State of Origin Odds: Blues On The Brink
June 16th, 2014 by TJ DilferThe first game of this year’s State of Origin blew us away. It was tense, exciting, brutal and hard-fought – and it blew away lots of predictions about the series, too. Where NSW came into Game One with some of the worst State of Origin odds in a long while, their Game Two odds are as short as any we can remember.
The preparations for the Blues will be just as good as for Game One – they have, in fact, worked hard to keep them as identical as possible. But it’s going to be the mental preparations that are as difficult for the NSW boys as anything else. Remember that there have been eight years of Maroons dominance in the State of Origin. Remember that NSW have been here before: last year’s opening game was a win for the Blues. But they couldn’t close the series out, and to hear Greg Bird talk in interviews this week, that was the most painful experiences of the careers of more than a few of them. Going into Game Two, Blues fans will like the look of their odds – they’re a $1.65 bet. And they’ll take heart from that. But they’ll look at another factor, too: Game Two is at the ANZ Stadium, and the Blues will feel like they can make that into a fortress. We’ll see on Wednesday night…
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