State of Origin

No room for Jarome Luai in NSW legend Laurie Daley’s Blues side for State of Origin I

18 April, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

New South Wales Blues legend Laurie Daley – who made the number 6 jersey his own in State of Origin – has ruled out selecting current Dally M Medalist Nicho Hynes for Origin I in

From the Vault: Triple M Grill Team react to Curtis Woodward and Blues Biased Origin Call

2 January, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

‘You could haunt houses for a living’: Some of the greatest sledges in State of Origin history

12 July, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis You wouldn’t know there was a State of Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night going by just how ‘nice’ the two teams have been. It appears everyone is on

Maroons coach Billy Slater says Tom Dearden will wear 6 jersey but won’t confirm if Origin rookie will start in decider

12 July, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Queensland coach Billy Slater is keeping the Blues guessing ahead of State of Origin III in Brisbane on Wednesday night – confirming rookie Tom Dearden would wear the number 6 jersey left vacant by Cameron

‘Heartbroken’ Fittler is ‘gutted’ for Jordan McLean after 30-year-old was ruled out of decider

11 July, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

New South Wales coach Brad Fittler admits to being ‘gutted’ for Jordan McLean after the 30 year old was ruled out of of State of Origin Game III which would have been McLean’s debut. “I

Queensland legend Cooper Cronk defends referee Klein, praises Blues, after Felise Kaufusi sin-binned in Origin II

27 June, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Queensland Maroons legend Cooper Cronk has defended Ash Klein after sin-binning Felise Kaufusi just before half-time in State of Origin II which led to a New South Wales try. Speaking on NRL 360, Cronk said

‘Rampant adrenaline and mass schizophrenia’: NSW needed pain and to see Mortimer’s passion before they could appreciate Wayne Pearce’s 1986 Blues

24 June, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Steve Mortimer’s New South Wales Blues had finally clinched their maiden State of Origin title in 1985 since the inception of the concept as we knew it five years earlier. The

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