Wally Lewis

“About time they respond”: Wally Lewis concedes New South Wales has advantage in forwards ahead of Game III decider

10 July, 2024 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Queensland’s greatest ever player Wally Lewis has conceded he is worried about the New South Wales Blues pack dominating the Maroons and taking the series in Game III in Brisbane. Maroons coach Billy Slater has

WATCH: Legendary Wally Lewis Origin commercial

4 June, 2024 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Adam Reynolds best kicker the game has seen since Lockyer: Immortal

14 September, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Rugby league Immortal and Brisbane Broncos legend Wally Lewis believes Adam Reynolds has the best kicking game in the NRL since fellow Bronco Darren Lockyer retired from the game more than a decade ago. Speaking

WATCH: 1984 XXXX State of Origin commercial

20 June, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The 100 greatest players in State of Origin history

31 May, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Think of all the names and the legends that have graced our fields representing New South Wales and Queensland since the inception of the State of Origin concept back in 1980.

Darren Lockyer can see some Slater and ‘King’ Wally in Broncos young gun Reece Walsh

15 March, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Brisbane Broncos icon Darren Lockyer has likened rising star Reece Walsh to his fellow Maroons legend, the all-conquering Billy Slater. Walsh was into everything in his comeback to Red Hill in round two after missing

Short story excerpt: Captain Charger & The Raging Bull… The Sunset Strip needs a hero

3 February, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS The rain was back but it was still stinking hot. Detective Lewis sat alone in his car and checked the time on his watch. 3.14am. His car sat high on Owen Road,

‘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

Dear Cameron: Fans have every right to boo you on Sunday night at ANZ Stadium but it also means they fear you

23 October, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Wally Lewis is one of the greatest players we have ever seen. He is ‘The King’ and adored up in Queensland. He was the face of those bloody Cane Toads in

Daley wanted to continue infamous 1988 State of Origin brawl in the Lang Park tunnel

19 March, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Former New South Wales Blues enforcer Phil Daley has lifted the lid on the infamous 1988 State of Origin brawl at Lang Park which sparked the frenzied crowd into throwing hundreds of

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