Its the rules, rivalry and the spectacle that make it the pinnacle. The blues were outclassed across the field last year yet somehow managed to win despite having Trent and Josh as their halfs.I still like origin, but I cant consider this the pinnacle any more, for crying out, the players on the field aren't even necessarily the best in their position, so how can they seriously call it the pinnacle.
Not if they're like the Tigers gameI'd rather watch a Dogs game over soo any day of the week.
What the hell did I just read? :/just a thought
20 teams (23 games)
4 pools
dogs, wests, eels, souths, easts,
sharks, panthers, central coast, newy, manly
nz1, nz2, storm, canberra, illawarra
bris, logan, titans, cows, perth
play your pool twice (2x 4 games) (win worth 2 points)
play others once (15 games) (win worth 3 points) something different
top 2 from each pool makes the finals
shorter season and more teams
smash out soo over 2 weekends (include a "pacific cup" in this time 2)
3 games
Game 1 wednesday night (Day1)
Game 2 monday night (Day 6)
Game 3 sunday arvo/night (Day 12)
Dont worry bout the short turn around - if the players want 2 miss out on the coin they can sit out and rest and not winge.
agree its turned into a boys club with favourites being picked each year regardless of form... To me its on borrowed timeI still like origin, but I cant consider this the pinnacle any more, for crying out, the players on the field aren't even necessarily the best in their position, so how can they seriously call it the pinnacle.
absolutely fuc#$ mentality.Another reason why SOO is ****ed for clubs
Slater to play Game II in what could be final match of 2015 season
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/sta...h-of-2015-season/story-e6frf3ou-1227391971278
If there was no such thing as SOO, Slater would have had surgery at the start of the season, and would have had a chance of coming back again this year.
But instead he persevered to make sure he got selected for origin. So now he will play 2 games of SOO, get his $100k bonus, and not play another game this year.
Not that I care about the Storm, but that's ****ed.
"But instead he persevered to make sure he got selected for origin" Thats because he wanted to play origin, not sure why people on here are blaming origin when the players want to play it more then they want to play for their club.Another reason why SOO is ****ed for clubs
Slater to play Game II in what could be final match of 2015 season
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/sta...h-of-2015-season/story-e6frf3ou-1227391971278
If there was no such thing as SOO, Slater would have had surgery at the start of the season, and would have had a chance of coming back again this year.
But instead he persevered to make sure he got selected for origin. So now he will play 2 games of SOO, get his $100k bonus, and not play another game this year.
Not that I care about the Storm, but that's ****ed.