Queensland’s Mal Meninga has the most defeats by a single player in Origin, with 17 losses from 32 games but no Blue has tasted defeat as many times as Gallen.
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“I am not thinking about Cronulla in those types of things”.
“I think it has become personal those comments”.
“Let’s just judge Gal on his performance”.
“He’s his own coach and he’s got his own style, and he’s quite smart with his footy too”. He deserved his spot in Origin I and II, he deserved his spot in the Test match.
“It’s been a disruptive week in a sense, but I want Origin players in our club”, Flanagan said.
Which is why we’re tipping a Queenslander to be named man of the match when all is said and done. I have great respect for Gus he is certainly one of the most knowledgeable guys in our game, so I will pick up the phone and give him a yell and discuss what he thinks.
“A lot of people were talking about the shoes he was stepping into with Mal, but none of the players ever thought he had to live up to what Mal was about as a coach”, Smith said.
NSW average just 10 points per game under Daley.
“They try to gang up on me when I get the ball, but I’ve sort of changed my game a bit – where I catch the ball. If Gal is not playing well he won’t get picked but he will one of the first players picked”.
Even now, with a State of Origin series locked away for the 10th time in 11 years, I am finding it hard to care as much as I used to.
“We missed a couple of opportunities tonight and they took there’s – that was the difference”, said Gallen in his final Origin series. “We seem to eat ourselves after losses”, he said.
Channel 9 cameras did capture the moment NSW prop Andrew Fifita tackled Oates over the sideline in the first half and then pressed the side of his head into the turf with a face massage. Me and Wade go way back and he was pumped for me so it was nice to see that.
“This series, we know we’re going to be a better team at the end of it. Devastating that we lost but there’s still one more game to go”.
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Flanagan, who has previously worked on the support staff in the Blues set-up under Craig Bellamy, said he would be happy to see his quintet earn higher honours.
