There are four players who’ll run onto the MCG that will be targeted by their opponents.
State of Origin matches make fools of us. They never go as the pundits predict, even duping the coaches of the two state teams. Because these games are so volatile and unpredictable, it defies logic why NSW and Queensland coaches have such scripted match plans, detailed down to prescribed bench rotations.
Queensland coach Billy Slater selected Selwyn Cobbo on the bench for the Sydney game, pointing out the Maroons had needed an outside back substitute in five of their previous six games. Billy was declared a genius when Walsh was assissted off the field in the seventh minute. Yet, he hasn’t selected a specialist back on the bench for the Melbourne game.
Yet, while tries may come via the defensive frailties of any one of these four players, the Melbourne game will turn on something unexpected, or a stellar performance not anticipated. Hynes is now indelibly labelled as another player who is great at club level but has failed at Origin. Yet, we ignore the reverse. There are players who are pedestrian at club level but rise at Origin. Queensland half/hooker Ben Hunt is such a player.
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