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Is Queensland’s State of Origin culture a myth? I think so, and it’s about time all New South Wales supporters start believing so too.
For years NSW supporters have been fed lines like “that wouldn’t happen in Queensland” and “we pick and stick in Queensland”. Well it’s time to out their phony culture.
Of course Queensland are going to ‘pick and stick’, they’ve been winning for the past eight years! Why would you change a winning team? If Queensland were losing, I highly doubt they would be sticking with the same team.
New South Wales have put so much time and energy into picking and sticking with Pearce, but have they wasted their time? Yes, they have.
There’s no point in sticking with a player just because Queensland pick and stick. Queensland have the luxury of being able to pick and stick because they’re winning.
During the week, Mal Meninga had a dig at NSW’s culture and alluded to the fact that the Mitchell Pearce incident wouldn’t have happened in Queensland.
Mal, may I cast your mind back to an incident – involving yourself – in a bar last year? Looks like that stuff does happen in Queensland.
Queensland aren’t winning Origin because of their culture. They’re winning because they have possibly the best team in history. Cameron Smith is probably the most influential player the game has seen.
That’s why Queensland are winning. This culture rubbish is just that, rubbish.
There’s also been negativity in the past about the NSW team being leaked to the media and that the Queensland team is never leaked. That’s probably because there’s no media interest in the Queensland team because we know who they are going to pick. The media interest in NSW causes speculation, and with that comes a lot of discussion.
Everything that NSW are seen to be doing wrong just comes with losing eight series in a row. NSW aren’t losing because they don’t have the same culture as Queensland. They’re losing because they’re playing against a team which consists of the majority of our Australian team.
It’s time NSW stop trying to emulate Queensland’s culture and start playing their own game.
Mal Meninga has backed himself into a corner and has had to pick players who are out of form due to their pick-and-stick culture.
Let’s use that to our advantage, New South Wales. Then we’ll see if Mal picks and sticks.
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