The belief that star centre Latrell Mitchell would get dropped from the NSW Blues team for State of Origin 2 started gaining momentum on Saturday, and then the bombshell was confirmed just after 6pm on Sunday night.
Brad Fittler made headlines on Sunday night after making a whopping seven changes to his New South Wales team ahead of Sunday’s Game 2 in Perth.
The New South Wales Blues have made sevens changes to their squad for Game 2 of the State of Origin series, with injuries playing havoc on Brad Fittler’s plans.
We have arrived at the representative round break, but first, there is an entire weekend of footy to dissect. Here are my talking points for Round 14.
Mitchell Pearce will no longer be in line for an Origin recall, with Brad Fittler announcing that he picked up an injury playing for the Newcastle Knights on Saturday.
I’ve got a confession to make. I called Kalyn Ponga this week, asking if he’d like to come work for me.
The clubs involved in Round 14’s Friday night NRL action appear unlikely to play finals.
Reports have surfaced this week that Wallabies coach Michael Cheika personally reached out to Newcastle Knights star Kalyn Ponga, offering up the possibility of a code-switch to rugby union in the future.
The most successful NSW Blues coach of all time once characterised him as having “the worst memory in the world”.
Holy guacamole, the first State of Origin contest turned into a ripping game of rugby league.
If you listen to Phil Gould, Latrell Mitchell is as good as done when it comes to State of Origin in 2019.
While I don’t like players swapping teams mid season, it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere – rumour has it up to ten NRL players are being shopped around.
NSW coach Brad Fittler discusses his decision to drop Latrell Mitchell for Origin 2.
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