Originally Posted by
jake86
Hopefully this will be close
The roos have a better backline, but the forwards are fairly even. If our forwards can match theirs, we should win. I like the fact we have Smith, Thurston and Lockyer in the halves. They have played the last 6 origins together, and by now should know each others game's fairly well.
But we havnt started well in previous years. I guess it may be that whoever plays better as a team will win. On paper, we should've won last years series by plenty, but the kiwis smashed us in the final because they wanted it more, and had a team that gelled at the right.
Aussies by 12, 30-18. You heard it here first!