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NRL CEO Todd Greenberg speaks to the media after week 1 of NRL finals at Rugby League Central, Sydney. Picture: Brett Costello

Monday Buzz: Dear Todd, don’t blow Origin I

THIS is an appeal to let the game flow. To instruct the State of Origin I referees to drop the nitpicking that has turned rugby league into a sometimes boring and stop-start snooze fest, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD.

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Coach Kevin Walters (left) speaks with Cameron Munster during the Queensland State of Origin team training session at Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast, Friday, June 1, 2018. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

Can Maroons answer the questions that matter?

MANY questions will be asked of both teams in Wednesday’s State of Origin opener. Robert “Crash” Craddock breaks down the five key issues that could decide the result of one of the most fascinating match-ups of recent times.

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NRL CEO Todd Greenberg speaks to the media after week 1 of NRL finals at Rugby League Central, Sydney. Picture: Brett Costello

Monday Buzz: Dear Todd, don’t blow Origin opener

THIS is an appeal to let the game flow. To instruct the State of Origin I referees to drop the nitpicking that has turned rugby league into a sometimes boring and stop-start snooze fest, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD in an open letter to TODD GREENBERG.

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Billy Slater is seen at a media conference to announce his retirement from representative football at the end of the Origin series during a Queensland State of Origin team media call at Rydges South Bank in Brisbane, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Queensland are in camp to prepare for game one of the 2018 State of Origin series against New South Wales. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

How Billy the Kid became The Man

SO long then, to another legend. Perhaps Billy Slater’s greatest legacy is not his catalogue of brilliance on the field but what he represents off it, writes PETER BADEL.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 25:  Daly Cherry-Evans of the Eagles loses the ball in a tackle during the round 12 NRL match between the Canberra Raiders and the Manly Sea Eagles at GIO Stadium on May 25, 2018 in Canberra, Australia.  (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images)

DCE can’t get no satisfaction

NO Origin team is going to please everyone, ask Darius Boyd and Matt Scott — not to mention Daly Cherry-Evans, writes Mike Colman in a State of Origin edition of Colman’s Call.

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