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Queensland legend says Maroons can smell blood and should bombard Nicho Hynes next Wednesday night
Queensland legend Cameron Smith believes the Maroons should bombard NSW Blues halfback Nicho Hynes in Game I in Sydney. The Cronulla star comes into the match with a niggling calf injury after leaving the field
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‘I want to be here’: Blues enforcer Payne Haas ready for Game I despite off-field family dramas
NSW Blues powerhouse Payne Haas doesn’t want to be anywhere else in the world but Accor Stadium on Wednesday night when the 24-year-old runs out for his state against Queensland in State of Origin I.
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‘It’s just passion, pride in your state’: Reece Walsh backs old enemy Jarome Luai ahead of Game I
Superstar Queensland Maroons fullback Reece Walsh is set to come face-to-face with his old rival Jarome Luai again next week in Game I of the 2024 series. Last year the fuse was lit in Game
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Legendary Blues coach says NSW and Zac Lomax have a big target on their backs
Legendary former New South Wales Blues coach Phil Gould has picked holes through the selections of the Blues side for Game I. Gould questioned NSW going with four big men on the bench with no
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“Looks like he is gunna be right to play”: Blues teammate back Nicho Hynes to be right for Game I despite missing training
New South Wales Blues halfback Nicho Hynes made an entire state nervous on Wednesday when the Cronulla star didn’t train with the Blues. Due to his troubled calf injury, Hynes was rested and replaced by
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Beetson Raudonikis Medal 2024 – Round 12
Beetson Raudonokis Medal 2024 After Round 12 21 Dylan Edwards14 Daly Cherry-Evans14 Reece Walsh12 Scott Drinkwater11 Zac Lomax11 AJ Brimson11 James Tedesco10 Nicho Hynes10 Matt Burton9 Viliame Kikau9 Tom Trbojevic9 Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow9 Isaiya Katoa8 Ezra
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NRL Indigenous Round: The greatest 100 Indigenous Australian rugby league players of all-time
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis They are some of the most talented rugby league players to ever play our game. An Immortal in Arthur Beetson, the class of Johnathan Thurston, the intimidation of Gorden Tallis, the
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“I don’t like any other team with a passion”: James Fisher-Harris reveals why he’s headed home to New Zealand in 2025
New Zealand Warriors’ star recruit for 2025 James Fisher-Harris has revealed that he would have finished his career at the Penrith Panthers if not given the chance to return home. Arguably the NRL’s best prop-forward,
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“Absolutely, 100 per cent”: Wayne Bennett wants Ben Hornby to stay on at Rabbitohs in 2025
Incoming South Sydney Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett wants current interim boss Ben Hornby at the club in 2025 and beyond. Hornby recently took over from Jason Demetriou who was sacked after a horror start to