nsw actually played better than they did in the last two games, more ball movement and actually took some chances with the offloads with short balls. but you have to hand it to the qlders, they were imaginably tough. i mean, playing with 14 men for half the game and only gave it in the last 10min is nothing short of legendary.
that aside, very good game from the blues. especially el masri, imagine the pressure on him on his first kick on the sideline. he knows he has a job in the team to kick goals, and the first one wasn't the easiest of kicks. but he managed to nail all 3 of them, all tough kicks. that easy try in the end really rewarded his performance.
greg bird played way better than i thought, he has a sweet pass that kid. that flat ball to king when he scored was almost johns like. kimmorley however, disappointing stuff again, no direction in his play, nsw was more hopeful of scoring when bird had the ball.
all in all, consulation win for the blues, we'll be back again next year.