We do - Hull v Wigan Wembley 1985

NSW weren't as good as the first 2 games.



Having no props on the bench was a strange one.

In my lifetime then! 9 years before I was born haha

why cant our refs let the game flow like this match

The players have alot to do with it, but refs in origin are more lenient.

agreed, it's a combination of the two, also the pace of the game means the referee's can't indulge in the histrionics the morons that referee our competition do. Also, you get very few Origin players (or NRL players) whining like Tomkins/Burrow et al do, they just get on with the game.

What a fantastic advert for RL.Quality commentary sooooooooooooooooo much better than listening to those two clowns Eddie and Stevo

f the game was reffed like that the idiots on sky and the fans in this country wouldn't shut up moaning about it. The reason the game will never be as big in this country is the fans and the media moan about pretty much every aspect of our game instead of supporting it.



SOO took a few years to catch on even in NSW and QLD but they stuck with it and its become a huge event. Where as instead of giving the origin concept in this country time to build we decreed it a failure after 2 years. The same will happen to the Exiles game.

NSW kicking game wasn't that good either , Cracking game though.

I think that we need to go back to the Yorkshire vs Lancashire games (or maybe Yorkshire vs North-West).

Made a silly mistake of watching Origin when I get home from work and following it up with the England game. I should have done it the other way round because it's quite a drop in standard. The intensity of the Origin game was great.

I love Luke Lewis. Throws his body around all game and constantly puts great shots in.