QLD won a dour game 1 in Sydney, 3 of the last 4 games have now been decided by just 1, 2 and 4 points. Game 2 moves to Melbourne to be played on the big open spaces of the MCG with little likely home crowd support or influence for either side. The weather forecast is for light showers across Tuesday and Wednesday. Key team changes, NSW have Gallen and B Morris returning while QLD lose Cronk but have a quality back up in Cherry-Evans. Wear and tear injuries are always going to be an issue across both team lists, but notably Farah (shoulder) and Slater (shoulder). QLD dominated the play through game 1 with 61% field position and 56% of possession yet didn’t convert this to any significant scoreboard advantage needing a late field goal to win. …show more content…
I think the signs have been there across the last 12 months again obvious in game 1 that the wheel is turning on this great QLD side, with age certainly catching up with them in key areas. Scott is all but left alone up font now, they lack ball play and mobility across their back row and drop a level on rotation to their bench. In my opinion Hodges is now long past his best on their right and has played on a year too long, any touch of depth, speed and ball movement down his edge has him in serious trouble defending – and this should be a significant focus for NSW. On their left Inglis is certainly due and has been a shadow of his best for some months, at the back Slater is clearly also now some risk. Given all of the ball and field position that QLD had in game 1 their go forward, execution and attack penetration was disappointing, but even more noticeable how much they were on the back foot in defence. NSW were also well short of their best in game 1, and desperately miss the stand out class and skill of …show more content…
Personally I would have gone with Austin off the bench, he plays straight, he creates room and he does things that break the line and can break a game wide open, the sort of things NSW need to ram home any earnt advantage. free game preview state of origin 2As is normally the case with most series I expect both teams to be a bit better than game 1. QLD will be looking for more fluency with the attack combinations, especially down their potent left edge that feeds Inglis and Boyd. Although playing with less ball and field position I though NSW dominated through the middle, yet didn’t capatilise on this with poor combinations in the halves and poor linking to either edge. I think this remains a key advantage but they have to turn opportunity into points and scoreboard points. Jennings and Josh Morris need to see more early ball with some room, and Hodges must be targeted. The more up tempo that NSW can play the speed of the game the more it will be to their advantage, as it was in patches in game
went on to play for the Warringah Rugby Club and represented Australia in the national under-19s side in both 2000 and 2001; also in 2001 he represented Australia in the under-21s side. After the successful appearances for junior representative sides, he made his Super 12 debut for the New South Wales Waratahs. He continued to make the under-21 Australian side up for the next two years, before touring Japan with Australia A in 2003. He signed for the ACT Brumbies for the 2003 season.[6] He made his debut for the Brumbies against the Sharks at Durban, scoring a try. He played for the Brumbies in 2004, with the team winning the championship. He missed out on a mid-year test match against England in Brisbane due to injury. He was a member of the
Australia has been shaped through war since soldiers set to the First World War right up until the now with the war in Afghanistan. Aspects that made it controversial ideas from being a colony of Britain and the politics that came with it, development of treaties with other countries, social groups, and family honour.
World War Two saw many successful battles for Australia. In 1942, Australia’s foreign policy was changed so that Australian soldiers were only sent between the 110th and 159th meridians (Britannica, 2015). This restricted them to only battles against the Japanese, fighting for their nation’s wellbeing. These battles played a huge role in the destruction of the Japanese forces. Australia played a secondary role in the battle of Kokoda Trail, after America (Britannica, 2015). Conflicts such as this impacted Australia’s national identity
Moreover, as the boys' and girls' team faced the Paterson Kennedy Knights in their first game, much of the crowd was left in utter silence. The final score of 62-56 for the boys and 57-34 for the girls, with the Knights claiming the victory, explained the reaction of the crowd with the Bulldogs showing signs of exhaustion. "Our players were trying their best despite the loss," stated Coach Boorman.
Australia 's Federal System is dynamic and the division of lawmaking power between the Commonwealth and State since 1901 has changed dramatically; Critically discuss, focussing on the major reasons for those changes.
First of all is its reliance on outsider support that is necessary for its own protection. Before World War II Australia relied on Britain for those guarantees but during this war Japan attacked on Australia made it clear that has to depend on its own
Emotion can carry a team just so far and that's how this one started. On the Bulldogs first drive their multi-talented quarterback,Aaron Latiolais was sacked by,Connor Sheehan. Sheehan has been injured on and off this season, so to see the young guy get involved early was nice. Latiolais recovered nicely as he connected with, #3 Brock Williams all the way to the Green Wave one-yard-line, with 3:37 left in the quarter. From there the Heath line blew up a large hole for Latiolais to walk threw, to give Heath a,6-0 lead, The point after kick by #17 Tayte Duncan, to make this a,7-0 lead at the 3:23 mark.
Australia saw many changes during the course of the Second World War. WWII begun on September 3 1939 when Britain declared war on Germany due to the German invasion of Poland 2 days prior. (www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww2/overview/ww2-01.html) Because Australia was allies with Great Britain, Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, declared war on Germany stating “that in consequence of a persistence by Germany in her invasion of Poland, Great Britain has declared war upon her and that, as a result, Australia is also at war.”(Prime Minister, Robert Menzies’ declaration of war speech – www.ww2australia.gov.au/wardeclared/) Changes that occurred in Australia effected the political, economic and social factors of our National Identity, some of which being permanent whilst others were only temporary.
The appointment of Cameron Murray as the NSW Under-20s Origin captain has shades of Boyd Cordner about it; not the biggest talker in the group, but his presence and aura is felt when speaking to teammates, and he ultimately leads with his actions on the field.
This was also the first campaign the Australia basically manned by them self, proving the Australia need to be taken serious in the world war. At the start of the war Australia was not taken as a threat more as a giant island that has good post position in Asia. As Japan was concurring Asia the last piece of the puzzle was Australia which they japan was going to concur by using papa new Guinea as a vantage point which would have gave them easy access to Australia. This lead Australia to deploy its troops in Port Mosby. As most of the better trained had already been deployed this lead Australia to deploy the “backups”. This ultimately lead Australia becoming a major power in Asia, also providing to Australia overall strength as a
It’s the Swans and Collingwood, Micky O, nobody knows Adam Goodes better than you. He’s had a lot of ball in the last two weeks -33 and going strong” during this time
Although Australia’s relationship with the British was weakened as the result of actions during WW2 our relationship with the USA was the reciprocal; this period resulted in a strengthening of ties with the Americans. A few key events were pivotal in this change. The first of these was when General Douglas MacArthur took over the defence of Australia and the Pacific Campaign in March 1942, discarding the current battle plan of holding ‘The Brisbane Line’. Instead in his quote “...so I instantly changed the conception (The Brisbane Line) with the basic thought that the ‘battle of Australia’ would be settled in the little islands to the north, north-east and north-west. I would make my fight there - win, lose or draw” explains that the battles, in which the fate of Australia would be decided, were to occur in the Philippines.
Firstly the change in legal and constitutional rights have been a great creator of rights for the Aboriginal people. Up until 1967 the Aboriginals did not have the right to be counted in the census. This was basically a way of saying that the Aboriginals were not Australians, almost not even people. Fortunately the 1967 referendum gave Aboriginals citizenship. It did however not end any discrimination against the Aboriginal people and
The Australians have had their moments through being clever and playing a good brand of rugby but they lack the physical presence of the Springboks, who are big, strong men used to playing at a fast pace in good conditions
Wales are probing for steering from Webb and his half-back partner Dan Biggar whereas veteran full-back actress coin provides knowledgeable at the rear with beginner centre pairing of Owen and Scott Williams charged with neutralising the All Blacks twin centre threat of