Klein caught unaware in Origin blue
MUCH has been said and written about Paul Gallen using Nate Myles’s head as a punching bag on Wednesday night.
MUCH has been said and written about Paul Gallen using Nate Myles’s head as a punching bag on Wednesday night.
YOU may think of him as Queensland’s public enemy No.1. I think Paul Gallen’s downfall has been his short fuse on the field.
WHERE does loyalty stop and cold, clinical reality step in? It’s time for Queensland selectors to wrestle with retention versus revitalisation.
ONE of the greatest hitmen in rugby league has jumped to the defence of Nate Myles and his controversial tackling technique.
PAUL Gallen’s light punishment for his impersonation of a boxer has handed the Maroons a licence to fight in Origin II.
FOR whatever indiscretion Paul Gallen claims to have been committed by Nate Myles, the Blues skipper has done worse.
HE bleeds blue and is the godfather of the all-in brawl but NSW legend Tommy Raudonikis has backed the way Nate Myles plays.
UPDATE: LAURIE Daley is fuming at Paul Gallen’s one game ban for striking Nate Myles, as the Maroons plot a “square up” in Origin II.
IRATE Maroons today vowed revenge on Paul Gallen for his disgraceful king hits on Nate Myles in Origin I.
QUEENSLAND great Wally Lewis says referee Ashley Klein is not up to Origin standard as the fallout from the Paul Gallen fight saga continued today.
RE-LIVE the big moments from NSW’s Origin win over Queensland, see the key details and stats, plus check out the live blog debate.
WHO starred and who stank from game one of the 2013 State of Origin series.
SPEED and tempo. There is no way to compete in the Origin arena without the capacity to execute precisely and quickly.
AFTER you’ve been eating at the king’s table for seven years it’s no easy job to repel a pack of wolves on starvation rations for the same period
MAL Meninga is under pressure to wield the axe after NSW’s forwards won a battle of wills to leave Queensland’s Origin dynasty hanging by a thread.
BLUES coach Laurie Daley says he will be disappointed if Paul Gallen is suspended because he maintains Origin is a “different game”.
PLAYING Origin I exactly two weeks after assault claims were made against him, Ben Te’o was solid but his teammates were clearly unfocused.
THE first time Queensland won Origin was unforgettable. Enjoy this gripping Courier-Mail report of our 1980 victory.
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QUEENSLAND coach Mal Meninga confirms star five-eighth Johnathan Thurston will be a definite starter in tonight’s State of Origin series opener.
IT has become as much a part of Origin tradition as the softening up period, the war of words and the abuse thrown at the NSW halfback.
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