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Wednesday, Aug 15, 2018
Angry rugby league fans in Victoria have blasted Channel Nine after last night’s third and final State of Origin for not showing the post-match presentation. Many took to Twitter to vent when Nine Melbourne went straight to the AFL Footy Show at full-time instead of showing New South Wales hold up the shield and Melbourne […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is the year 2000 and Queensland captain Gorden Tallis doesn’t want to play Game III. The Maroons are already down 2-0 and facing an embarrassing whitewash and the broken raging bull has seen enough. Tallis even told the media they shouldn’t play the third match such was the lack of […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Think of all the players that have ever had the chance to stand in the bright lights of State of Origin. All the legends, the moments and the blood that stains the hallowed grass beneath them. Now try picking the greatest 100. Consider the great players that didnt make the list: […]
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BY STAFF WRITERS Outgoing Queensland legend Billy Slater says New South Wales have beaten the Maroons at their own game in the 2018 series as the legendary fullback prepares for his final ever State of Origin appearance. Slater will also captain QLD for the first and last time. “A lot of these guys (Maroons), it […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Matt Prior has probably played his first and last State of Origin game for New South Wales after being overlooked by Blues coach Brad Fittler ahead of Game III at Suncorp Stadium. Fittler has instead opted to move Paul Vaughan into the starting front row alongside David Klemmer allowing Tariq Sims […]
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New South Wales coach Brad Fittler has sensationally dropped prop Matt Prior for Game III of the series allowing Tariq Sims to make his State of Origin debut in Brisbane. Prior was one of NSW’s best in Game II on debut and was strong from the outset. Fittler however has gone another way pushing Paul […]
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This proves just how massive State of Origin is. According to Nielsen’s social media ratings, Origin Game II social interactions hammered Australia versus Denmark in the FIFA World Cup. Nielsen reports over 310,000 people around the country posted about the Origin clash at ANZ Stadium which saw New South Wales take an unassailable 2-0 lead […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee stood in front of a crowd of reporters after the very first World Series Cricket match back in 1978. The iconic Lillee, famous moustache hanging over his top lip was asked about the 45,000 fans that had jammed into the Sydney Cricket Ground to see […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis There was a thought at one point that Laurie Daley was only coaching the New South Wales Blues while he waited for the right NRL job to open up. And there was another thought that Brad Fittler wasn’t cut out to be a first grade coach – that perhaps he was […]
Read More The @NSWRL win 2018 #Origin! #NRL pic.twitter.com/55bn5tUqSE— NRL (@NRL) June 24, 2018 Father and son. #Origin pic.twitter.com/zxLfoep8HX— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) June 24, 2018 The passion and love in the Blues. 💙 #Origin pic.twitter.com/aNvNp8zkaY— The NRL Footy Show (@NRLFootyShow) June 24, 2018 Jimmy the Jet and the Foxx share a moment after the siren […]
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