Billy Slater
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State of Origin game one 2026 as it happened: Blues secure victory in series opener after controversial Kalyn Ponga send off
The Blues secured a stunning 22-20 victory in game one of the 2026 State of Origin series with a James Tedesco try in the final minutes of the game after Kalyn Ponga was sent off in the 57th minute.
- Billie Eder and Frances Howe
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Coached by Canberra’s greatest five-eighth, Strange makes a dream Origin debut
Ethan Strange entered his first State of Origin match with high hopes of living up to the exploits of Laurie Daley. His debut was fair start.
- Chris Barrett
How Jai Arrow spent Monday night ‘laughing and joking’ with his Queensland mates
Some of the most lovely Origin scenes unfolded inside a Parramatta Italian restaurant on Monday night.
- Christian Nicolussi
- Opinion
- State of Origin
Two bloopers got Origin build-up under way. The Blues can’t afford to fluff their lines
NSW’s carefully stage-managed State of Origin launch got off to a rocky start, with a technical glitch, delayed flights, Reddit banter and a familiar sense of pressure hanging over the Blues.
- Tom Decent
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- NRL 2026
How Bennett’s gut feel turned champion’s son into an Origin bolter
His father became the ultimate utility in four Brisbane Broncos premierships. Bennett’s instincts have put Plath on the same path.
- Nick Wright
Billy Slater knows what makes Reece Walsh tick ... and how much he should share with Melbourne
Billy Slater handed Reece Walsh his Queensland Origin debut, and says he is only too happy to share some “professional intel” with the Storm.
- Christian Nicolussi
- Opinion
- NRL 2025
Readers versus Roy Masters: Your best teams from 2000 to 2025
Are you a better selector than the Western Suburbs coach of the century and the man voted best St George coach
- Opinion
- NRL 2025
Why Nathan Cleary didn’t make the best NRL team since 2000
The Western Suburbs coach of the century and former Dragons coach selects his best squad of the quarter-century. Do you agree?
- Roy Masters
- Opinion
- NRL 2025
Cam Munster had just lost his father. Somehow, he found the strength to crack a joke
Queensland icon Wally Lewis visited Maroons training to pay his respects, and was soon on the end of a gag from the Queensland No.6. It was the moment that said it all about the Maroons skipper.
- Danny Weidler
What Slater told Munster during their full-time Origin embrace
The emotional exchange between the Queensland coach and captain, who played just three days after the death of his father, is destined to become an iconic Origin image.
- Christian Nicolussi