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
COOPER Cronk wrote his name into the history books and confirmed his place as one of the modern greats of the game with a heroic performance for the Roosters in their grand final win over the Storm. Cronk was in doubt for the game right up until kick-off as a suspected rotator cuff injury suffered
YOU’VE heard people say “40 is the new 30”. Well Mal Meninga thinks, in rugby league terms at least, 400 will become the new 300. Meninga was talking specifically about former Maroons and Kangaroos captain Cameron Smith, who stands on the cusp of doing something no player has done in the NRL – becoming the
IMMORTAL Mal Meninga has delivered Johnathan Thurston the ultimate retirement gift, labelling the Cowboys great “what every Australian aspires to be”. Thurston’s last NRL game for the Cowboys against the Gold Coast at Cbus Super Stadium brings down the curtain on a remarkable 17-year career that has seen him establish new benchmarks for what a
HE has proven to be a Maroons match-winner on the wing, and is currently filling in fullback for his club team South Sydney. But Queensland winger Dane Gagai has set his sights on emulating Maroons skipper Greg Inglis and making a permanent move into the Queensland centres next season. When Inglis broke his hand playing
HE has been described as a colossus of rugby league, a giant of the game. A champion, a legend, a Former Origin Great. Now Mal Meninga carries a new title among his incredible arsenal of superlatives: Rugby League Immortal. Long overdue, Meninga was finally recognised with rugby league’s highest individual honour with inclusion in its
QUEENSLAND legend Mal Meninga has revealed the one special characteristic Maroons champions Cameron Smith and Johnathan Thurston share that makes the Kangaroos coach “most proud” about the pair’s incredible careers. Smith and Thurston’s phenomenal contribution to rugby league will be celebrated at Suncorp Stadium on February 23 with “A Night With Cam and JT”. A
COOPER Cronk declared after Melbourne’s incredible 34-6 grand final win over the Cowboys that “there are no fairytales” in rugby league. But there was plenty of evidence to the contrary after the methodical Storm blew the gutsy Cowboys away to take the 2017 NRL premiership. Playing his last game in Melbourne colours, and possibly his
QUEENSLAND will be delivered another rugby league fairytale regardless of the result in the historic NRL grand final between the Melbourne Storm and North Queensland Cowboys. While the two clubs are over 2000km apart, the game essentially boils down to another all-Queensland derby showdown, with a host of Maroons that played in this year’s State
THE Maroons' juggernaut has received a boost with coach Kevin Walters confident inspirational skipper Cam “Ironman” Smith will continue his Origin career next season. The most dominant outfit in Origin's 37-year history is facing generational change, with champion five-eighth Johnathan Thurston having drawn the curtain on his Queensland career after shoulder surgery cruelly rubbed him
