coming through intentionally.

I am with Gus and glad that Hayne wasn’t penalised for the hit on Billy Slater.

I am miffed that the third ref can call on offside, but not forward passes. The try by Creagh was off a forward pass that travelled three metres forward I reckon. The fact that it was back out of the hands doesn’t give me any comfort if he was facing outwards anyway.

Inglis is the best player NSW have produced in some time. Freak. I thought he had lost a lot of pace at the start of the year, but he has trimmed down looks back to his 2006, 2007 best. He can’t seem to produce for Melbourne though?

Was suprised it wasn’t a penalty one way or another after Locky’s wobbly boot for dropgoal. Whoever it was, again, went clearly out of his line to block a clearly offside Farah.

Craig Wing was much more dynamic than Farah. Campese was missing all game. Lyon was missing, and Hayne was close to the annoying best little shit he can be. Still don’t think he should qualify after playing for Fiji, and yes, I also think it is odd that Lote qualified after doing the same. Anyway, by the by…

I thought that NSW should have done a lot better. I still think they have a lot of points in that team, but they lacked a bit of direction last night. Possibly better for the second game.

Should be a cracker of an Origin series.

I think Gabriel is right about Slater’s surperb reading of the game, but it not only made the NSW kickers look ordinary (with the exception of Farah), but it also made Gidley look ordinary. He looked out of position for every Qld kick last night and had to go back into his in goal to retrieve just about every one of them. You get the feeling that, as captain, he was too keen to be up encouraging his defensive line and then when they kicked he suddenly realised that he was supposed to be a fullback as well…..

Did you actually watch the game or just the Qld edited highlights and Mal’s press conference?

Hayne’s try should ONLY have been disallowed by the touchy, it wasn’t so how could Harrigan have seen it any better?

Then poor old Hayne gets penalised for Folau running into him,

What about Creagh’s penalty for Crocker tackling him while he was playing the ball?

The Qld’ers had 15 good minutes and scored 18 points the rest of it was very even but the critical decisions were all against NSW.

Some minor tinkering with the side and they will be much better in the second game.

Yes, the lawmakers brought it in to keep up the pace of the game over the 80 minutes and make the game more exciting. But talk about taking advantage of tiring forwards late in the first half is a bit of a joke, because half of them have just come on fresh!

I would not say that Hayne ‘no try’ was the correct decision. The touch judge was right behind him peering at his feet and the line and had no problem. The video ref looks at it 8 times ….. it had to be a benefit of the doubt call.

Hayne penalised for taking out Folau …. a similar circumstance the previous weekend went the other way. Is there any consistency?

Creagh fairly tackled, lands on the ground, still held, quickly gets up and plays the ball, penalised. His crime? The ref is too slow to call ‘held’. What a joke.

Qld were the better side on the night but the officials were a joke.

2. the penalty for the supposed interference with Folau on a kick chase, because a player complained and Mal Meninga had geed the refs up beforehand

3. Slater’s try having one rushed replay before being awarded. I thought it touched the dead ball line as it was grounded.

Bang, bang, bang, and game over. Three 50/50 calls in a row going Qld’s way, wiithin about 5 minutes.

Fortunately Spicks and Specks came after that.

As someone who rarely watches league, I find the lack of contest for possession very frustrating – more like tip footy. You have a few goes, then we’ll have a few goes. It’d drive me nuts watching that every week.

I thought the NSW pack edged the QLD pack but in the halves NSW was totally outplayed….