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Perhaps this is a good post to flick past, NSW fans.
Under a full moon, there were punch-ups, sin-bins, soaring tempers, towering bombs and in the end, a piece of magic from Ben Hunt as he plucked a Nathan Cleary kick from thin air to race 70m and seal a result that ended what will rightly be remembered as one of the very, very best Origin games that has ever been played.
Dane Gagai and Matt Burton channelled the spirit of Wally Lewis and Mark Geyer, swinging wildly at each other at the start of the second half before being given their marching orders for a 10-minute spell. The old Lang Park was a tinderbox and it was a good thing they don’t sell cans to the locals, who looked like spilling from the bleachers.Rugby league scribe Christian Nicolussi has spotted a few Adelaide Rams fans outside Adelaide Oval this evening.
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