Posts Tagged "Queensland"

A proud Mal Meninga declared NSW had no answers to the might of his Maroons after NSW’s roughhouse tactics backfired spectacularly at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night.

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NSW refused to use the distractions surrounding their preparation as an excuse for their humiliating 34-6 loss to a ruthless Queensland in Origin II on Wednesday night.

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Queensland’s Origin victory last night sealed the fifth consecutive series win for the cane toads. But the game also involved numerous brawls between players. So is all this fighting good or bad for the game?

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Queensland halfback Johnathan Thurston has dismissed growing concerns over his fitness for Wednesday night’s second State of Origin clash despite again failing to train with the Maroons.

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Blues coach Craig Bellamy had the right idea, his players just couldn’t execute it well enough.

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Wally Lewis and Allan Langer set a standard for rugby league State of Origin halves partnerships few thought could be equalled.

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Wednesday’s State of Origin rugby league match, which drew over 66,000 spectators at ANZ Stadium in Homebush, gave me an idea: why not have an annual State of Origin cricket match between NSW and Queensland?

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It’s a one-in-700km chance that Matt Scott is even running out for Queensland in Wednesday’s State of Origin. “Ilfracombe’s only got two cats, three dogs, one pub and about four houses,” says the man who discovered him, Terry Hansen.

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Cronulla coach Ricky Stuart says Queensland’s odds to win an unprecedented fifth straight State of Origin series will shorten even further if NSW don’t pick Sharks enforcer Paul Gallen.

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Gun Brisbane centre Israel Folau says he won’t delay a decision on his playing future just to secure a spot in the Queensland Origin side.

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Representative centre Matt Cooper has declared Dragons team-mate Beau Scott is the man to stop Queensland juggernaut Greg Inglis in this year’s State of Origin series.

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New South Wales will go into probably their most important State of Origin series since 1985 by trying to avoid losing their fifth straight Origin series.

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Veteran captain Darren Lockyer says he only decided on Monday he would make himself available for Australia and Queensland for one final season in 2010.

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Victoria will on Sunday be crowned Sheffield Shield champion again, and it’s only a case of whether it comes after a win or draw against Queensland in the final at the MCG.

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Watching how upset Horwill got at the last minute loss to the Waratahs brought back to me how hard fought the NSW v Queensland matches used to be.

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A big pay day is still on offer for Queensland’s cricketers after they downed Western Australia by 37 runs at the Gabba on Saturday night to ensure they will host next week’s Twenty20 domestic preliminary final.

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The West Indies are poised to call in a replacement for captain Chris Gayle after enjoying their first positive day on their problematic Australian tour.

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I was originally going to write an article on my favourite State of Origin highlights and low-lights this week, but a sentence in David Wiseman’s article last Friday captured my attention. David wrote in his piece that, “47 players have played one game for NSW, compared to the 21 for Queensland.”

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This may be controversial for someone south of the Tweed to say this but for State of Origin to survive and indeed prosper in the future, NSW need to lose 3-0 in this year’s series.

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On Sunday night, Victoria threw away a golden opportunity to be domestic one-day champions when they lost to Queensland at the MCG.

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