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Plans to double the minimum wage will make it tough for Penrith to retain Stephen Crichton.

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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Wayne Bennett and Allan Langer after a 2001 State of Origin victory.

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
Billy Slater

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
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 09: Tom Dearden of the Maroons scores a try during game three of the Men’s State Of Origin series between New South Wales Blues and Queensland Maroons at Accor Stadium on July 09, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

‘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
Tommy Dearden

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
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 18: Nathan Cleary of the Blues is tackled during game two of the Men’s State of Origin series between Queensland Maroons and New South Wales Blues at Optus Stadium on June 18, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

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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Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow will start at fullback in State of Origin for the first time.

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
Cameron Smith turned the MCG maroon ahead of the Origin decider.

‘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
Robert Toia is the least experienced NRL player in this year’s State of Origin series.

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
This has been a brutal Origin clash in Brisbane.

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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