Never in his first grade career and in addition to 22 reserve grade games, dating back to 2015, had Cook played one minute of centre. Yet few Blues fans could blame the 2018 Dally M hooker of the year. In one of the most extraordinary decisions ever made by a NSW coach, Fittler’s gamble backfired horribly as Cook became a lamb to the slaughter of the triumphant Maroons.įour of Queensland’s six tries were scored down Cook’s left side. NSW greatest-ever coach Phil Gould has led a chorus of Blues supporter backlash over Brad Fittler’s staggering call to play Damien Cook at centre last night – a position he’s never played in a career spanning 186 NRL games. While fellow debutant Stefano Utoikamanu played just 14 minutes he too should keep his spot for Origin III.ĬOOK DIDN’T SERVE UP THIS ORIGIN DISASTER It’s what makes it the type of games they are. You have to embrace that feeling because you only get it in games like this.
“About the 10 minute mark the lungs were burning. I had the boys working around me so hard and talking to me which helped so much. You look up at the clock and you’re just 10 minutes in and you’re out of breath already and you think ‘I’ve got to go another 70 here’. You prepare yourself for a fast game and then you don’t realise until you get out there. I knocked out 40 and knew I was going to go again. Eventually the message at halftime was that I’d have to go the whole way but I was prepared for that to happen. I thought I might have to go the full length. “The message didn’t come out but I had a fair idea that we were going to be down on troops with Tommy out,” Robson said. Robson was forced to play the full 80-minutes in his Origin debut, after the early injury to Tom Trbojevic sparked a re-shuffle.
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