{"id":311189,"date":"2023-06-23T08:04:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T08:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311189"},"modified":"2023-06-23T10:58:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T10:58:13","slug":"legends-grim-blues-prediction-after-origin-flop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311189","title":{"rendered":"Legend's grim Blues prediction after Origin flop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phil Gould<\/a> believes a number of NSW<\/a> players would struggle to make the Australian Kangaroos<\/a> side if picked after Origin II.<\/p>\n

Queensland dominated the Blues at Suncorp Stadium with a 32-6 win \ufeffto seal the series only two games in.<\/p>\n

A number of Maroons – who are yet to play for Australia – have made big impressions throughout the series, namely \ufeffHamiso Tabuai-Fidow and Reece Walsh.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> RLPA boss intervenes as Broncos enter Hunt race<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> 'Queensland's baby': Gould's grim Origin admission<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Australia's side in the Rugby League World Cup final against Samoa included 11 NSW players.<\/p>\n

Gould believes there'd be more Queenslanders than Blues if a Test side was picked today. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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"To the victor goes the spoils," he said on Wide World of Sports' Six Tackles with Gus<\/em><\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n

"If Origin is a dress rehearsal for Test selection, then this team will be dominated by Queenslanders.<\/p>\n

"I think there are very few NSW players that would earn a spot in the Australian side based on the two games that we've seen."<\/p>\n

\"Hammer<\/p>\n

Throughout the 2023 Origin series; Nathan Cleary, Cameron Murray, Isaah Yeo, Liam Martin, Josh Addo-Carr and James Tedesco were six of the 11 from the World Cup final.<\/p>\n

Watch the 2023 State of Origin series LIVE and exclusive on Channel 9 and<\/strong> 9Now<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Interestingly the other five in Latrell Mitchell, Jack Wighton, Jake Trbojevic, Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Angus Crichton haven't played for NSW this year, whether that be through injury, retirement or non-selection. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"Even incumbents would be struggling to hold their position, and I think they would acknowledge that as well," Gould added.<\/p>\n

"If Origin is to be a selection trial for the national team, and it should be, I can't imagine why a lot of those Queenslanders won't make the team."<\/p>\n

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Phil Gould believes a number of NSW players would struggle to make the Australian Kangaroos side if picked after Origin II. Queensland dominated the Blues […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":311191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311193,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311189\/revisions\/311193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/311191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}