ORIGIN: NOT The Footy Show set to reunite for a Game 1 SpecialOrigin News and Views and @NRLTweet Player of the Year Votes
2013 NRL Premiership
By W D Nicolson - May 31, 2013
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NOT The Footy Show was a staple of the Rugby League landscape from 2010-2012 and although regular production has ended, www.wdnicolson.com is proud to present a reunion special that coincides with State of Origin Game 1 on June 5.| ORIGIN 1: The confirmed NSW and QLD Game 1 Teams are here |
In about 3 hours (7pm Friday May 31) your old friends from NOT The Footy Show will be reuniting for a special Origin Podcast recording.
Host Warrick Nicolson will be joined by in-studio co-hosts Dave 'DC' Chapman and Nic McInerney for an hour long show talking all things Origin.
Phoning in from all corners of Australia will be Channel 9 Darwin's Sports Presenter Jake Hauritz to talk about the NSW lineup, and 101.5 FM Queensland's Matthew Duncan to talk QLD's squad.
Over the course of our conversations - NOT The Footy Show will unveil their picks and predictions for Game 1 (and the Series), and the entire panel will be answering the most crucial question in all of Origin:
What does it mean for you if NSW win the Series this year?
Conversely the token QLDer on the panel - Matthew Duncan - will be explaining why keeping NSW on the canvas is so important to the Banana Benders.
Plus the Queen of Rugby League has already left a message for all her fans... yes, Big League's Maria Tsialis is back in business with a heartfelt plea to the Blues to bring home the bacon this year.
This Origin Podcast will be recorded tonight/Friday at 7pm in Sydney, and the show will be uploaded on iTunes and our YouTube Channel sometime Saturday afternoon June 1.
If you would like to answer the above question "What does it mean for you if NSW win the Series this year?" then drop us a line on our Facebook Page before 7pm!
While the creator of the show hasn't missed the weekly responsibility of putting it all together, he has missed the weekly chats about footy with our good friends and in turn, with our listeners.
We aren't coming back for good by any stretch, but if our listeners get behind this one-off special and promote why they like it all over the place - who knows we might able to put a few more out before the end of the season... but we can't promise anything.
It's just good to be back... sort of.
Have you missed the show? Honestly... because Mr DC really does.
Please comment below or reply on Twitter.
ORIGIN 1 PREDICTION CATEGORIES:
Pick the Score (Margin): ?
(ie. NSW 44 QLD 4 gives you NSW by 40)
HT Score: ?
Over/Under 33.5 total points: ?
1st Tryscorer: ?
Last Tryscorer: ?
Man of the Match: ?
1st Error: ?
1st Penalty Conceded: ?
Over/Under 6.5 Penalties: ?
Most Tries: G Inglis v M Jennings v Tie
Most Tackles: C Smith v R Farah +0.5
Most Runs: J Tamou +0.5 v M Scott
Feel free to post your picks below.
ORIGIN 1 PREDICTION CATEGORIES:
Pick the Score (Margin): ?
(ie. NSW 44 QLD 4 gives you NSW by 40)
HT Score: ?
Over/Under 33.5 total points: ?
1st Tryscorer: ?
Last Tryscorer: ?
Man of the Match: ?
1st Error: ?
1st Penalty Conceded: ?
Over/Under 6.5 Penalties: ?
Most Tries: G Inglis v M Jennings v Tie
Most Tackles: C Smith v R Farah +0.5
Most Runs: J Tamou +0.5 v M Scott
Feel free to post your picks below.
2013 State of Origin Schedule
Game 1: ANZ Stadium, Sydney – June 5Game 2: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane – June 26
Game 3: ANZ Stadium, Sydney – July 17
NSW SQUAD FOR GAME 11. Jarryd HAYNE
2. Brett MORRIS
3. Michael JENNINGS
4. Josh MORRIS
5. Blake FERGUSON
6. James MALONEY
7. Mitchell PEARCE
8. Paul GALLEN (c)
9. Robbie FARAH
10. James TAMOU
11. Ryan HOFFMAN
12. Luke LEWIS
13. Greg BIRD
BENCH:
14. Andrew FIFITA
15. Josh REYNOLDS
16. Trent MERRIN
17. Anthony WATMOUGH
18. John SUTTON
COACH: Laurie DALEY
1. Billy SLATER
2. Darius BOYD (Justin O'Neill on standby)
3. Greg INGLIS
4. Justin HODGES
5. Brent TATE
6. Johnathan THURSTON
7. Cooper CRONK
8. Matthew SCOTT
9. Cameron SMITH (c)
10. David SHILLINGTON
11. Nate MYLES
12. Sam THAIDAY
13. Ashley HARRISON
BENCH:
14. Corey PARKER
15. Matt GILLETT
16. Ben TE'O
17. Chris McQUEEN
18. Daly CHERRY-EVANS
19. Josh PAPALII
COACH: Mal MENINGA
@NRLTweet Player of the Year AwardRound 11 Leaderboard
As regular readers of www.wdnicolson.com and followers of @NRLTweet know - we run The @NRLTweet Player of the Year Awards each season (starting in 2010) and they return once again for 2013 with another group of excellent Rugby League judges.
You can follow the Votes live after each game via this Hashtag #NRLTweetPOTY
One of the reasons we set this up is the Dally M Award lacks the kind of objectivity that a true player of the year award really should have, and while we aren't claiming our system is perfect - it is judged on what happens on the field with reputations and bias left by the wayside.
39 Votes - Cooper Cronk, MEL
31 Votes - Todd Carney, CRO
28 Votes - Sonny Bill Williams, SYD
27 Votes - Greg Inglis, SOU
26 Votes - Shaun Johnson, WAR
26 Votes - Johnathan Thurston, NQL
24 Votes - Jarrod Mullen, NEW
24 Votes - Sam Burgess, SOU
24 Votes - Robbie Farah, WTG
24 Votes - Andrew Fifita, CRO
23 Votes - Billy Slater, MEL
22 Votes - Trent Merrin, STI
You can follow the Votes live after each game via this Hashtag #NRLTweetPOTY
Remember if you want game-specific Late Mail every week, then check out our Round Previews Every Wednesday and they are updated with all the very latest Late Mail on Friday.
If we are missing any players on this list - please comment below, reply on Twitter or email this address.
Who will take Ben Barba's mantle as champion in the 2013 @NRLTweet Player of the Year Awards?The Prestigious Award is underway for a 4th season in 2013.
Review all of the voting results from 2012 right here
Remember you can track all the votes each week after each match in 2013 via the Twitter hashtag #nrltweetpoty
