‘Gone, rubbed out’: Blues urged to drop duo
There are calls for NSW to make multiple changes to their team for the Origin decider after several players were outclassed in Game 2.
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‘Privately seething’: Cleary storm erupts
Nathan Cleary’s own club was reportedly cut out of the loop as the star playmaker’s secret was finally confirmed by cameras.
Rookie’s 77th minute adjustment which saved Maroons’ series
Blues star Brian To’o was just one Queensland rookie away from sealing back-to-back Origin series for NSW. Maroons rookie Robert Toia and his right edge partners had other ideas. WATCH THE ANALYSIS
Telling detail in Slater’s changeroom embrace
All eyes were on Queensland coach Billy Slater after a fiery build-up to Origin Game 2, and a touching moment in the sheds said it all.
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Gould lobs ‘mind games’ grenade into Maroons camp
NSW’s greatest coach Phil Gould has lobbed a grenade at Queensland’s besieged forward pack, predicting an under pressure Billy Slater will pull an 11th-hour selection switch.
Hammer ‘sacrifice’ raises coach’s eyebrows
A club coach has questioned a move from Billy Slater that leaves one of his major Queensland strike weapons in an unfamiliar position.
‘I needed help’: Cameron Munster’s tell-all interview
New Maroons skipper Cameron Munster opens up about his reformation from wild-child larrikin to Queensland leader – and the stint in a Brisbane rehab clinic that saved his life.
Latrell Mitchell at centre of $30k NRL farce
There are growing concerns that State of Origin Game 2 could completely tank, and Latrell Mitchell has been singled out as a reason why.
How journalist helped Origin star say goodbye to dying mother
News Corp writer Peter Badel was taken aback when Kurt Mann approached him for a heartfelt hug and sincere thank you. It was a moment five years in the making, as without Badel, Mann wouldn’t have been with his mother for her final days.
‘I’ve got the dog in me, brah’: Humble Luai ready for Origin shot
Jarome Luai completed his first training session for NSW ahead of game two – and you would never have known the Tigers co-captain had ever been missing, writes Michael Carayannis.
‘Not sure what the idea is’: Rival hammers Slater’s Origin selections
Queensland coach Billy Slater has been called out by a club rival following one contentious change to the Maroons backline for Origin II.
The one NSW player you don’t want to have a blue with
There are two things which can get the NRL’s quiet guy Dylan Edwards yapping – beers and missed tackles. Fatima Kdouh lifts the lid on what makes the NSW star tick – and why you don’t want to tick him off.
Tragedy to triumph: The family pain that forged Kalyn Ponga
Ahead of a return ‘home’ for State of Origin II, Kalyn Ponga’s father Andre reveals the family tragedy that that became a seminal moment in the Maroons fullback’s developmental years.
‘Tough’: Cherry-Evans breaks silence on axing, Roosters rumours
Daly Cherry-Evans admits being axed from the Queensland Origin team was ‘tough’, amid speculation his mooted move to the Roosters could collapse.
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