Blues send Queensland home beaten, bruised and bloody
Phil Lutton Beaten and beaten up, Queensland are retreating to Suncorp Stadium for an Origin decider nursing a squad sent through the gauntlet by a brutal Blues outfit convinced the sun has set on an...
Rugby League
'We won by one': Taylor flips Blues the (Greg?) bird
Phil Lutton Dave Taylor didn’t play for Queensland last night but he still found himself a star on social media after a screenshot of him seemingly giving the finger to NSW lit up Twitter and Facebook.
League
Relentless Maroons give NSW another dose of blues
Phil Lutton The try that sealed it might have been ridiculous, but so too is Queensland's remarkable ability to claw out a State of Origin win.
Tough talk backfired for big-mouth Blues
Phil Lutton Queensland battering ram Petero Civoniceva is tipping NSW to once again tear themselves apart before game two in Brisbane.
Idris makes Origin case against Broncos
Phil Lutton With just over a week until the Origin teams are named, Phil Lutton runs the rule over Queensland and NSW candidates from the Broncos-Titans derby.
Untroubled Maroons cruising into Origin
Phil Lutton While the state of New South Wales inhales after good news about Paul Gallen's knee, the anxiety north of the border among those responsible for picking Queensland's Origin squad chiefly surrounds...
Rugby League
Lewis 'shocked and saddened' by Livermore death
Phil Lutton The greatest Maroon of them all, Wally Lewis, has hailed Ross Livermore as one of the cornerstones of Queensland’s State of Origin success as the game’s luminaries paid tribute to the former...
Queensland Rugby League stalwart Ross Livermore dies
Phil Lutton Ross Livermore, the former head of the Queensland Rugby League, has died.
A thirst to listen in, but Thurston prefers sound of silence
Beth Newman, Phil Lutton CANDID audio of player interactions with referees has given league fans unprecedented access to the playing field.
Thaiday ruled out of Origin two
Phil Lutton Queensland has suffered a blow in the lead-up to Origin two with backrower Sam Thaiday ruled out with a shoulder injury.
Origin subplot: Rating the Broncos-Rabbitohs Maroons connection
Phil Lutton With Queensland being forced into changes for the State of Origin decider, Phil Lutton hands out his grades to the aspirants involved in Brisbane’s win over Souths last night.
Meninga will wait for Slater but has options at No.1
Phil Lutton QUEENSLAND are destined to roll the dice on injured fullback Billy Slater, and surround him with an extended supporting cast, as they try to unearth the combinations to win next week's Origin decider...
Inglis ready to rub salt in Blue wounds
Phil Lutton If Queensland's confidence levels and wells of self-belief have been topped up even further heading into Origin game two, there's one very compelling reason. He answers to “Greg Inglis”.
Super Friday shapes up as ultimate Origin audition
Phil Lutton Super Friday at Suncorp Stadium shapes as a mass State of Origin audition on both sides of the border, with the final blueprint of the Queensland and New South Wales squads destined to be influenced...
Meninga's got big ideas for Queensland after naming mammoth bench
Phil Lutton MAL MENINGA insists Queensland retain the passion and the Maroons coach has the power to back it up, with one of the most physically imposing sides in Origin history unveiled in Brisbane last night.
