Slater rejects DCE scapegoat optics
Queensland coach Billy Slater has explained the reasoning behind the most controversial selection call in 29 years, denying Daly Cherry-Evans was made the scapegoat for the Game I disaster.
Queensland coach Billy Slater has explained the reasoning behind the most controversial selection call in 29 years, denying Daly Cherry-Evans was made the scapegoat for the Game I disaster.
Billy Slater’s decision to include Ezra Mam in his Queensland squad has drawn heavy criticism, but the coach has defended the controversial selection, hitting back at suggestions Mam should be banned from Camp Maroon.
Maroons coach Billy Slater has revealed the phone call that ended the Origin career of his former teammate Daly Cherry-Evans.
Mal Meninga says Daly Cherry-Evans’ State of Origin axing is the biggest call in Queensland in more than 30 years, as biggest names in the game weigh in on where it all went wrong for the Maroons skipper.
One frustrated Queensland fan summed up the mood of an entire state as NSW destroyed the Maroons in game one of the Origin series.
In 160 minutes of Origin football, the Maroons have scored just one try. If they don’t make changes, another series will slip through their fingers. How can coach Billy Slater turn things around?
Maroons coach Billy Slater is under pressure to save the Origin series after a crushing Queensland loss, and some star players could be about to pay the price.
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NSW has drawn first blood in the 2025 State of Origin series, beating Queensland in back-to-back games at Suncorp Stadium for the first time since 1998.
Queensland fans got to vent their anger at Spencer Leniu, but the enforcer responded with a fierce spray in the Blues’ game one win.
From smug sledgers to serial grubs, rule-benders to microphone-hogging commentators, the NSW Blues have produced plenty of villains. Now it’s time to vote for your most hated.
While the Blues are chasing the first Origin whitewash in two decades, Queensland and their coach Tahnee Norris have opted to shut up shop ahead of Game 3 in Newcastle.
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