After a hoodoo-breaking NSW Blues series win at Suncorp Stadium and a record-breaking Women’s Origin series for the Sky Blues, we’ve picked our nominations for the player of the series. CAST YOUR VOTE.
The rugby league world could forgive Reece Walsh for holding a grudge against the rugby-bound Joseph Sua’ali’i after his Origin 1 KO.
Despite calls by club officials for change after Cameron Murray and Haumole Olakau’atu copped bans over the Origin III brawl, NRL boss Andrew Abdo has hit back at critics.
The Cowboys have received a massive boost for their clash against Canterbury, with their entire Origin contingent cleared to return. See all the Round 20 predicted team changes.
Reece Walsh was left battered and bruised after a brutal Origin decider but Broncos coach Kevin Walters has some bad news for his charge.
Jarome Luai has stood up for both club and state over the past few months in the absence of Nathan Cleary, proving he’s more than just a sidekick and giving the long-suffering Wests Tigers fans a reason to believe, writes BRENT READ.
Billy Slater was eyeing a hat-trick of State of Origin series wins with Queensland, but this decision by the Maroons coach proved costly in the end. Watch it unfold.
Reece Walsh. Kalyn Ponga. It’s the one-two magic act that could help the mighty Maroons conjure up another famous Queensland triumph in a Suncorp decider. Here’s how it’ll work.
NSW’s incredible win in the 2024 State of Origin series has finally shut the door on one of the great fallacies of the interstate series.
Who says NSW doesn’t get Origin? The Blues celebrated a famous victory against Queensland by unveiling a new trophy immortalising the great Steve Mortimer, writes DEAN RITCHIE.
Gorden Tallis and Michael Maguire have had one final duel for the State of Origin series after the Qld legend erupted.
Two NRL clubs have joined forces in calling for an overhaul in rules around representative bans in the wake of the State of Origin melee which saw nine players charged and two suspended.
The Maroons had a great opportunity to register a three-peat of State of Origin series victories under Billy Slater after winning Game 1, but blew it with a historic decider loss on home soil. This is where it went wrong for Queensland.
Queensland and Broncos fullback Reece Walsh was undoubtedly targeted in the Origin decider – and Maroons legends have urged the NRL to protect him from being bashed out of the game.
NSW’s victory at the cauldron has saved Jake Trbojevic’s Origin career, while a timid performance from Qld fullback Reece Walsh spells more bad news for the Broncos. Here are the winners and losers from the Origin decider.
Courageous Queensland have been denied a hat-trick of titles as the NSW Blues snapped a 19-year Suncorp Stadium to become State of Origin champions.
Footy fans were left fuming on Wednesday night after the State of Origin decider was repeatedly interrupted by an “unacceptable” sight.
Interest of State of Origin has exploded again, returning to the record figures NSW and Queensland matches generated a decade ago.
Take a bow NSW. With 52,000 Maroons fans and a loathsome Suncorp Stadium record against them, the Blues emerged victorious to claim the Origin shield in an instant classic.
A damning truth about the prickliest player in the NRL has emerged after the wild scenes during the State of Origin decider.
The NRL has handed down searing bans for NSW stars after the State of Origin melee — and an image shows the league’s gone too far.
The NSW Blues did the unthinkable on Wednesday night and Latrell Mitchell had a strong message to those who doubted them.
In a massive call that has become a chapter in one of the most intense Origin matches of all-time, the NRL has revealed why referee Ashley Klein resisted sending off Blues bench player Cam Murray.
NSW coach Michael Maguire has revealed he was completely clueless about a major Origin drama until one of his star players confessed.
NSW coach Michael Maguire was told the one thing he couldn’t do was lose the opening game, but there was a key reason that didn’t matter.
A NSW Blues star was banished to the dressing room and banned from the shield presentation after he was involved in a bitter sideline scuffle. See the full ORIGIN CONFIDENTIAL.
If we needed any more proof that Andrew Johns is a rugby league Nostradamus, he’s done it again with an extraordinary Origin moment.
After the coaches took the spotlight for the build-up to the Origin decider, PAMELA WHALEY analyses where Billy Slater and Michael Maguire’s got it right, and wrong. RATE THEM HERE
NSW’s series win left Queensland facing the reality that this Maroons team will never play together again and will have significant surgery before next year’s series. Here’s how the script was flipped on Queensland, writes Robert Craddock.
There were cheers, tears, biffs and the usual claims of bias. The Origin decider had it all. HAVE YOUR SAY
One of the most brutal State of Origin matches of all time ended with New South Wales claiming an astonishing, historic victory in Queensland.
Jarome Luai broke the State of Origin decider open with a piece of brilliance, and he got the last laugh with a very cheeky on-field act.
Queensland skipper Daly Cherry-Evans was on uncomfortable ground when boos rained down from the Maroons Suncorp Stadium fortress.
NSW has achieved the near impossible in a brutal State of Origin decider that even had an AFL legend losing his mind over the clash.
Queensland’s six-game winning run in Suncorp Stadium deciders is over but this was far from a State of Origin embarrassment for the Maroons, writes TRAVIS MEYN.
Queensland’s State of Origin streak is over after a heartbreaking defeat in the Suncorp Stadium decider. Who stood up and who faltered for Billy Slater’s side? Check out our player ratings and vote!
A brutal State of Origin decider got even more bad tempered, with multiple players sent from the field after an all-in brawl erupted.
The Blues have broken their Suncorp Stadium hoodoo to reclaim the State of Origin shield in one of the greatest deciders in history. EVERY BLUES PLAYER RATED.
An “idiot” fan has been called out after ruining a minute of silence for ahead of the State of Origin decider in Brisbane.
Michael Maguire is on the verge of coaching NSW to an unthinkable series victory, and it might open doors that were previously closed.
The 2024 State of Origin series will be decided tonight at Suncorp Stadium; our experts tip the winner, man of the match and give their bold prediction.
If the Blues win tonight then NSW captain Jake Trbojevic will be granted the rarest of Origin honours – but for that to happen he needs his team to tune out the pundits.
The Origin decider promises to be a blockbuster and one Maroons great is urging his state to not hold back from going the biff.
Queensland has hit back at claims surrounding “rattled” Billy Slater ahead of the State of Origin series decider.
We reveal the real reason NSW have always found it hard to win an Origin game at Suncorp Stadium – it has little to do with the crowd and everything to do with the man in the middle.
A Maroons legend has urged Pat Carrigan to “whack” rival NSW enforcer Payne Haas into submission as he backed the Maroons lock to be Queensland’s hitman in the decider.
Queensland captain Daly Cherry-Evans writes about what Origin means to him and his teammates ahead of the 2024 decider.
Ben Hunt once hacked off an arm cast so he could play in a grand final. It’s that same dogged determination that has lead him to one of Queensland rugby league’s highest honours.
The Blues head to Queensland for the decider after losing a shocker in Game 1 and dominating Game 2. If this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s exactly what happened last year – and Kalyn Ponga and the Maroons had all the answers. Relive Suncorp’s past six deciders.
Immortal Andrew Johns and the great Ricky Stuart are the only NSW halfbacks to win a decider at the cauldron. Now, Mitchell Moses is 80 minutes away from joining that exclusive list.
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