State of Origin [merged]

[mightytiges]

Dusty awarded best on ground.

Dimma and Cotch hold up the cup.

Same old same old .


Seriously though Cotch showed why he's the best captain in the AFL in that last quarter. It stopped being an all-out offensive exhibition game for him and he turned up the chasing and tackling pressure and the rest of the Vic side followed. Vics kicked 9.5 to 0.2 in the last to win 24.10-154 to 15.18-108. 

ps. The great news is no injuries  .

[one-eyed]

Goals rain for bushfire relief as Vics storm home over All-Stars

By Riley Beveridge
afl.com.au
28 Feb 2020 11:00pm

VICTORIA   4.1   10.2    15.7   24.10 (154)
ALL-STARS  4.7   9.14   15.16   15.18 (108)

GOALS
Victoria: Papley 5, Kelly 4, Greene 4, Martin 2, Gaff 2, Bontempelli 2, Gresham 2, Dangerfield, Cameron, Lynch
All-Stars: Cameron 3, Coniglio 2, Breust 2, Riewoldt 2, Smith 2, Neale, Weller, Walters, Hill

BEST
Victoria: Kelly, Martin, Greene, Papley, Pendlebury, Haynes, Cotchin, Dangerfield
All-Stars: Coniglio, Cameron, Mills, Cripps, Neale, Johannisen

INJURIES
Victoria: Nil
All-Stars: Nil

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Fisher, Stephens, Nicholls, Williamson

Official crowd: 51,052 at Marvel Stadium

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THE BIG V reigns supreme once more.

On the canvas midway through the third quarter, Victoria produced a spirited comeback to overturn a 30-point deficit and storm home against a talented All-Stars outfit in the State of Origin for Bushfire Relief match in front of a packed crowd at Marvel Stadium on Friday night.

The Victorian side, led by Josh Kelly and Dustin Martin's class in the forward line and Scott Pendlebury and Trent Cotchin's leadership in midfield, kicked 11 unanswered goals in a barnstorming finish that inspired an impressive and determined 46-point victory.

Martin – already a Brownlow Medal winner, a two-time premiership player and a dual Norm Smith medallist – added a State of Origin best on ground medal to his list of accomplishments following a stellar game that yielded 23 disposals and two goals.

He was aided by Tom Papley (11 disposals, five goals), Tom Greene (23 disposals, four goals) and Kelly (22 disposals, four goals) – who were a constant menace forward of centre.

For the All-Stars, Stephen Coniglio (24 disposals, two goals) was busy across the ground, while livewire forward Charlie Cameron (17 disposals, three goals) was also impressive.

Full match report here: https://www.afl.com.au/news/379147/goals-rain-for-bushfire-relief-as-vics-storm-home-over-all-stars

[one-eyed]

[Francois Jackson]

Dusty awarded best on ground.

Dimma and Cotch hold up the cup.

Same old same old .


Seriously though Cotch showed why he's the best captain in the AFL in that last quarter. It stopped being an all-out offensive exhibition game for him and he turned up the chasing and tackling pressure and the rest of the Vic side followed. Vics kicked 9.5 to 0.2 in the last to win 24.10-154 to 15.18-108. 

ps. The great news is no injuries  .

any chance you could post a picture of it MT?

Wouldnt mind winding a few people up

[Andyy]

Cotchin's tackling was supreme. In fact I was quite surprised at how well he played for his first hitout this year. Was expecting a slower start.

Jack solid.

Dusty awesome and was literally giving goals away, could have had 4-5 no trouble.

Houli, Edwards and Lynch quiet but wgaf

[lamington]

I didn’t get a chance to watch the game because I was helping the brother move house. Was dusty clear BOG?

[mightytiges]

Dusty awarded best on ground.

Dimma and Cotch hold up the cup.

Same old same old .


Seriously though Cotch showed why he's the best captain in the AFL in that last quarter. It stopped being an all-out offensive exhibition game for him and he turned up the chasing and tackling pressure and the rest of the Vic side followed. Vics kicked 9.5 to 0.2 in the last to win 24.10-154 to 15.18-108. 

ps. The great news is no injuries  .

any chance you could post a picture of it MT?

Wouldnt mind winding a few people up

I can't find a pic with both Dimma and Cotch together holding the cup. They didn't raise it sky high like the premiership cup.

There is this one of Dimma receiving the cup:


Cotch post-win talking:


Dusty best on ground:


All the Tigers together post-game:

[mightytiges]

I didn’t get a chance to watch the game because I was helping the brother move house. Was dusty clear BOG?

I wouldn't say clear but he deserved it. Dusty had the equal most disposals (23), kicked 2 goals himself in the first half and as Andyy said Dusty gave off about 4-5 goals.

The crowd loved Dusty. You could hear the crowd noise rise every time the ball went near him. He is the AFL's No.1 player and face of the game. No one else comes near him. One time Lynch even got booed when he went for the same mark as Dusty lol.

[Francois Jackson]

Dusty awarded best on ground.

Dimma and Cotch hold up the cup.

Same old same old .


Seriously though Cotch showed why he's the best captain in the AFL in that last quarter. It stopped being an all-out offensive exhibition game for him and he turned up the chasing and tackling pressure and the rest of the Vic side followed. Vics kicked 9.5 to 0.2 in the last to win 24.10-154 to 15.18-108. 

ps. The great news is no injuries  .

any chance you could post a picture of it MT?

Wouldnt mind winding a few people up

I can't find a pic with both Dimma and Cotch together holding the cup. They didn't raise it sky high like the premiership cup.

There is this one of Dimma receiving the cup:


Cotch post-win talking:


Dusty best on ground:


All the Tigers together post-game:

Perfect even better
More photos to send off to our salty Carlton friends

[one-eyed]

SEN's State of Origin ratings:

Victoria

Dustin Martin: A+
Tom Papley: A+
Josh Kelly: A+
Toby Greene: A+
Scott Pendlebury: A
Lachie Whitfield: A
Nick Haynes: A
Trent Cotchin: A
Andrew Gaff: B
Shaun Higgins: B
Todd Goldstein: B
Marcus Bontempelli: B
Adam Saad: B
Mark Blicavs: B
Patrick Dangerfield: C+
Travis Boak: C+
James Sicily: C+
Darcy Moore: C+
Bachar Houli: C+
Jack Macrae: C
Jake Lloyd: C
Steele Sidebottom: C
Rory Sloane: C
Jade Gresham: C
Stefan Martin: C
Jeremy Cameron: C
Tom Lynch: D

All-Stars

Charlie Cameron: A+
Stephen Coniglio: A+
Patrick Cripps: A
Callum Mills: A
Isaac Smith: A
Michael Walters: A
Nathan Fyfe: B
Lachie Weller: B+
Jason Johannisen: B+
Brodie Grundy: B+
Luke Breust: B+
Jack Riewoldt: B+
Lachie Neale: B
Zach Tuohy: B
Brad Hill: B
Brodie Smith: B
Scott Lycett: C+
Neville Jetta: C+
Brad Sheppard: C+
Elliot Yeo: C+
Shane Edwards: C
Taylor Walker: C
Rory Laird: C
Jeremy Howe: C
Eddie Betts: C
Harris Andrews: C
Tom Hawkins: D

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/02/28/grading-every-player-in-the-state-of-origin-game/

[one-eyed]

The AFL released to the public how the medal was awarded on the back of a five-member judging panel where each voting member handed out voted on a 3, 2, 1 basis.

Martin tallied 10 votes from the judging panel, finishing ahead of Josh Kelly (six votes) and Scott Pendlebury (five votes). Stephen Coniglio (three votes) was the only other player to receive votes from more than one judge.

Martin received two votes from Nick Riewoldt, one vote from Luke Hodge, three votes from Ray Gallagher (president of the Omeo District Football Netball League), one vote from Stephen Griffin (CEO SES), and three votes from the official fan’s poll.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/dusty-best-on-ground-very-original-fans-mock-martins-origin-prize/news-story/d1f23bca64fc2008c477ec487d2eeb4e

[one-eyed]

Ch 9 news said State of Origin is back on the agenda to desperately try and bring $$$ back into the game's coffers.