Fans State of Origin Game 3 Excuses Ready to Go

Fans State of Origin Game 3 Excuses Ready to Go

James Caughlin

It’s a tradition as old as Origin itself, the defeated state making excuses for their series loss and usually resembling a pretzel with some of the twisted logic deployed as well.

There’s the standard “refs were biased” or “we would have won if 3498 things went differently” lines that seem to come out every year but there’s also some oddly specific theories fans will say to make themselves feel better.

Here at Neds we are going to try and make your lives a little bit easier.

After consulting with several people whose allegiances lie on different sides of the Tweed, we’ve come up with some excuses for both sets of fans to have on hand, just in case.

QUEENSLAND

We missed Cam Munster

You know if the Blues win Game 3 this line will be trotted out over every social media platform from fans and “experts” alike.

Although to be fair, he was instrumental in Game 1 and will definitely be missed in the decider.

Traffic

You try and get to Suncorp Stadium by car on gameday!

Especially in one of those busses that sometimes have a hard time navigating the streets of Milton.

Jet lag from the Perth game

It’s a long way to fly back from the West Coast and the players bodies are still recovering from that trip to Optus Stadium.

Replaying Game 2 over and over on the flight back wouldn’t have helped either.

Shouldn’t have started with 12 men

Game 2 in Perth was turned on a crucial sin bin for Maroons enforcer Felise Kafusi and the most recent weekend of NRL action was headlined by a number of dismissals.

Admittedly we wouldn’t recommend either coach getting proactive and just starting a player in the sin bin “just to be on the safe side” but you have to try some different stuff in a decider.

You can’t hit them like in the good old days

Just ask any rugby league fan about how the game has “gone soft” and players are now getting penalised for breathing on an opponent.

State of Origin remains the most physical version of the sport however just about any observer will admit that the violence that appealed to a certain part of the crowd has been legislated out of the game.

We probably won’t see any all in brawls and any contact with the head is going to result in the referee intervening.

Actually this one can be used by either side.

NEW SOUTH WALES

The lack of daylight savings threw us off

New South Welshmen always love to say that Queensland is behind their home state in just about every imaginable way, especially when it comes to shifting the clocks twice a year.

However what they failed to realise is that through the winter months, no adjustment is needed and the kickoff was an hour earlier than expected.

We couldn’t cope with the balmy double digit temperatures

While the Sunshine State shivers through a what is considered a cold snap by their standards, the forecast kickoff temperature of 11 degrees could be considered warm by Sydney standards.

Unless the Blues stock up on the electrolytes and pickle juice, they may try and blame the conditions.

The fans on Caxton Street were “a bit much” to deal with

Who would have thought taking the team bus down a street full of pubs packed to the rafters with rowdy Maroons fans might backfire on the Blues?

It’s not fair that the Maroons side had 34 heads on their 17 bodies

Win or lose, the old “Two-headed Queenslanders” line is coming out.

The Panthers boys were too busy talking about back to back premierships

Back to back Origins or back to back Premierships for Cleary and co?

It’s a lot to think about.

Billy Moore’s return threw us

“We thought he wasn’t saying the Queenslander line anymore?”

“Look at how fired up the Maroons crowd was, it was unfair!”

The icon returns!