State Of Origin: Live Build Up 9:46 PM

Oh yeah babe it's almost 10:00 and you know what that means!!! STATE OF ORIGIN BEGINS!!! This year the teams look as evenly matched as they will ever be with star young gun Josh Dugan going up against the deadly Billy Slater. Also in the halves in form Dragon Jamie Soward is going up against experienced and the ledgendary Darren Lockyer. These battles are mouth watering and will surely make this game a terrific match!!!

This year people including me have been more interested in the New South Wales build up. NSW have chosen As many people say ''The game is won through the forwards" they are probably right, both forward packs have work horses and meter eaters. But I think that if the Blues want to win game 1 of the series they will need to have good impact off the bench. If you look at the Queensland side they have named quite a tough team. So if they want to wear out Queensland they need to have a lot of fire power coming off the bench. They will also need big games from the speedy looking backline. New comers in Akuila "The Thriller" Uate has been fantastic this season for his NRL club as is looking to put his name down as one of the form backs in Origin on the wing. Another advantage for NSW is that there are many St George Dragons in this NSW backline. Mark Gasnier will be very big in the New Souths hope for a victory. His experience in Origin should be a big boost for the rookies in the side. Jamie Sowards kicking game will also be a big factor in this NSW side, for the Dragons his kicks are absolutely spectacular, deep and in space, just what the coach wants!!! Queensland will surely be watching Soward go himself they all know that he is very quick off the mark.

This is the class of the decade, LET"S GO THE BLUES!!!!!!!!!!

Late mail: Dean Young starting, Ennis Moves to the bench. (Come On the Tigers!!!)

Kiwis Crumble, Aussies Rumble COME ON KIWIS!!!

Sadly the New Zealand Kiwis were defeated by the B team Australians. The Kiwis had created their own hype earlier this week coming into the game, but unfortunately they were stopped and lost the game 20-34.

As the game went on the crowd of Eden park (I was at the game) erupted in anger, throwing plastic bottles onto the field because of the Kiwis disappointing performance.
I thought that the Kiwis were bamboozled by the Aussies. The Aussies showed that they had a lot to offer through their plays and continued to dominate their way down the field to score a bunch of tries and take the game away from the Kiwis.

The Kiwis have one week to pick themselves up and get ready for the final against Australia.

COME ON KIWIS I BELIEVEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Kiwis:Almost There Boys

The Kiwi Jersey brought an unexpected attitude to the game. They played a lot better than expected and could of drawn but lost to the Australians 8-12. The young pack of Kiwis played with loads of momentum and had the Aussies on there feet for quite a while. Debutant Zeb Taia had a good game for a start. He made a few yards and gave them a few offloads.

The Kiwis were well in the game throughout the opening half but the score went to the Australians 6-0. But through the beginning of the second half the Australians ran in a try for Dragon Winger Brett Morris which gave him two tries for the night. With ten minutes on the clock the Kiwis had to do something. So a Kiwis move and a perfect execution from Lance Hohaia gave Dragons right side Winger Jason Nightingale a try in the corner. Rabbitohs superstar hooker Issac Luke missed the kick from out wide and the score remained 12-4.

With five minutes left the Kiwis sent Junior Sau over the line with his incredible strength. Once again Issac Luke missed the conversion and the game seemed like it was over with the score 8 to 12. In the end the Kiwis played a really good game losing by 4 points this was only because of conversions.

Let's hope the Kiwis will take the confidence from that game and crush them in the Four Nations Thanks to http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/image.cfm?1 for the picture. GO THE TIGERS!!!!!!!(Next game against the Rabbitohs!!)