Roar Rookie

todd byrne

Roar Rookie

825 Article Reads
1 Articles Written
5 Comments Written

About

former nrl player, traveller and surfer who likes to dabble in a bit of journalism and new media

Member Since:: April 2012
Based In:: Australia
Favourite Sports:: League, Cricket,

Latest Articles

Showing articles 1 - 1 of 1 |

Mentality defines Origin and Rabbitohs' fortunes

27 May 2012

I wanted to write about something today that gets omitted from the usual stories around teams and players, winning streaks and losing droughts.

Create your own profile

todd's Recent Comments

todd byrne has written a total of 5 comments

Mentality defines Origin and Rabbitohs’ fortunes

No doubt Ricky can be a bad sport. He takes losing extremely personally and this is the negative side of being so intense and competitive. On the positive side though there are many good attributes, but yes it looks bad in public... I think the players step up at Origin time for many reasons, the main one being it is the most respected series in league. I don't think match payments mean bugger all in this arena but a good showing obviously does contracts no harm. I agree with NSW should take that 'beat em whatever is thrown at us' attitude, much better than blaming the officials, although I love a good Us v The World attitude. And yes, as we saw last year, QLD won when NSW were the better side and came out next game and blew the Blues off the park - scary thought for Game 2.

29 May 2012

Mentality defines Origin and Rabbitohs’ fortunes

Hi Johnno, Yep, thats me mate. 100kg and built like a brick shithouse.

29 May 2012

Mentality defines Origin and Rabbitohs’ fortunes

Hi Q1der, Fair point. It was an outstanding defensive display and as is so often said, the mark of a champion team is to win when not playing at their best. The most telling thing from a QLD perspective is that they were on the wrong end of everything but made their rare trips into the NSW half count. As for over coaching, not sure I agree. The teams that have been dominant in recent years (Storm and Dragons) are hallmarks of structure and Melbourne especially have designed sets of six... as for Ricky's antics, there is no contest - his intensity and passion are his greatest strengths but also his worst weakness. He doesn't lose gracefully at all and that can spill over into his public comments.

29 May 2012

More Comments >