Queenslanders hit back at Paul Gallen’s ‘two-heads’ gibe as Origin tempers rise

NINE years after their last State of Origin series win, and NSW still have not mastered the art of showing Queensland respect.

NINE years after their last State of Origin series win, and NSW still have not mastered the art of showing Queensland respect.

Within minutes of going into camp with the Blues, NSW captain Paul Gallen went straight to the bottom of the barrel again, labelling Queenslanders “two-heads”.

Presumably, that is one for punching and the other to rake out our stitches.

News_Image_File: Paul Gallen has reaffirmed his status as Queensland’s public enemy No.1.

We wait anxiously for the follow-up jokes about banjoes and red necks in the following days as the Blues captain adds the role of joker to his previous starring parts as a thug, grub and sore loser.

Gallen has played almost every role in the pantomime of rugby league except that he covets most — champion.

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Gallen has never won an Origin series.

In fact, you can count Gallen’s total wins in the Origin arena on one hand — which should at least make that arithmetic easy for him.

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Is it any coincidence that the exact moment Queensland turned the Origin tide, when they won the very first series of this stunning eight-year streak in 2006, was the night Paul Gallen made his debut.

In his 16 Origin game career, the Blues have won just five games. Only four were live matches.

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Since becoming captain in 2011, Gallen has led his team to just three wins in eight games.

You would think that after getting his pants pulled down 11 times in Origin Gallen would learn a little bit about respect.

News_Image_File: Paul Gallen is witness to yet another Maroons victory.

Gallen’s “two-heads” reference may have been a jovial quip at a corporate event, but Mal Meninga and Cameron Smith never deliver derogatory one-liners about Blues fans.

The Maroons possess too much class and intelligence to stoop to the level where the likes of Gallen, or the previous human headline before him Willie Mason, like to drag the game for a cheap laugh.

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The problem with trying to wage mental battles is that you need some ammunition.

Gallen is obviously a man with a short fuse and even shorter memory.

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Like last year when he launched an unprovoked attack on Nate Myles and then whinged about being punished for punching.

Or how he went to a sportsman’s luncheon last year and, according to our southern spies, raved about the fact he grew up idolising Gorden Tallis but then called him an expletive to the audience because the Raging Bull dared to criticise him.

Gallen is desperately trying to play the role of the villain, to develop a personality beyond a football field so he can join the media gravy train he is clearly angling his career towards in case his football days reach a very abrupt conclusion.

Maybe he simply wants to feed the Maroon frenzy that is waiting for him when he crosses the border, because it’s a strategy that has worked so well for him in the past.

News_Image_File: Gallen takes a pot-shot at Nate Myles during game one last year.

Unless I’m confusing Gallen for someone else — my other head sometimes does get confused — he’s never actually won a live Origin game at Suncorp Stadium.

That’s six straight defeats Gallen has experienced at The Cauldron wearing the Blues jersey.

This mathematics involves large numbers, so we’ll do the honours for him: Gallen’s overall scoreboard in live Origin matches at the Cauldron reads Queensland 161, NSW 68.

Gallen might think Queenslanders have two heads, but he may just be seeing double because of the tears in his eyes.

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