Blues in state of confusion
NSW coach Laurie Daley should be plotting the end of Queensland’s State of Origin seven-year reign.
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Raiders to decide on Fergo’s future
UPDATE: THE Raiders will make a decision on Blake Ferguson’s future within 24 hours after the Origin star was charged with indecent assault.
Blake in party mood before incident
BLAKE Ferguson was happily posing for photos with female patrons earlier on the Sunday night that has put his rugby league future in limbo.
Why I had to leave Gus: Lewis
BULLDOG’S BITE: NSW and Cronulla star Luke Lewis has opened up on why he had to leave Penrith last year and how he beat thyroid cancer.
Blues concerned about bait tactics
NSW are concerned the NRL’s crackdown on fighting will see Queensland push the boundaries with dirty tactics in an attempt to bait them.
Big hit that shattered Big Marn
SOMETIMES a swinging arm is all it takes to place two men on icy terms for life, as Robert Craddock reports.
Treating people without respect
LAURIE Daley had a lot to weigh up when he considered Blake Ferguson. Now the NRL has done the same. When will Ferguson do some introspection of his own?
Blues will retaliate if hit
NSW players have warned they will defend themselves if a Queenslander throws the first punch in State of Origin II.
Hannant strikes form at perfect time
MAROONS selectors had an animated telephone conference late last night to decide whether to call-up Broncos prop Ben Hannant.
New rule a debacle waiting to happen
THE “stiffening of the guidelines” – as NRL referees boss Daniel Anderson has termed the “one punch, you’re off” edict – hasn’t cleared up a thing.
Blues can Origin training
NSW are limping towards next week’s potential series-clinching Origin clash with training cancelled on Monday due to a lack of fit players.
Dugan cleared over late tackle
BLUES fullback Josh Dugan has been cleared by the match review panel over a late tackle on the Cowboys’ Johnathan Thurston.
Blues great slams Origin biff ban
THE player who wore the hit that ignited Origin’s “mate versus mate” concept says zero tolerance to fighting is “political correctness gone wrong”.
Thurston back to ‘100 per cent’
A firing Johnathan Thurston is plotting payback after admitting he was “found out” by the Blues in the most humiliating performance of his Origin career.
From booze to Blues for Doogs
JOSH Dugan has completed a remarkable rise from booze bad boy to the Blues because Laurie Daley says “league is about giving people chances”.
Woods rises from the pack
TIGERS prop Aaron Woods’ partnership with Robbie Farah proved the difference as he beat Aiden Tolman and Tim Grant for a Blues spot.
Harro’s best might not be enough
WITH his once tight grip on selection in the Maroons’ starting side slipping, Ashley Harrison unleashed his best game of the season in Cairns.
Papalii turns up heat on Harrison
MAROONS selector Allan Smith says Josh Papalii is under serious consideration for an Origin debut after a barnstorming display.
Hannant, Glenn fit for Tigers clash
BEN Hannant has a golden opportunity to press his Origin claims, with the prop catapulted into the starting side for tomorrow night’s clash.
Walters a chance to coach Maroons
MAL Meninga has sounded out Kevin Walters on his desire to coach Queensland as the Maroons’ mentor steps up the search for his Origin successor.
Maroons veterans fight for spots
DAVID Shillington and Ashley Harrison are fighting to save their Origin careers as Queensland prepare for their toughest selection meeting.
NRL bans the biff after Origin row
THE NRL has announced a strict zero tolerance policy to punching in the toughest crackdown on foul play in rugby league history.
Six, sore and sorry Blues
LAURIE Daley’s hopes of winning the Origin series in Brisbane have been dealt a severe blow with six leading contenders battling injuries.
Ruthlessness the key for Blues
ONE thing that has always stayed true in our game is that when you get to the point where you have to hope, you’re gone.
Sutton’s Origin Op shop
ENGLISHMAN Sam Burgess will today receive his first NSW State of Origin tracksuit.
Hayne considering blood injections
JARRYD Hayne is considering revolutionary treatment on his injured hamstring in a bid to be fit for Origin II.
Gallen’s actions nothing to applaud
PAUL Gallen’s excuses for punching Nate Myles in the head last Wednesday night in Sydney were many.
Dugan goes from booze to Blues
Last night Josh Dugan staked an undeniable claim for a return to the NSW State of Origin team as a replacement for Jarryd Hayne.
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.
New-dad Thurston is 50-50 at best
QUEENSLAND Origin star Johnathan Thurston and his fiancee Samantha have celebrated the birth of their first child.
Scans bad news for Hayne, Blues
UPDATE: SCANS this morning have revealed Parramatta’s Jarryd Hayne has suffered a grade one tear to his hamstring.
No Blues after great win
LAURIE DALEY: I never get tired of the feeling that goes with a winning dressing room.
Gallen punches fuel Maroon redemption
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.
Replay: Roosters beat Eels 38-24
THE Roosters have run out 38-24 winners over the Eels at Parramatta Stadium. Scores, stats and SuperCoach at our match centre.
Father Time knocking for Maroons
WHERE does loyalty stop and cold, clinical reality step in? It’s time for Queensland selectors to wrestle with retention versus revitalisation.
Axe says Myles is just old school
ONE of the greatest hitmen in rugby league has jumped to the defence of Nate Myles and his controversial tackling technique.
Origins of animosity are green and gold
THERE’S some serious animosity between the NSW and Queensland teams, and it doesn’t start and end with the prodigious forehead of Nate Myles.
Kiwis, Poms provide Origin value
TODD Greenberg says the toll of State of Origin footy is making marquee signings from New Zealand and Great Britain far more valuable.
Picture proof of dirty Toad tactics
THESE are the 10 incidents that graphically prove Paul Gallen’s claim that the Maroons used unsporting and unscrupulous tactics.
We have licence to brawl: Maroons
PAUL Gallen’s light punishment for his impersonation of a boxer has handed the Maroons a licence to fight in Origin II.
It felt like my face would explode
EXCLUSIVE COLUMN: I’VE lost count of the times I’ve broken my nose – I think three this year and five last year.
VIDEO: Myles’ Origin rap sheet
IN the aftermath of one of Origin’s greatest stinks, Paul Gallen has been painted as the nasty villain and Nate Myles the innocent victim.
Hannant set for recall, DCE a chance
PROP Ben Hannant is set to bolster the Queensland pack for Origin II, while Daly Cherry-Evans could come in for Johnathan Thurston.
Wally: Gallen’s nose is growing
MAROONS legend Wally Lewis says Paul Gallen is Origin’s version of Pinocchio after the Blues skipper was accused of conning match officials.
We must make every moment matter
STERLO: TONIGHT, there will be one or two glaring moments that will determine the match. The Blues must own those moments if we’re to win.
Secret behind Cattledog 2.0
EXCLUSIVE: THE man who invented Origin’s famous “Cattledog” war cry was behind Paul Gallen’s left-right combination to the head of Nate Myles.
Gallen’s history of shame
FOR whatever indiscretion Paul Gallen claims to have been committed by Nate Myles, the Blues skipper has done worse.
Operation Roosters back-up
GETTING three Roosters stars fit and ready to play 48 hours after being battered and bruised in Origin I is no easy feat:
Laurie killing Maroons with kindness
THE battle won and the hands all shaken, Laurie Daley headed to the press conference and set about lulling Queensland slowly back to sleep.
Raudonikis backs Myles’ style
HE bleeds blue and is the godfather of the all-in brawl but NSW legend Tommy Raudonikis has backed the way Nate Myles plays.
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