Joseph Suaalii deserved to be sent off for knocking out Reece Walsh in game one, but the stream of conspiracy theories from the Maroons ever since are wearing thin.
Given all the concern about rugby league players and the devastating effects of repeated concussion, it was reassuring in the aftermath of the Origin opener to learn that several former NSW players had long memories about Nate Myles.After their 38-10 win in Sydney, footage emerged of the Maroons assistant coach giving a mouthful of abuse to NSW centre Joseph Suaalii, who had been sent off after just seven minutes for his mistimed tackle on fullback Reece Walsh.All good theatre, of course.
In the lead-up to the 2013 series, the Blues complained about Myles weaponising his enormous forehead, claiming he would headbutt them in tackles.The year before, hooker Robbie Farah had been concussed after feeling the wrath of Myles’ massive noggin in the decider after Myles had hit halfback Mitchell Pearce late and high in game one.
On Monday morning, having named his side for Origin II, NSW coach Michael Maguire had had enough, too.“You’ve got to make sure you don’t live in glasshouses, that’s all I’ll say,”“Things happen on the field, and that was one there that Joey – he’s a special human being, to have to deal with that … He’ll be in and around the camp at some stage, but things happen on the field. Glasshouses. Interesting.
, most of them pretty straightforward: Dylan Edwards for James Tedesco at fullback; Latrell Mitchell for Suaalii at left centre; Mitchell Moses for Nicho Hynes at halfback; and Cameron Murray for Cameron McInnes at lock.On the bench, Roosters utility Connor Watson replaces Canberra’s Hudson Young, which also isn’t surprising because Maguire was leaning towards Watson for game one until he was injured.
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