Source: The Courier Mail

What Origin Means To: Cameron Smith

Tony Webeck, NRL.com

Blues legend Peter Sterling described it in commentary as “a disgraceful decision”.
Referee Steve Clark had asked the video referee to check on a possible knock-on by Blues fullback Brett Hodgson from a Craig Gower bomb that ended with Eric Grothe Jnr crossing for his second try of Game Three of the 2006 Origin Series.
The consensus among the Channel Nine commentary team was that the Blues were to be denied but when the green ‘TRY’ sign illuminated Melbourne’s Telstra Dome, New South Wales were 10 points clear late in the second half and within reach of a fourth straight Series win.
It sent the majority of Maroons players into a rage behind the tryline but despite the precariousness of not only the game and the Series but his position as Queensland captain, one voice remained calm and reassuring.
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