How Origin Titans can inspire slumping NRL side revival
A Gold Coast NRL great has weighed-in on the Titans trio stepping out for State of Origin game one as the club faces a trainwreck season. Read what he said.
A Gold Coast NRL great has weighed-in on the Titans trio stepping out for State of Origin game one as the club faces a trainwreck season. Read what he said.
Daly Cherry-Evans may have played his final State of Origin game, but a NSW great has spotted a much bigger problem for Queensland.
Daly Cherry-Evans is a man under pressure in the wake of the Maroons’ dismal Game I loss. However, the defiant skipper has hit back at claims he’s a spent force and is determined to retain his No.7 jumper. HAVE YOUR SAY
The NSW Blues were dominant in Game 1, hiding the fact that the code’s biggest star continues to struggle on the biggest stage.
Twenty-five years after NSW’s hand-grenade celebration, the key players from NSW and Queensland reveal how it changed the course of State of Origin history and the wild genesis of one of rugby league’s most infamous on-field incidents.
They may have being stoic during the Origin build-up, but Blues Spencer Leniu and Latrell Mitchell are ready to unleash in front of rabid Queensland crowd. And DEAN RITCHIE demands on behalf of NSW that they play with the intent to hurt.
Queensland aren’t strangers to outsider status – nor is their captain Daly Cherry-Evans. Now, facing a fresh wave of doubters, DCE has the chance to put one last cherry on top for the Maroons and inspire an underdog series win.
Canberra’s Hudson Young has brushed aside many setbacks in the past 12 months, including become a Blues outcast and his infamous Las Vegas hotel eviction. FATIMA KDOUH talks to the enforcer about turning it all around.
Spencer Leniu’s showdown with Queensland has taken an explosive turn, with the NSW camp reportedly fuming over a commentary around the Blues firebrand.
Some can’t go without mum’s spaghetti bolognese, one has to listen to the same pump-up tune and another leans on the advice of a UFC great. See the pre-game rituals and superstitions of every NSW Origin star.
The son and niece of one of Queensland’s greatest rugby league players Arthur Beetson have been invited into Maroons camp, giving the players an emotional address on how to win with their backs against the wall.
The Blues are using drone footage to try and identify who filmed their private training session in Brisbane as accusations of espionage mar the build-up to the State of Origin series.
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