IN 2014 Brett Morris scored one of the tries that broke Queensland’s eight-year Origin reign. Last year he thought his NSW career was over. “I was doing promotional work for Origin one and two,’’ the ...

WHY wouldn’t Nathan Peats be optimistic? They say good things come in threes and the Blues hooker is set to welcome a baby son into the world, sign a new contract and win an Origin series. In the next ...

THIS was not the sort of return to the Origin stage Mitchell Pearce would have hoped for, booed by the locals as he left the field with a heavy concussion. It was an ugly reception to an even uglier ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Teams. Followed categories will be added to My News. McGuire was one of just four forwards to survive a cull of the pack ahead of Wednesday’s showdown in Sydney, ...

Wrong. Big Mal ended the Origin careers of no less than 30 players during his 10-year tenure, always pulling the trigger at the right time as he won nine series, including eight in a row. And the ...

DESPITE being underdone with illness, Kevin Walters has declared barnstorming winger Corey Oates a certain starter for Origin I. Legendary South Sydney hardman John Sattler made a surprise visit to ...

ORIGIN is rugby league’s greatest theatre fuelled by rivalry but today’s players are more concerned about their pay packets than promoting the game, writes PAUL KENT. “Back in my day,” he said. “I ...

Veteran fullback Billy Slater is back from a long-term shoulder injury and firing, while so is incumbent No.1 Darius Boyd. Then he’s got the task of selecting a replacement for Johnathan Thurston who ...

Kevin Walters shocked rugby league on Monday when he announced his team for the series opener and Slater was not included. It had been widely believed the veteran fullback would return to his regular ...

State of Origin is almost dead. If NSW couldn't win this year, then when? Not even after blowing a near Origin monopoly to bits in game one. Hovering their finger over the detonate button at half-time ...

The Maroons gave NSW nothing in the first half while utterly dominating in attack, forcing the visitors into a state of disrepair as they struggled to find answers to the Storm-heavy spine taking over ...

Coach Laurie Daley announced on Friday he would shift his side’s camp to Kingscliff in northern NSW next year after ending their three-year stay in Coffs Harbour. The Blues will be based at their new ...