NRLJacob Kiraz will miss his traditional family Origin watch party and says it kills him to miss a game for the Bulldogs – but if it means helping NSW beat Queensland in the decider, he’ll do whatever it takes.
NRLNSW winger Zac Lomax insists he wants to kick goals for NSW if Nathan Cleary can’t, despite claiming a lack of kicking success prompts critics to ‘come for your head’.
MaroonsQueensland enforcer Josh Papalii has been called out of State of Origin retirement to answer an ‘SOS’ from Billy Slater – but the veteran won’t be joining the rest of the Maroons until later in the week.
NRLA little over a year ago, Gehamat Shibasaki was on the verge of hanging up the boots for good. However, a move to Brisbane on a $1000-a-week salary sparked a resurgence from the rugby league scrap heap to the Origin arena.