Posts Tagged "New South Wales Blues"

Aah, spring. The weather’s warming up and the footy seasons are coming to a close. Time then for willow fanciers around the country to stock up the fridge, make sure the couch is still comfy and get ready for the upcoming cricket season.

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With incumbent Blues coach Ricky Stuart due to sip his arvo beers from Parramatta’s poisoned chalice, the NSWRL is forced yet again to the cupboard to scrounge in its dusty corners for a new Origin coach.

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The New South Wales Blues head to a hostile Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane to take on the Queensland Maroons in Game 3 of the 2012 State of Origin series, with a sellout home crowd cheering on the Maroons to in seven in a row. Join us for live scores and commentary from 7:30pm AEST.

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The New South Wales Blues host the Queensland Maroons in Game 2 of the 2012 State of Origin series, with 84,000 Blues fans hoping for a win to keep the series alive. Join us for live scores and commentary from 7:30pm AEST. View the deciding Game 3 Origin LIVE BLOG here.

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Who would be a rugby league coach? Pressure is your best friend, stress is your closest colleague, and unemployment is your next career move.

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For the 14th time in the last 19 games, the Queensland Maroons have been gifted victory by way of devious cheating.

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The 2012 State of Origin series kicks off in Melbourne as New South Wales try to end Queensland’s six year reign by winning the first match of what should be an intriguing series. Join us for live scores and commentary from 7:30pm AEST.

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They say a cockroach can survive for days without its head. But in the Origin arena, the Blues’ campaign won’t survive for longer than a minute if they are not in form or ready to match the intensity of Queensland.

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State of Origin is only five days away; the spirit of the competition is starting to encapsulate nearly every man and his dog in Queensland and New South Wales. But let’s get some perspective on Queensland’s recent dominance.

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It’s Origin time again, the series that starts in May, It’s Blues against Maroons, with three huge games to play.

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The teams for State of Origin have just been selected; I know that much. Even from the barren wasteland of rugby-league news that is New York, I am aware that New South Wales have somehow managed to overlook Tariq Sims.

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Us New South Welshmen are a tired old bunch. The reason we are so critical and ruthless on our mighty Blues is simple. We want success. We want the fire and the blood and most importantly, we want to win.

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12 months ago the thought of Paul Gallen playing prop for New South Wales caused much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Staring down the barrel of a seventh straight series defeat, the same thought today provokes a shrug of the shoulders.

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NSW backs have scored fewer tries then their Queensland counterparts in the last six State of Origin series.

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The annual headaches related to selecting the NSW Blues team are apparently fading. Injuries and form turnarounds are making decisions that much easier for Ricky Stuart.

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It’s that time of year again, when everyone has their crack at naming their Origin team.

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It seems like every year about this time we hear that NSW is ready to end Queensland’s strangle hold on State of Origin. Usually we read about half of the first paragraph of a story and start rolling our eyes.

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For all you less informed rugby-league followers, let me just clear something up for you.

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The City versus Country game has finally been played and, by the look of things, Ricky Stuart and Bob Fulton are pretty much set on 17 players for Origin Game I.

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Ricky Stuart was supposed to bring New South Wales some long overdue Origin success, pride and stability. As it stands right now, Ricky has largely brought New South Wales confusion, contradiction and in-fighting.

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