I have a mate who's heavily involved in the AFL. He doesn't watch the NRL @ all. We were discussing officiating and he reckons in 50 years involved in their game the Umpiring has never been worse. He was surprised when I told him that exact problem is happening in the NRL too.
I'm biased because I'm not a fan of Origin, but it really sucks for some teams who are so affected for 6 weeks of the NRL season. Especially teams from Queensland.
As a neutral I want to tune in and watch Haas, Walsh, Cobbo and Carrigan play. And I want to see Hunt up against his old team. It shits on the season for me.
That was shit by Riki. He was really good last year seems to have dropped off. Mine you the Broncos D just seems really passive. They need more aggression.