Origin coaches defend ref after gambling bombshell<\/a><\/p>\nMoses will return for Origin 2 | 01:55<\/p>\n
MICHAEL ENNIS<\/p>\n
WHO WINS GAME TWO & WHY: The Blues will be too good in Melbourne. QLD\u2019s MCG drought to continue.<\/p>\n
FINAL SCORE: NSW 28 \u2013 20 QLD<\/p>\n
BOLD PREDICTION: The injection of Koroisau will ignite the NSW attack in the second half and lead them to victory.<\/p>\n
MAN OF THE MATCH: Payne Haas<\/p>\n
NATHAN HINDMARSH<\/p>\n
WHO WINS GAME TWO & WHY: NSW to win. Our number nines will prove the difference. Robson\u2019s toughness & durability and Api\u2019s lethal ability to run the ball & isolate tired defenders.<\/p>\n
FINAL SCORE: NSW 19 \u2013 18 QLD<\/p>\n
BOLD PREDICTION: Ethan Strange to be injected off the bench late in the game and kick the winning field goal.<\/p>\n
MAN OF THE MATCH: Hudson Young<\/p>\n
Boyd Cordner gets behind Laurie Daley | 05:16<\/p>\n
BRYAN FLETCHER<\/p>\n
WHO WINS GAME TWO & WHY: NSW. Two reasons. 1: Our fitness. 2: We learnt a lot in game. We won\u2019t make the same mistakes again.<\/p>\n
FINAL SCORE: NSW 24 \u2013 12 QLD<\/p>\n
BOLD PREDICTION: Dylan Lucas first try scorer.<\/p>\n
MAN OF THE MATCH: Dylan Lucas<\/p>\n
BEN ELIAS:<\/p>\n
WHO WINS GAME TWO & WHY: These sides are so evenly matched. It will be a tough contest but in the end I think tonight will end in a draw.<\/p>\n
FINAL SCORE: NSW 18 \u2013 18 QLD<\/p>\n
BOLD PREDICTION: Big injuries coming out of the game due to the physical way it will be played.<\/p>\n
MAN OF THE MATCH: Mitch Moses<\/p>\n
DEAN \u2018BULLDOG\u2019 RITCHIE<\/p>\n
WHO WINS GAME TWO & WHY: NSW by 12. Stand by for some Marky Mark magic in what will be NSW\u2019s most dominant performance since 2024. Then we just wait for the tears and excuses to roll across the border from up north.<\/p>\n
FINAL SCORE: NSW 28 \u2013 16 QLD<\/p>\n
BOLD PREDICTION: Lozza to seal a historic series win and then gleefully jam his long line of critics.<\/p>\n
MAN OF THE MATCH: Nathan Cleary<\/p>\n
GREG ALEXANDER:<\/p>\n
WHO WINS GAME TWO & WHY: Blues WILL hold the ball. Addition of Haas provides momentum for Cleary & Moses to create opportunities which they will convert into points.<\/p>\n
FINAL SCORE: NSW 28 \u2013 24 QLD<\/p>\n
BOLD PREDICTION: Tolu Koula first try scorer<\/p>\n
MAN OF THE MATCH: Nathan Cleary<\/p>\n
Origin’s big calls + round 16 previewed! | 25:44<\/p>\n
STEVE \u2018BLOCKER\u2019 ROACH<\/p>\n
WHO WINS GAME TWO & WHY: Blues get their start right and grind out a win in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
FINAL SCORE: NSW 18 \u2013 14 QLD<\/p>\n
BOLD PREDICTION: Strange to make immediate impact off the bench with a try-scoring play.<\/p>\n
MAN OF THE MATCH: Hudson Young<\/p>\n
BILLY MOORE<\/p>\n
WHO WINS GAME TWO & WHY: Its simple really \u2013 QLD-retribution!!!<\/p>\n
FINAL SCORE: NSW 16 \u2013 20 QLD<\/p>\n
BOLD PREDICTION: Reece Walsh off the bench scores winning try via a Kalyn Ponga assist!<\/p>\n
MAN OF THE MATCH: Harry Grant<\/p>\n
BRENT READ<\/p>\n
WHO WINS GAME TWO & WHY: The Blues got lucky in Origin I with the send off of Kalyn Ponga. They won\u2019t get lucky again. QLD to win.<\/p>\n
FINAL SCORE: NSW 10 \u2013 30 QLD<\/p>\n
BOLD PREDICTION: The Blues make another slow start but this time there is no coming back. The Maroons surge to a big lead at halftime and then Reece Walsh comes off the bench and puts NSW to the sword. <\/p>\n
MAN OF THE MATCH: Kalyn Ponga<\/p>\n
MICHAEL CARAYANNIS<\/p>\n
WHO WINS GAME TWO & WHY: Queensland. They have picked a better-balanced team and Kalyn Ponga will tip the game in the Maroons\u2019 favour off the back of the drama in game one.<\/p>\n
FINAL SCORE: NSW 22 \u2013 26 QLD<\/p>\n
BOLD PREDICTION: The demotion of Haumole Olakau\u2019atu will come back to haunt the Blues with the Manly back-rower rushed back into the side for the decider.<\/p>\n
MAN OF THE MATCH: Kalyn Ponga<\/p>\n
PAUL CRAWLEY<\/p>\n
WHO WINS GAME TWO & WHY: Queensland \u2013 more desperate playing to keep series alive and surely won\u2019t get a player sent off this time.<\/p>\n
FINAL SCORE: NSW 24 \u2013 26 QLD<\/p>\n
BOLD PREDICTION: Reece Walsh to enter the game late and set up winning try.<\/p>\n
MAN OF THE MATCH: Harry Grant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fox League\u2019s experts have had their say on who will win State of Origin Game II. According to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-741991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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