Whitewash

The latest chapter in the Maroons Origin dynasty has ended in an emphatic whitewash over the Mexicans from the below the border. In case you have been living on another planet, QLD became the first side in 15 years to whitewash a series with 2 wins down south, it was a beautiful sight.

This series for me has been one of my favourites. For the obvious reason, winning 3-0 is just an amazing achievement. It doesn't happen often but when it does, man I love it. The other reason this series was fantastic was because it had three different types of wins. The first was a clean victory over a Blues side that fought fairly admirably. The second was a stomping that we haven't seen in a few years - absolutely untouchable and the Blues were effectively a park football side.

This third win however was fantastic because they were up against it. The Blues failed in the first game, tried some rough house tactics in the second game (i.e. Luke O'Donnell) and it failed spectacularly. The third game showed the true colours of 2 players - Greg Bird and Michael Ennis. We already knew that Bird was the scum of the earth, his charge of glassing his girlfriend was more than enough proof (yes he was proven innocent but the fact he rang his mate to get to take the blame? Come on, really? Some mate you must be). Bird is a dirty player of the worst calibre - his tackles have more elbows than a Muay Thai fight. The Blues use the word enforcer to turn a blind eye to it - I prefer the word grub.

Ennis is a widely recognised niggler in the NRL. For those of you not familiar with the term, it's used to describe someone who gets under the skin of opposition players and they in turn concede penalties. Another one is Justin Hodges to a certain extent. The difference between Ennis and Hodges is the fact Ennis crosses the boundaries several times to do it, often breaching the rules of the game in doing so. NSW on Wednesday night were elbowing more than Manly in tackles all night and when Ennis copped the slightest hint of it against him, he had a brain explosion and unleashed several hits on Nate Myles who was getting to his feet. This is a prime example of the gutless wonder that is Ennis. It takes a big man to punch someone while he's down doesn't it. Thanks Mick, you handed us the win on a silver platter. The penalty that was deservedly given to QLD which led to a try and subsequently the win. Hopefully that's the end of him and Robbie Farah gets the nod next year.

Soak it up Queensland fans, the juggernaut that is QLD just keeps on rolling and it's a beautiful sight. Cop that NSW, cop that. Queenslander.