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- NRL 2025
The NRL’s representative eligibility rules are broken. Here’s how to fix them
Samoa-born Stephen Crichton represents NSW. WA-born Kalyn Ponga wears the Maroons jersey. But Sydney-born Addin Fonua-Blake can’t play Origin. Go figure.
- Michael Chammas
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- State of Origin
Until Blues find their own Wayne Bennett they won’t get Origin
Can the NSWRL find someone who can deliver true passion to the Blues’ cause – and stop the rot?
- Neil Breen
- Analysis
- State of Origin
I was there for Daley’s first strategy meeting. Slater was already stalking the Blues
The Queensland coach proved a rugby league revolutionary, making a string of bold selection calls that paid off spectacularly. Laurie Daley stood still … and perished.
- Roy Masters
‘I’ve never felt like this’: Seven moments which sealed Maroons’ triumph
They had been written off and cast aside. That is exactly how the Maroons like it, and these moments proved the decisive ones in their series triumph.
- Nick Wright
- Opinion
- State of Origin
Tommy gun: Queensland’s No.7 cuts down the Blues
Tom Dearden owned the Origin arena in a man of the match performance.
- Peter FitzSimons
Got a question about Origin? We’ll get you an answer from our experts
It’s Origin, it’s NRL, it’s rugba leeg’s biggest night of the year on Wednesday. If you have a question about the Greatest Game of All, send them in.
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- NRL 2025
Why was Walsh not picked? Because ‘The Hammer’ can break the Blues apart
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow has vowed to repay the faith of Maroons coach Billy Slater, despite calls for Reece Walsh to be parachuted into the Origin fold.
- Nick Wright
‘It speaks volumes’: Cameron Smith defends Billy Slater’s Origin reign
The NRL and Melbourne Storm legend has backed his former teammate to coach the Maroons “for many years to come”.
- Brittany Busch
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- NRL 2025
Maroon declares Qld’s second-half fade in Perth ‘all my fault’. This is how they can claim decider
They have just two Origin and 57 NRL games between them, but the Maroons centre pairing can conquer their Blues rivals – if they avenge issues from game two.
- Nick Wright
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- State of Origin
Dreams never end in Origin – and sometimes they do come true
The rookie and the returnee could decide who wins the series on Wednesday.
- Neil Breen
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