Posts Tagged "Queensland Maroons"

Conventional wisdom suggests it is Queenslanders who should feel sorry for New South Welsh-folk leading into this week’s Origin decider. After all Queensland are looking down the barrel of an obscene seventh straight win.

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And so it has come down to this. After all the talk, all the press, and all the mind games, we head to Brisbane for the deciding match of the 2012 State of Origin series.

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It’s that time of year again. The drums are pounding, the crowds are building and the air is charged with tension, animosity and testosterone-fuelled aggression.

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I’m a proud, passionate and one-eyed New South Welshman. I’m so passionate that I bleed sky blue and drink Toohey’s New, even if it tastes like something Black Caviar passed through her urinary tract after a big win at Royal Ascot.

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NSW State of Origin coach Ricky Stuart has today conceded that his side’s best has already come.

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Queensland faces a selection headache ahead of the naming of their side on Tuesday with Billy Slater’s injury almost certain to rule him out of contention for Origin III.

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In Origin, everybody wants one thing, to win. Both Queensland and New South Wales have managed to do so in this years series, sending us to a decider in Brisbane.

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The third-placed Brisbane Broncos take on the fourth-placed South Sydney Rabbitohs on Friday night in what is shaping as a must-win game for both teams.

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They might just be footy jerseys but they’re some of the most valuable commodities in Australian sport.

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Sometimes rugby league hands us gifts almost too good to be true. On Sunday afternoon, in the biggest game of his career, Ben Barba returns to Mackay to secure a maiden Queensland State of Origin jumper.

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NSW has Queensland, Great Britain has the Exiles versus England, and it’s time for New Zealand to be given its own Origin series.

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I have a confession to make. I don’t enjoy State of Origin anymore. How did this happen? I have attended nearly every State of Origin match in Sydney since it moved to Homebush.

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With the momentum of the State of Origin shifting in NSW’s favour, game three shapes up to be an intriguing contest. With the game scheduled at Suncorp, it’s needless to say the Maroons fans will be out in force.

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NSW has deservedly defeated champion XXXX Queensland Maroons to level this year’s State of Origin series at 1-1. NSW played with the intensity and fire one has come to expect of a State of Origin side.

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Player power may decide who plays the crucial fullback position in the third and deciding Origin game at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on July 4.

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Who the hell picks the Man of the Match? OK, I know it is the state selectors, but what do they see that we don’t? How could they choose Nate Myles over Brent Tate in the Melbourne game?

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The opening 20 minutes of State of Origin II was brutal. It’s often said that Origin football is the toughest rugby league on the planet, and the first quarter of last night’s match provided plenty of evidence to support that line of thinking.

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These are the key moments of State of Origin 2012 Game 2, won by NSW Blues 16-12 in a real nail-biter at ANZ Stadium.

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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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Not a big NRL fan? Don’t know your Greg Bird from your Larry Bird, or think David Carney plays for the Cronulla Sharks? Here’s an alternate player guide to rugby league’s showpiece event, State of Origin.

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