Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Passion in Sport is Everything

One of the keys I keep getting reminded of in sport is that passion wins matches.

After watching the NSW Blues lose so comprehensively, there is only one question that needs to be asked. Did they forget to care? Were they too relaxed before kick-off? Did they think they would win without a fight?

With all this talk of NSW being the dominators of Origin, it seems the Media forgot Queensland lost the last game by 1 point. No 1 point victory can ever make the series, no trip into Queensland can go without problems, and no desecration of statues can fail to fire up the Queenslanders.

Lesson: Be Passionate. It is rep football, value the jumper. If nothing else, learn that from the Socceroos.