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Nunn on McDonald

2023-09-14T16:02:33+10:00September 14th, 2023|All|

Michael Nunn is a school teacher and a rugby league tragic who still wishes he played for the Brisbane Broncos. Michael, who writes articles for the Queensland Times and Queensland Rugby League websites sent this e-mail to FOGS today, recalling an interview he did with John McDonald sometime in 2020. We thought it was worth

MAROONS MOURN PASSING OF FOG NO.113, PAUL GREEN

2022-08-11T13:41:11+10:00August 11th, 2022|All|

The Former Origin Greats family has been left devastated by the tragic news of the death of FOG No.113 Paul Green. Known universally as “Greeny”, the former halfback enjoyed a stellar rugby league career as a player and coach, winning the 1995 Rothmans Medal as the ARL premiership’s best and fairest player, then famously coaching

JT FELDT KYLE IS READY FOR ORIGIN

2018-09-19T16:00:43+10:00September 19th, 2018|All|

RETIRED Maroons champion Johnathan Thurston has urged Queensland coach Kevin Walters to consider blooding Cowboys flyer Kyle Feldt as an Origin winger next season. Feldt was a ray of hope in North Queensland’s disastrous 2018 campaign, with the strapping 102kg winger making an ominous statement to Maroons selectors with the best season of his career.

CHERRY ON TOP IN NEW-LOOK MAROONS TEAM

2018-07-02T13:50:41+10:00July 2nd, 2018|All|

BILLY Slater will become just the 14th man to captain Queensland in State of Origin after being named as skipper of an overhauled Maroons squad for Origin III. Queensland’s finest hours have always been delivered with their backs against the wall, and it is difficult to recall a time in recent memory when the Maroons

MAROONS NAMED WITH NEW CAPTAIN

2018-06-07T09:11:47+10:00May 28th, 2018|All, Origin|

QUEENSLAND’S State of Origin selectors have heralded a new era with a new-look Maroons team announced for the first game of the series against NSW at the MCG on June 6. This year’s campaign was always going to be one of transition, given the representative retirements of team leaders Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk and Johnathan

MARTY ROWEN JOINS FOGS AS NEW GM

2018-04-30T11:03:25+10:00April 30th, 2018|All, FOGS|

MARTY Rowen was the right man for the job as the new General Manager of the Former Origin Greats, but the FOGS presented the right job for the man as well. Rowen is one of Brisbane’s best sports administrators, having spent eight years at the Broncos in roles across marketing, media and business development, before

2016 FOGS ANNUAL CHARITY LUNCH

2017-07-19T10:48:18+10:00March 29th, 2016|All, FOGS|

State of Origin is the pinnacle event on the Rugby League calendar, the three match series, the greatest interstate rivalry, state against state, mate against mate. The Former Origin Greats (FOGS) will host their renowned Annual Charity Lunch on Tuesday June 21, 2016 at Suncorp Stadium. As always, the lunch will be the exclusive pre-match event to

KEVVIE CAN’T WAIT FOR GREATEST CHALLENGE

2017-07-19T10:48:18+10:00January 12th, 2016|All|

IF rugby league has an equivalent of following Don Bradman in the batting order, it may well be succeeding Mal Meninga as coach of the Queensland State of Origin team. With an unsurpassed record of nine series wins from 10 years as coach, Meninga’s reign was one of the greatest coaching dynasties seen in Australian

A SEASON FOR THE TRUE BELIEVERS

2017-07-19T10:48:19+10:00September 28th, 2015|All, NRL|

RESPECTED journalist and former coach Roy Masters summed it up in his column in the Sydney Morning Herald: “As the past decade of State of Origin matches has demonstrated, God is a Queenslander”. While those of us north of the border have always known that to be true, this year’s all-Queensland NRL grand final between

MEMORABILIA: STATESMEN OF ORIGIN

2017-07-19T10:48:19+10:00August 25th, 2015|All, FOGS|

Secure your exclusive piece of State of Origin history with a limited edition framed 'Statesmen of Origin' memorabilia piece. Personally signed by the seven FOGS Statesman Award recipients; Mal Meninga, Wally Lewis, Allan Langer, Petero Civoniceva, Darren Lockyer, Cameron Smith and Johnathan Thurston; these Former Origin Greats have achieved the illustrious and monumental milestone of

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