State of Origin

[Terry]

Seems i am not alone, many people on my socials seeing this match as contrived and concerned that it will impact their club should a player get injured - for what is obviously a manufactured meaningless event.

True Freddo. The AFL is just jealous of the RL version of SOO. They're desperately trying to make it relevant but smart AFL types like yourself can see straight through it. It just ain't gonna cut it when compared to Qld V NSW in RL.

I predict there will be an outcry about player minutes, injuries, clubs not being fair dinkum and a dud game. Fumblehouse should just stop trying to copy the juggernaught of RL SOO and stick to their little suburban comp. You know it makes sense.

the NRL plays in those tiny little stadiums that is struggles to full makes it not much more than that little suburban comp! the CEO PVLs used car salesman look, cheap black wannabe mobster look greased back hair look and bogan uneducated voice constant cry of desperation in gaining attention from the AFL

Yeah........ahhhhh.................another one hard to decipher makingstupideasy. You will need to improve your grammar and syntax pal. Punctuation is also important if you want to converse successfully in a modern society. Maybe a tutor is in order. I'm willing to chip in pal. PM me.

[leeroy*NRL*]

is anyone watching it this Saturday..??

clubs keeping players to limited minutes,
is it an extended bench also
the Perth Crowd should be very patriotic

[Fred]

If I am home may switch it on. I am sure players will be instructed to not go in too hard - but often the natural game comes out anyway - but I would not be surprised if there is some manufactured mallee of sorts.

I can tell you, as an AFL fan in QLD it has hardly made any waves - very few mentions. I don't even know who the teams are apart from N Dacos and the sun's backman Sam Collins. I didn't even know what time it was on - thought at night but apparently during the day sometime.

[leeroy*NRL*]

i can back you up there, as a resident of the Gold Coast
have heard absolute zero, even at my cricket club which it has some AFL fans, there just not interested in it at all..

they pretty much say it will not be anywhere as good as NRL SOO or compare.

[leeroy*NRL*]

I will give it a watch though, see how it all goes... not expecting much..

they will want a close match for it to get traction for future games.