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.
David Fifita was snubbed by Maroons coach Billy Slater because he failed at his final hurdle. DAVID RICCIO breaks down how and why the damaging forward missed out on selection.
There’s a fear that Queensland’s changes for Origin III have nothing to do with them and everything to do with Michael Maguire and the Blues, DAVID RICCIO writes.
Billy Slater has been accused of a disrespectful act after a clear sign that State of Origin has finally got to the Queensland coach.
Baxter Best takes after his older brother Bradman in lots of ways. But despite the Knights centre finding himself back in the NSW fold, his little brother was wearing Maroon as a star of the Queensland schoolboys system last week.
The running feud between Michael Maguire and Gorden Tallis has reignited with the Maroons great firing shots at the Blues coach.
Zac Lomax has given the strongest indication yet that he’ll be at Parramatta in 2025 after vision emerged of the NSW winger deep in conversation with his future halfback in Blues camp.
Kalyn Ponga’s surge to last year’s Dally M Medal and return to Queensland’s Origin team were almost scuttled after revelations he feared retirement during a concussion-enforced absence.
Billy Slater has has outlined his plan to unleash Reece Walsh and Kalyn Ponga together in attack, while also hitting back at claims NSW are the “people’s team” ahead of the series decider.
Bradman Best is a man of few words but he said enough to instil confidence in his fitness for the deciding Origin game after going for scans on a sore hamstring. LATEST BLUES NEWS
The star centre called in to replace Latrell Mitchell in the NSW side for the State of Origin decider has been sent for scans on his hamstring.
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