State of Origin 2009: Game 3

Ok we are ready for kick off! Queensland kicks off, caught by New South Wales and the first tackle is on the 10m line.
We've been playing for 23 seconds and no score yet. It could still go either way. Penalty to NSW, not sure what for.
Queensland got the ball and was tackled in goal but QLD got the ball back. And now Queensland has got a penalty. Queensland has knocked on the ball and NSW has picked up the ball.

Now New South Wales has had a rough tackle and knocked on, but we didn't see it live only on replay because the TV was at a replay when it happened and the commentators saying we could stay at a replay all night. Yeah no.
The other big event that happened today was Harry Potter 6 opened at the cinema.
Oh wow, Greg Inglis has just taken a pretty amazing catch from the kick, he had a Blue on him the whole jump and juggled the ball all the way down.

Now Queensland got a break and then ran ages and then NSW intercepted it and immediately knocked it on. I think as Gus would say, he was simply "outorigined". And with that segway I should remind everyone on Twitter to tag your origin tweets either #maroonwash or #shutupgus or both.
In what has started looking dangerously like becoming a knockonathon the Blues got the ball back and then completed a set and kicked it dead.

8 and a half minutes gone now. Ok, I don't know what happened there, was it another knock on? There was a lot of kicking along the ground, but the ball never went dead because a NSW boy grabbed it and got advantage and ran for 0th tackle. But that set came to an end with, you guessed it, a knock on.
Queensland has recieved a penalty now, not sure why. Third penalty this game already.

And an end of set kick has gone low, 2 Blues fell over trying to grab it, a Queenslander fell over trying to grab it and then another Queenslander came across from behind and put it down for a try with his chest. In total, in order to score this try 4 people have fallen over. Though it was less his chest as his groin that grounded it, having seen another replay. Video ref has given the green light:
QLD 4 - 0 NSW
That has been converted! QLD 6 - 0 NSW.

That was strange it was a benefit of the doubt try allowance. Just because the man's man put it down just mean he didn't score.
The Blues are now attacking but somehow QLD got the ball back just in time to prevent a try. I guess I should pay more attention to the TV and less the the party and more accurately Cailie.
Hard tackles all round and someone is being escorted from the field. Another Blue break and he looked to have miles of room to run but somehow he was still caught. NSW got a new set of 6 but the player didn't hear and kicked it anyway!

Gus says NSW shouldn't panic because depsite the score they are mentally winning the game, and despite agreeing with him: shut up Gus!

And a New South Welshmen has crossed the goal line, but he has dropped it. It looks like he dropped it but still applied pressure. Awarded the try.
QLD 6 - 4 NSW.
Michael Ennis, on debut, has converted, QLD 6 - 6 NSW.

Another interception to give the Blues the ball. It has been declared forward pass so QLD gets a scrum feed though. Queenslander in a 1 under 4 tackle still ran 15m. Now after the kick we are going to get a line drop out so Queensland will get a repeat set. There is a Maroon on the ground though, a Blue came and hit him in the head after he had disposed of the ball.

High tackle by the Blues and a fight ensues. While the referee is standing 5m away, yeah great time to pick a fight guys.

Attacking the line QLD comes up with some cool passing but it results in a knock on. Blue penalty for something.
A Blue just tried to play the ball, but the guy behind him jumped on his back and started a fight. It broke up itself though, was played and maybe something else and somehow QLD has got the ball.
Someone is going to be killed at this rate.

Did he dropped that or kicked it? If a kick he scored a try. No, he dropped it, so no try. It was actually a strip but the ref doesn't seem to care so New South Wales gets a scrum feed.
And a Blue guy has played the ball forward. He was facing the right way and everything, but he kicked it forward rather than backward, 3 maroons jumped on it but it will be a scrum rather than an advantage that probably would have seen a try.
And now Queensland, making another attack has knocked it on in a very spectacular way. The ball is very slippery in fact everything is slippery as proved by a QLD player falling over mid run. It is very dewey tonight, getting down to 7 degrees.

Justin Hodges may have scored the try of the century here. Ok, he dropped it, but he was in mid air upside down trying to put it down with one hand. It wasn't a try but it should get a 3 point consolation for spectacularity.

Now NSW has run the length of the field, a brilliant kick, straight to the centre of the field to an onside player in miles of room but the ball has hit the upright and bounced back long enough for a QLD player to grab it and get rid of it.

Then after more running Billy Slater grabs it and as good as hands it to a NSW player and now everyone has just put the ball down and left it. What's happening? Nobody knows. New South Wales appears to have scored a try. Well that explains it. Yes, after years of replays it has been given a benefit of the doubt try. Now they are looking at giving a penalty, this could be an 8 point try.
The crowd is hating this is just steady booing. NSW gets the first conversion. Second conversion is successful so that is 8 points.
QLD 6 - 14 NSW.

Nicely Channel 9 let us miss the first 2 tackles because of an ad break. The penalty was because Thurston kicked the guy in the head after the try was scored. As the commentators say it was instinctive rather than deliberate but he was put on report anyway.
Now a change over and the Blues get the ball, but the players were trying to pack a scrum. They don't know what is happening, they just want to have fun.

Hayne about to score a try but was just tackled and mid tackle the siren blows so that is the end of the half.
Queensland 6 - 14 New South Wales.

It being half time I should address the comments from last game.
I am very happy to have got the comments, I know I only replied to the first one but I am thankful to everyone who commented. It is really great to know I'm entertaining people and I hope this game I've been more informative. Really great guys.

Now, half time, I'm off for food and some exotic drink I have been told to have from last game. Yummy! See you in 20 minutes.

Ok it is now the 52nd minute and I'm sorry to have missed the first 10 minutes, I was drinking and then we saw the warning for a tsunami coming to get us, so I went to Google News and then BoM and read all about the tsunami. Tsunami is unlikely to hit but if it does it will hit somewhere or everywhere in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmanian coast some times between 9:30pm (now) and midnight.

In the football though Queensland has just scored a try which is their second this half and New South Wales got one earlier too. Thurston converts this one, he missed the last one pretty badly.
Queensland 16 - 20 New South Wales.

Another knockonathon and now Queensland has the ball with 6 more. Tackles that is not balls, one ball is enough for a game like this.
Queensland is becoming the walking dead again from injury now.
Something went wrong and play stopped then play started and NSW kicked on the first tackle, so QLD now has the ball and now we've got a penalty as well.
Queensland has almost scored but it ended with a knock on. New South Wales came in with a leg and prevented it, which if the last half was anything to go on means we get an 8 point try, but instead the Blues get the ball and play continues.

Queensland had the ball and were looking good and then knocked on. New South Wales looking menacing now and they score. That is probably going to be game.

According to the newsbar the tsunami warning is now only a maritime threat which is like what I got from the online news.

Gus is dancing around saying it but has just as good as said Queensland are being outorigined. Oh shut up Gus.
Oh now we are having another fight. It's all just grabbing and no punching. One day it will spill up and someone will have their spine pulled out, possibly TF2 style "Oh my God, Oh my God, He has punched out ALL my BLOOD!"
Blue penalty being awarded.
"You called that ripping out my spine, you couldn't... OWW MY SPINE!!"
The men in blue are going for a two point kick. Gets it of course, making the score
QLD 16 - 28 NSW
Record 52439 person crowd in attendance tonight.
Now a penalty to Queensland. Played on. Now tackled, now knocked on. You know Queensland might be able to win this if thy could hold on to the bloody ball!

Those TF2 quotes are from Meet the Sandvich. You should watch it, it is hilarious in a violent teenage boy way. I love that game so much.

A maroon has gone running down the sideline but he had no support and was taken out to touch.
"He has to download..." yes, you thought this was live football but actually it is LAN football. Mwhahahahahahahaha!
Well I never commentate as enthusiastically in the second half as I do in the first, but as New South Wales crosses for another try I should point out this is the first game I've blogged that we've lost. But there is a Maroon on the ground flat on his back and above him a fight is breaking. The referees are both trying to break it up, I think that whoever wins this the ref will lose it.
True, try is yet to be awarded. Ah here we go on replay, the the fight was earlier than that and it had good old fashioned face punching, then th maroon guy was tackled by a second blue guy and now he ain't moving. Now wonder the fight isn't going away this time.
Apparently there is fights in the crowd. No try! Denied because of the fight. The fight is ended but that guy on the ground is still on the ground.
The crowd is throwing their rubbish onto the ground now in protest at something. The dead guy is now on the stretcher. Hmm.. maybe shouldn't call him the dead guy.

Ah, the Blue guy who started it has been sent off! Not that it will make a difference in the 80th minute. Haha, suck it Waterhouse!
So penalty to Queensland at the end of that. Another fight has broken out!
As the older members of the party are saying, fights like this haven't been seen since the 80s. Well this is 2009, so the end of the decade, maybe we are at the end of the clean era, the biff is back!
Now a player from each team is going to the sin bin with 26 seconds left to play.
And as the siren blows the teams rush back in for another fight. They are shaking hands now. How many will have broken hands at the end of it I wonder?

So the final score for the football is:
Queensland 16 - 28 New South Wales.
And in the fighting it is what? About
Queensland 2 - 2 New South Wales.

Well, we lost the game but we had a record winning series and more fights than we've seen since I last remember. (I remember fighting but just not when.)
So I hope this has been good for everyone. The Blues got one over us this once.
I look forward to blogging again next season when Queensland sets a record 5 season wins. Til then, good night, I'm off to eat chocolate and pizza. :-)