Queensland Rugby League is pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with the Former Origin Greats to drive grassroots participation. The new three-year investment from FOGS will help the QRL direct more funding and resources into local competitions and programs. The FOGS logo will be displayed on all QRL community match footballs, from Under
HE was a shock appointment as Wests Tigers captain, and now Queenslander Moses Mbye is eyeing another special honour by breaking into the Maroons Origin side. With the Queensland No.1 jumper lying vacant following the retirement of champion Billy Slater, Mbye is keen to throw down the challenge to Kalyn Ponga – the Newcastle young
DARIUS Boyd insists he is content with his decision to retire from State of Origin and says not even the departure of Valentine Holmes can convince him to embark on a Queensland comeback this season. One of Queensland’s most decorated players, Boyd stunned the code when he dropped a retirement bombshell last year, quitting the
QUEENSLAND coach Kevin Walters is determined to build another Johnathan Thurston-Cooper Cronk strikeforce, saying he is keen to retain Cameron Munster and Daly Cherry-Evans as his Maroons halves for the 2019 series. Thurston and Cronk orchestrated the most successful dynasty in Origin history for Queensland, but their representative retirements last year has forced Walters to
KALYN Ponga flashes a cheeky grin. He has just been asked about Valentine Holmes’ shock defection to try his luck at cracking the NFL – and whether the Newcastle young gun would ever follow his Queensland Origin teammate by turning his supreme talent to American football. “I reckon I could make it as a quarterback,”
CAMERON Munster says Valentine Holmes' shock decision to quit the NRL has opened the door for him to chase the Queensland fullback spot - even if he risks losing the famous Maroons No.6 jumper. Holmes and Kalyn Ponga were considered the front-runners to wear the Queensland No.1 jumper next season following the retirement of Maroons
QUEENSLAND coach Kevin Walters says the reemergence of Daly Cherry-Evans as a representative weapon will give the Maroons the cornerstone of experience to build a young team around over the next couple of years. Queensland’s transition out of the recent golden era with the departures of Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater and Johnathan Thurston
BEN Barba is resigned to never playing State of Origin, conceding a Queensland jumper is the last thing on his mind as he fights to revive his NRL career with the Cowboys. The coveted Queensland No.1 jumper is up for grabs next season with Billy Slater's NRL retirement and the shock departure of Valentine Holmes
IMMORTAL Mal Meninga admits it will be a strange sensation cheering against his beloved Canberra Raiders in March next year as the former Queensland coach takes up his new role with the Gold Coast Titans. The Titans sent a shockwave through rugby league earlier this month with their massive recruitment coup – luring Kangaroos coach
SEVERAL Maroons stars will hold the key to the fortunes of Queensland’s NRL clubs as the Broncos, Cowboys and Titans chase premiership dreams in 2019. The 2018 NRL season was not a pleasant one for Queensland’s trinity of teams, with the Titans finishing third-last and the Cowboys crashing spectacularly, going from premiership favourites to a
