CITY captain Wade Graham says his five-eighth, Josh Reynolds, isn’t getting weighed down by the pressure of performing well against Country to try to retain his NSW spot for State of Origin I. Reynolds and City’s James Maloney will go head-to-head for the Blues number six jumper at Wagga Wagga on Sunday. “I’ve been rooming with... View Article
MEET Waqa Blake, the Fijian born, Western Australian product who will line up for City Origin this weekend. Don’t worry though, folks, City coach Brad Fittler hasn’t exploited a dodgy loophole in the eligibility criteria, under the rules Blake is a certified New South Welshman. When he first arrived in Australia at age nine, Blake joined... View Article
DESPITE being a leading contender for the Blues much-publicised five-eighth position, Luke Keary’s decision to pull out of the annual City-Country has once again cast questions over his commitment to NSW. City coach Brad Fittler did his best to hose down the speculation but what do you make of it?
THE Queensland Rugby League has announced the 2015 Queensland Residents team to play New South Wales at Tapout Energy Stadium on Sunday, May 3. Featuring the leading players from Queensland’s Intrust Super Cup, the Residents will enter camp on the Gold Coast on Monday to begin preparations for the annual clash against the NSW Cup Representative team.... View Article
QUEENSLAND coach Mal Meninga says he is seriously considering handing 29-year-old North Queensland second-rower Gavin Cooper a State of Origin debut this season. Meninga tells RLW that while the broken cheekbone to Sydney Roosters back-rower Aiden Guerra has potentially opened up a spot on the left edge in the Maroons’ side for Origin One against... View Article
IF Blues coach Laurie Daley was picking his halves purely off the back of attacking numbers then it’s a no-brainer . . . James Maloney would be his No.6. In the opening seven rounds of the competition, the crafty playmaker has racked up six linebreak assists (third in NRL), six try assists (third in NRL)... View Article
DRAGONS playmaker Benji Marshall has backed veteran Pat Richards for the vacant NSW wing spot following the injury to Brett Morris. Morris is expected to be out for up to three months with a hamstring tear, but Marshall says his former Tigers team-mate, who recently turned 33, could easily fill the void. “I think he... View Article
NSW Blues coach Laurie Daley has revealed the three men who are in-line to replace Jarryd Hayne at fullback in this year’s State of Origin series. Daley has been left to find a new No.1 following Hayne’s departure to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL. The three players who he is considering are Manly’s... View Article
FORMER Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark has been appointed chief operating officer of the NSW Rugby League. Clark, 39, who was boss of the Sydney Sixers Big Bash team, will start his new role on March 9. ‘‘We are really excited to have a person of his quality joining us,’’ said NSWRL chief executive David... View Article