State of Origin 2015: The Blues are imploding, with players criticising each other after game one

INAUGURAL State of Origin captain Tommy Raudonikis has slammed Robbie Farah as a poor leader who should never captain again.

INAUGURAL State of Origin captain Tommy Raudonikis has slammed Robbie Farah as a poor leader who should never captain again.

Raudonikis, who coached the Blues to a series win in 1997, said Farah’s leadership cost New South Wales.

“We were poorly led and deserved to lose the game,” he told The Courier-Mail. “It was bad captaincy.

“Robbie Farah is not a good a leader.

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“We had a chance to win and blew it badly. I hope Gal comes back. The sets at the end were poor.

“There’s another two games, but it doesn’t look promising.

Tom Raudonikis has labelled Robbie Farah hopeless. Picture Mike Batterham

“We need to make some positional changes. Josh Reynolds would be worth bringing back.

“However, it is hard to even find a halfback at the moment.

“I would drop Fifita, he was hopeless.”

Under siege halfback Trent Hodkinson says he was left stranded by teammates, who twice failed to get him the ball when he was in position to launch a field goal.

Farah, at dummy-half, instead flung the ball to fullback Josh Dugan, who missed with his attempt to tie the game.

Hodkinson said it was frustrating to be ignored when in position.

“Yeah, I was ready to go with Duges on my inside,” Hodkinson said.

“But Faff (Farah), he sort of just flung it out and unfortunately it hit Duges.

“He had a good crack though, almost got it.

“I would’ve loved a shot but ... unfortunately things got a little bit tangled up.”

Injured Blues captain Paul Gallen said he was “shocked” by the lack of game time bench forward Trent Merrin had.

Merrin played just 22 minutes.

“Honestly I was shocked at Merrin’s minutes tonight,” Gallen told Triple M.

“I didn’t speak to Mez (Merrin) about his role but I thought he would have played in the first half for sure. I’m shocked.

“Certainly the inexperience shone through in that last seven minutes.”

Former NSW coach Phil Gould said the Blues “blew it” in a Fairfax media video.

“The biggest part about it is we don’t have a boss on the field. We don’t have a leader demanding the ball and demanding the direction. It seems like it’s all being done from dummy half and that’s not the place to have your direction.

“They have to work out the leadership issue in the team. It’s not who the captain is — it’s about who’s responsible for running the show and he’s got to get the ball when he needs it. The problem is (Hodkinson) probably doesn’t even do it in his club side.”