QLD Maroons – Page 8

Remember Tony Melrose, Rex Wright or Grant Rix? The other State of Origin one-game wonders

4 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY STAFF WRITERS We have all heard the stories of Arthur Beetson, David Peachey, Hazem El Masri and others. For very different reasons each, these and many more only ever donned the Queensland or New

‘They lost a superstar’: Queensland finally reveal how they got New South Wales boy Greg Inglis into a Maroons jersey

4 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY SCOTT DILLON The Queenslanders have finally revealed how they snuck New South Welshman Greg Inglis across the border and into a Maroon jersey where the Macksville-native would become of one of the all-time great

A tiny minority of rugby league fans don’t like State of Origin? Well blue-hoo to you!

4 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is a leviathan of Australian sport. An annual clash between New South Wales and bitter foes Queensland. They tell stories as old as man. Good versus evil, revenge, hate. It

State of Origin’s Mongrel XVII: The nigglers, fighters and mad men

4 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Let’s call them ‘The Mongrels’. A team packed to the seams with men that have quite literally spilt blood for their state. They did the things others wouldn’t and they scratched for

Former QLD State of Origin coach knighted in New Zealand

3 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Kiwi rugby league legend Graham Lowe is now Sir Graham Lowe after being knighted for services to youth and education, with his Kick to the Seagulls program. The 72-year-old has battled several health issues over

Retired legends aren’t going to win Maroons the series this year: Hunt

31 May, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Queensland hooker Ben Hunt says recently retired Maroons legends like Johnathan Thurston, Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk and Greg Inglis have to be forgotten if QLD is to win the 2019 State of Origin. Hunt told

Why QLD hates NSW so much and how a VFL president helped create State of Origin

29 May, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Long before Arthur Beetson smashed his fist into good mate Mick Cronin’s head, before ‘Cattledog’, ‘Queenslander’, Michael O’Connor’s sideline conversion or Gorden Tallis throwing Brett Hodgson into the 42nd row of

Queensland turn to legendary utility ‘TBC’ again to spark State of Origin campaign

29 May, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Those pesky Queenslanders are at it again and have recalled legendary utility ‘TBC’ in jumper 21. Welcome back to State of Origin, TBC, you have been missed. Forget the resurrection of

WATCH: Rare 1987 Origin trial between QLD Residents and NSW Queenslanders

30 January, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Catch the 2019 International Cabramatta Nines on steelesports.com.au from 9.30am Saturday morning

Victorian rugby league fans blast Channel Nine over post-match State of Origin presentation snub

12 July, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

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

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