QUEENSLAND coach Kevin Walters has urged Brodie Croft to use his lifeline from the Broncos to prove he can be the halfback to succeed Maroons captain Daly Cherry-Evans in the Origin arena. Croft’s omission from Queensland’s 33-man squad which gathered for a pre-season camp last month was evidence Walters wants to see the Dalby product

QUEENSLAND coach Kevin Walters has refused to guarantee Kalyn Ponga the No.1 jumper as he declared the race for the Maroons’ coveted fullback spot this season is wide open. Underscoring the greater depth of the Queensland set-up, Walters concedes the fullback position is one of the state’s most contentious areas with Ponga, Cameron Munster and

One of Queensland’s greatest fullbacks, Gary Belcher, admits he is excited about the prospect of Kalyn Ponga and Valentine Holmes duelling it out this season for the Maroons No.1 jersey. The dust had barely settled on the State of Origin career of the fullback ranked as perhaps the greatest of them all – the mercurial

MAROONS skipper Daly Cherry-Evans says the captaincy has taken him to another level as a player, and has only steeled his desire to help Queensland reclaim the Origin shield next season. Cherry-Evans was so composed and controlled in Manly’s 28-16 defeat of Cronulla in the opening week of the finals that NRL Immortal Andrew Johns

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