Gordon Talis ex player for my Dragons, always enemy of my state.
Is he right?
He said NSW has no passion, no ability to beat Queensland.
I think he is.
OH have blamed refs selectors those gambling on the game.
But what drives Queenslanders to win in the last second to never ever say die.
I love every thing about traveling in Queensland, but not the horrible truth, we get beaten to a flat road killed cane toad shape year after year.
Only ten years of victory's can take the taste of humble pie out of our mouths.
How do cane toads go in the mud?

Belly, they grow up in the stuff.

Dear Belly,

I don't know a thing about this topic so I can't comment.
But talking about toads... My husband bought me a soft toy recently for our wedding anniversary) - it's a large musical frog with a rose stuck in its teeth and when you press its tummy - music belches out of it ( the tango - "La Comprasita"). Gross! But it was well intended - what else can I say - except "Thank You - how sweet!"
(smile).

Hasbeen knows Lexi, so do I.
See a long time ago in my game the National Rugby League a Brilliant Queenslander thought of a new way to beat NSW.
We once won by tens of points,by playing Queenslanders in our team on the basis that they played in NSW.
Now called state of origin its being played in a fever like state.
Hard tough men who play side by side in club foot ball hurting one another.
At the start, not being funny just true,Queensland had some all time great players, they always have, but of more importance they had total ownership of the grasshopper, the referee!
For some time Queensland in an act of sheer guts and brilliance would win in the very last minute, once at the hands of my much loved club Capitan.
For 5 years QLD,armed with the services of a brilliant ,rightfully NSW player they stole from us .
In truth the event is theirs we NSW Welshmen sometimes see more time and effort being spent on enjoying the pleasures of QLD and its brewery's.
Pain and all we play tonight, tomorrow results known,experts will appear,both states political leaders each year bet on the out come.
And for 5 years the northern, cane toads,flag has flown from the Sydney Harbor bridge.
We Cockroach's, want an end to this, a decade long one.
Mud blood and a lot more tonight as we play in Sydney.

'I don't know a thing about this topic so I can't comment.'

If only. Are you that bored or lonely that you must comment anyway?

Back on topic,

it just matters more to QLD. Like Ashes contests matter more to Australia than England.

QLD have a far superior team on paper currently to boot.

The weather could even things out, but the ref is much more important.

In the wet, bigger guys get heaver legs and it's harder for bigger guys to cover a light stepping smaller player, but field position becomes all important too and QLD has a greater number and more skilful tactical kickers and a larger pack that breaks the line more easily.

NSW, being unable to compete with size and quality in Props, have opted for mobility. This will only work if the ref decides to enforce fast play-the-balls, as is rumoured the case, but that could just be QLD siege mentality psychology.

The Queenslanders, even when unbackable favourites, always try to find an angle to designate themselves underdogs. Kind of like middle class welfare receiving 'battlers'.

Dear Houellebecq,

Am I that bored or lonely that I have to comment anyway?

That's a very meaty question and I'd like to give it
a very meaty answer -
baloney!