Not a peep about State of origin?

[norbs]

I didn't even watch it this year. I am over the NRL. All the off field shite, plus my beloved Eels are playing like a bunch of girls, and the fact that TV means Ch 9 all adds up to zero interest from me. I will still listen occasionally to ABC radios coverage, but not often.

It isn't the game it used to be.

[Santaria]

Meh... it was rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrigged I tells ya!

But yeah, it doesn't have the same buzz as it used to. Probably because of what you said Norbs: "all the off field shite."

It's 'days of our lives' .....with a footy.

[fp]

Speaking as a die hard Queenslander, Hayne was ripped off.

The game has gone over the top with the third umpire and the top level is suffering.
Rather than awarding or disallowing tries on their merits, benifit of the doubt is out the window as the ref watching his screen gets out the magnifying glass and micrometer to make a pedantic decision.
Then there's all the decisions made to the letter of the law instead of the spirit of the competition.
No to mention that an NRL player seemingly only has to look at a female to be labelled a rapist in a sensationalized media frenzy.

I'm only a casual fan of League, but I aslo have the 'not really into it' feeling at the moment.

[Exar Kun]

State of Origin used to be the only league I watched each year. Way better atmosphere than even the grand final but last night I switched over once to check the score then went back to watching the ABC. I honestly don't know what it is but to me it has lost something.

[Hz-Lab]

give it a couple more years and it will be state of origin Gang rape. Whole new approach to the scrum...

[bengatta]

State of oral-groin

[petey]

Wow, well I don't follow or pay attention to the off-field crap and just watched and enjoyed the game.

Haynes was ripped off, but then he got a try later on from what was blatantly a forward pass.

[Nigel]

If there is a game, There are a few players now that have Pig Cold, so perhaps all sporting events will be off the list.

[Rots]

I ignore the off field shit. I was pissed about the Hayne decision in the State of Origin. 8 views and no Benefit of the Doubt is just bullshit. Actually, the video refs have made a lot of bad calls this year against many a team... something that has made me turn the TV off a few times. In my opinion video ref should be treated in a tennis style where the team captain can call it to overrule a ref decision but only a limited amount of times. Nothing worse or more boring than a game that has every Try going up to the tossers watching the TV replys and not the game in real time.

Anywho, whether or not NSW would have one is anyones guess had it been ruled the other way. Suck it up and win the next game!

[norbs]

It is weird, some of the interest is back all of a sudden.

Despite what I said earlier, my hat is off to Hazem El Mazri. A terrific player and a better bloke it seems.