QUEENSLAND legend Billy Moore says David Fifita will be a 10-year Origin player and has backed the teenage wrecking-ball to help the Maroons stave off the threat of a New South Wales dynasty. Fifita made history this season when he became the first player born in the 2000s to play State of Origin after being

KEVIN Walters has declared he has unfinished business as the Queensland coach prepares to lead the Maroons to a new frontier when State of Origin makes its debut in South Australia next year. The NRL has released the playing schedule for 2020 State of Origin series with the famous Adelaide Oval to host an interstate

“When you looked across the dressing room and saw ‘Thumper’ there, you just immediately felt more comfortable.” Those words, trumpeted by Queensland and Test legend Darren Lockyer, succinctly sum up FOG #155 Matt Scott, and the remarkable career of the greatest front-rower in the Cowboys’ history. When Scott last month announced his retirement at season’s

A sloppy second half has condemned Queensland to its first consecutive series defeat since 2005, after NSW wrapped up the 2019 State of Origin series with a 26-20 win in the decider at ANZ Stadium. In an Origin classic, Queensland called on all of its famous spirit to fight back from the dead and look

Who will be No.1? That was the big question for Queensland State of Origin fans after coach Kevin Walters unveiled his Maroons squad for the series-deciding third game at ANZ Stadium. While the Maroons desperately want to be No.1 with victory in Origin III to prevent the Blues from winning back-to-back series for the first

Queensland will head to Sydney for the series-deciding third State of Origin game, but must first head back to the drawing board after being humbled 38-6 by NSW in Game 2 at Perth’s Optus Stadium. In Western Australia’s first Origin game, in front of the new stadium’s biggest ever crowd of 59,722, the Maroons unfortunately

FORMER Maroons skipper Darren Lockyer has hailed Kalyn Ponga a 10-year Origin player and believes the fullback whizkid has the potential to captain Queensland. Ponga was a walk up start for the Maroons team named for Origin II, with injury the only factor to force changes in Kevin Walters’ squad as they look to wrap

They believed, and then they delivered.  Queensland’s magnificent Maroons have one hand on the State of Origin shield after a breathtaking 18-14 win over the Blues at Suncorp Stadium in Game One of the series.  In an Origin game for the ages, the Maroons’ new breed proved they understand what it means to wear that

WALTERS UNVEILS NEW WAVE FOR MIGHTY MAROONS A new era has begun for Queensland, with the Maroons unveiling new faces, a new captain and new combinations with the team named to take on the Blues in State of Origin I at Suncorp Stadium on June 5. Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans has been crowed as Queensland’s

QUEENSLAND selector Darren Lockyer has emerged as a pivotal figure in Anthony Milford’s form burst which has put the Broncos five-eighth in the frame for a State of Origin recall. With the injury-hit Maroons having lost Andrew McCullough for Origin I and halfback Daly Cherry-Evans (ankle) racing the clock to prove his fitness, Milford has