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HISTORICAL FACTS: Queensland origin | History Defined

Queensland Origin star chooses Samoa over Jillaroos

Gold Coast second-rower Sienna Lofipo has opted to play for Samoa in the Pacific Championships, one day after being named for a potential Australia debut.

AAP

No rep retirement as Cherry-Evans eyes Maroons jersey

Daly Cherry-Evans is yet to decide whether 2025 will be his 15th and final season at Manly, but he has no plans to walk away from representative football early.

AAP

Rugby league mourns Origin star Carl Webb felled by Motor Neurone Disease age 42

Australia and Queensland Origin star, who played 187 NRL games with Broncos, Cowboys and Eels and one Test for Australia, dies after four-year fight with MND

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How long can Kalyn Ponga's trademark swagger hold up?

THE good news for Kalyn Ponga is that David Fifita has been playing on the left edge this season. The bad news is that Fifita is also quite capable of playing on the right side, as he did in Gold Coast's 34-24 win against the Knights at Cbus Stadium last…

Newcastle Herald

Fifita targets Origin, leading Titans surge with Foran

David Fifita will resume his budding combination with returning playmaker Kieran Foran when Gold Coast play Brisbane in the NRL on Saturday night.

AAP

The story of the South Queensland Crushers' arrival on the Brisbane rugby league scene in 1995

The NRL is going back to the future as they add another team to Brisbane. But a quarter of a century ago, the South Queensland Crushers were the first team to try and share territory with the Broncos. This is their story.

ABC News

Newcastle Knights coach Adam O'Brien reaches a pivotal point

MIDWAY through last NRL season, amid mounting media speculation about the prospect of Kalyn Ponga switching to five-eighth, Newcastle Knights coach Adam O'Brien raised the subject with me during a telephone conversation. Kalyn Ponga and Adam O'Brien. It was clear O'Brien was no fan of the idea. He didn't want…

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Knights legend Andrew Johns leads call for battered Kalyn Ponga to sit out rest of season

"I don't think Kalyn will play again this year."

Newcastle Herald

Enari Tuala in the firing line as Newcastle Knights coach Adam O'Brien ponders selection dilemma

English import Dominic Young and former Queensland Origin flyer Edrick Lee look virtually un-droppable on recent form.

Newcastle Herald

Bellamy lessons guide Slater in Origin

Rookie Queensland Origin coach Billy Slater says part of his job is instilling belief in his players, but they have returned the favour for him.

AAP

Knights NRLW skipper Romy Teitzel wins Queensland Origin selection

Teitzel, a 23-year-old from Townsville, will be joined in the 22-player Maroons squad by Newcastle's new signing Tamika Upton.

Newcastle Herald

Slater expects Grant to join Qld camp

Harry Grant has battled a groin niggle and bout of the flu but Queensland coach Billy Slater expects him to join the squad as planned on Wednesday.

AAP

Origin speculation excites Cowboys youth

A number of North Queensland's young guns are coming into the discussion about possible Queensland Origin selection.

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