The broken hearts of the state’s rugby league fans have been dealt another blow, with the news that iconic former Queensland and Australian Test captain Barry Muir has passed away at the age of 84. While Barry played for and coached Queensland in the pre-Origin era, he left an indelible mark on the game, being
The Former Origin Greats, and the wider rugby league community in Queensland and around the world were united in their grief as former Maroons halfback and coach, FOG No.113 Paul Green was farewelled and laid to rest in Brisbane. Paul tragically took his own life on August 11, leaving behind a devastated family, and distraught
When Wayne Bennett brought Allan Langer back from England for his Origin fairytale in 2001, one of the first people the super coach thought about was Paul Green. Green was Queensland’s incumbent halfback. He had steered a youthful Maroons side with a raft of debutants to a magical 34-16 thumping of the Blues in the
MAROONS skipper Daly Cherry-Evans believes Billy Slater can enjoy a long reign as Queensland coach, hailing the rookie mentor as the X-factor that helped pull off another epic Origin series boilover of the Blues. The Blues went into the 2022 series decider at Suncorp as raging favourites, but the Maroons snatched their second Origin crown
The headlines after the Maroons’ incredible series-winning triumph in State of Origin III trumpeted “Queensland have done it again”, a 22-12 win delivered in traditionally spectacular style as massive underdogs over the highly fancied Blues. But the headlines could just have easily been referring to Queensland once again rewriting Origin history, with one of the
Cowboys forward Tom Gilbert will become FOG No.227 by accepting one of the toughest assignments in Australian sport – playing his first game for Queensland in the white-hot furnace of a State of Origin series decider. Queensland’s new Origin era under coach Billy Slater continues to evolve with the Maroons squad named for the Suncorp
Fatigue and a rampaging NSW team were the two sides of a State of Origin vice that crushed Queensland at Optus Stadium in Perth, with the Blues winning 44-12 to set up a series-deciding showdown at Suncorp Stadium on July 13. Queensland were brave, but sheer exhaustion caused by a mountain of defensive work meant
Despite copping a battering on the injury front, Queensland have maintained consistency and cohesion with Billy Slater’s Maroons team named for State of Origin II at Optus Stadium on Sunday. The Maroons head to Perth looking to wrap up the series, and despite losing three members of the team that stunned the Blues 16-10 in
The old adage is that things are darkest just before the dawn. Now the darkness of last year’s crushing series defeat has been illuminated by the brilliant dawn of a new Queensland era, with Billy Slater’s heroic Maroons delivering a breathtaking 16-10 win over NSW in the State of Origin series opener in Sydney. After
SCINTILLATING starts to the season by the Broncos and Cowboys have seen Queensland’s top-four clubs rewarded at the State of Origin selection table, with new coach Billy Slater unveiling an impressive new-look team to begin his tenure as Maroons boss. Cowboys Reuben Cotter and Jeremiah Nanai and Broncos Selwyn Cobbo and Patrick Carrigan will join
