On today's episode of In League with the NRL:

We take a glance at the selections of both teams for the first match in this year's State of Origin series, and ponder over whether New South Wales has once again given Queensland a free kick with the team they have selected. Is form now not a pre-requisite for being picked, but merely a happy coincidence if the players chosen are also the best in their position?

Then we cast our eye over several of the decisions made on the field over the past weekend in the NRL, and talk about the influence the bunker now has on the game, and the indiscretion that is shown in not only deciding what incidents have precedence in regards to either being a reportable and sin-binning offence and those that get a free pass and are not acted on until after the match has been concluded. And, what influence this is having on the eventual results of the match.

That's the program for today on the least informed rugby league podcast episodes on the intraweb, In League with the NRL, on Thoughts from the Metal Cavern.