";s:4:"text";s:6160:"Queensland announce 18-man squad for State of Origin Game 1, 2019 Kevin Walters has shocked reporters with an emotional declaration of war “not … Player ratings for the Queensland Maroons side from game one of the 2019 Holden State of Origin series. Five talking points from Game 1 Cherry-Evans and Michael Morgan both captain their clubs but are relatively inexperienced in the Origin arena when compared to the legendary players who have now departed the scene for the Maroons. It was more than his raw stats though which ended at 33 tackles and 121 metres. Just didn’t stop trying. New leader: Queensland's Daly Cherry-Evans.Credit:AAP. Napa has been a reliable performer more often than not for the Maroons, and was so again last night, finishing the contest with 84 metres and ten tackles. 9. GORE: Queensland won because they’re better at Origin What is it about Dane Gagai and State of Origin? The second half brought a very different Ponga though as he fit into the team structure, chipped in to setting up their tries and played the game the Maroons needed him to play. 5. Better in the second half than the first, but still, playing out of position, a very solid effort. 6. From Queensland's forgotten man to their fearless leader, Daly Cherry-Evans is expected to be named captain of a team he was supposedly on the outer of just 12 months ago. Got carried away with some silly stuff on one or two occasions, but otherwise, did what he needed to do during the second half to keep Queensland rolling. He's the one: Cherry-Evans to lead charge for Queensland. Moses Mbye was a late withdrawal from the Wests Tigers team which lost to the Rabbitohs on Saturday night but if the game was a couple of days later, he may have played despite suffering a slight groin strain during the club's captain's run. Josh Papalii – 8 "If we were playing in four or five days he might have been okay but to turn around in 24 hours, he just wasn't ready.". They were already on top of the game so it mattered even less, but Ofahengaue proved he belongs. During the first half, a part of Queensland’s strategy seemed to be “pass it to Ponga and let’s see what happens.”. He certainly seemed to adjust his game after chatting at halftime, and really fit in with those working from the inside, and Gagai from the outside. Matt Gillett – 5 It’s down to a couple of guys and those players are both in great touch.". Cherry-Evans was under the gun coming into this match, no doubt about it. Unfortunately, it’s hard to give Mbye anymore than a three on his debut. Of course, it helps when your team is on the front foot, but Arrow parked them there at times during the last 15 minutes, whether that be the big run or a settler, he just did his job and helped the Maroons shoot to the lead. For a half, who is used to not doing that much work in defence and defending out wide, he was excellent. Dylan Napa – 5.5 Unfortunately, his service out of dummy half let him down. 14. Threatened the Blues try line a couple of times and was pretty good with the footy in hand, making few poor decisions throughout the contest. Ben Hunt – 6 The nod caps a remarkable turnaround for Cherry-Evans, who was supposedly on the outer of the Queensland set-up during their golden era when Cam Smith, Johnathan Thurston, Billy Slater, Greg Inglis and Cooper Cronk ran the show. Unlike a lot of his teammates, Munster’s first half was a lot better than the second. What was the Shane Flanagan experiment all about? 13. Every hit up took numbers to stop, and no one wanted to run at him, because it was going to hurt, frankly. He just stuck to being the guiding half, had a really strong kicking game and carried out his role without a problem at the defensive end of the park. At Origin level, the South Sydney winger becomes a candidate for man of the match just about every time. While it's understood the star halfback is "99 per cent" confident of lacing the boots up on Wednesday week, he has not led Manly out since injuring his ankle in their round seven win over the Raiders at Lottoland. Felise Kaufusi – 9 Josh McGuire – 7.5 12. The talent of Gillett is tremendous, so Queensland fans will be hoping to have him back at his best for Game 2. Hunt is the player I expect to have the most wildly disagreeable version of a rating for the Queensland side. 1. He just becomes a completely different player. New South Wales did what they needed to do in directing traffic his way, but Hunt stayed solid and played the entire game. If a player has ever played a game of two halves, this was it. Unfortunately for Gillett, it wasn’t the greatest of returns to Origin after his long injury lay-off last year. Five years ago, Cherry-Evans returned too early from injury and played poorly in Queensland's 6-4 loss to NSW in Origin II, ending the Maroons' eight-year run of dominance. Let’s get the positive – and the reason he was awarded a six – out of the way first. He is expected to be named on an extended bench by Walters and Tigers coach Michael Maguire declared his captain would be fit for the series opener. Ben Hunt will start at hooker, Cameron Munster will line up at five-eighth and Kalyn Ponga will spark the Queensland attack from fullback. While I’d refuse to say the Maroons had a drop out without the debutant on the field, there was a difference. Scott has penned over 3000 articles and is one of, State of Origin Game 1: Final score and results, Re-live The Roar’s live State of Origin blog, GORE: Queensland won because they’re better at Origin, WATCH: Full State of Origin Game 1 highlights, Origin Game 1: Queensland Maroons player ratings, Jarome Luai is Penrith's most important piece of the puzzle tonight. 1. In short, not much happened. Cameron Munster – 8 He was caught down the short side trying to goose step through the line, and made a few other glaringly poor choices. He was aggressive. You need them to win. Morgan was playing out of position, but anyone doubting whether he could do it or not must have had rocks in their head. It was his aggression, and ability to do something big whenever it was needed. ";s:7:"keyword";s:15:"Noah Can't Even";s:5:"links";s:10067:"Farmington School District Mo,
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