Billy Slater lavished reward on man-of-the-match Lindsay Collins after Origin II and his admiration for the shock Maroons hero of this sequence was captured in an excellent second throughout Wednesday evening’s win.
Collins produced an unbelievable stint off the bench in Queensland’s 32-6 win at Suncorp Stadium, highlighted by some big performs. The Sydney Roosters hardman monstered Jarome Luai to power an error at a vital second within the first half, and produced a grasp play within the second half when he used his foot to dam a Mitchell Moses kick and run up area.
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It adopted Collins’ miracle effort in Game 1 to leap over James Tedesco to gather a bomb and arrange Cameron Munster for the match-sealing attempt.
Vision confirmed Queensland coach Slater banging on the glass and mouthing “that’s a f***ing Queensland play” after the hit on Luai, that got here after the NSW playmaker had obtained away from Valentine Homes and was threatening to attain.
“What we see Lindsay Collins doing there, it’s just trusting your mate, turning up for your mate,” Corey Parker stated on Fox League’s Origin post-game present.
Cooper Cronk added: “That is an Origin play from Lindsay Collins/
“Anyone who saw Billy play, he was one of the best in terms of flamboyance, skill, speed, but that play just summed up his coaching style.
“He loves the fact that Lindsay Collins does this on Luai, forces an error and then have a look at the Maroons jerseys they all get around him, that’s what Billy’s banging on the glass about.”
Collins ran for 136m off the bench however Slater stated the prop’s present of ability huge moments had been a product of his consistency and angle.
“I’ve been getting reminded how many middle forwards are getting man of the match awards and Wally Lewis awards from Cameron Smith and Nate Myles. They’re reminding me every five minutes,” Slater stated.
“But I watch our players, the Queensland players as much as I can in those first twelve weeks of the year and if you just purely watch Lindsay Collins play, he’s got great habits in his game and he puts himself in a position to make a lot of plays. He thoroughly deserves that medal around his neck.”
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Queensland’s center forwards have been good up to now within the sequence, with Reuben Cotter taking man-of-the-match honours in sport one.
“We’ve got a middle unit that I’m blown away how hard they work and their movements,” Slater stated.
“We watch their training and we look at it sometimes as a coaching staff and we think ‘this is too good to be true, this is happening too well’
“That’s the engine room for the resilience on your tryline and continually turning up. It takes more than athleticism , more than talent.
“It takes ticker it takes concentration and those players, Lindsay Collins leading the way, they’re the heart and soul of the team.”
Source: www.foxsports.com.au