By Wayne Heming The one thing Valentine Holmes has always been great at is scoring tries. Itâs not a bad asset to have when you are a professional rugby league player. Holmes, who put his budding rugby league career on hold in 2019 to have a crack at breaking into the lucrative NFL, has made
By Wayne Heming An Australian side dominated by Queensland Origin players will clash with a powerful New Zealand side at AAMI Park in Melbourne on Saturday as a dress rehearsal for the Pacific Championship final the following weekend. Both countries have already qualified for the final at Waikatoâs FMG Stadium in Hamilton with the Kangaroos
Twenty-one players, including 12 Queensland Origin stars, have been selected in Kangaroo coach Mal Meningaâs Australian squad for the six-nation Pacific Championships which kick-off on Saturday. The 12 Maroons in the Meningaâs squad are Patrick Carrigan (Brisbane), Daly Cherry-Evans (Manly), Selwyn Cobbo (Brisbane), Lindsay Collins (Roosters), Reuben Cotter (Cowboys), Tino Faâasuamaleaui (Titans), Thomas Flegler (Brisbane),
QUEENSLAND discovery Pat Carrigan has put the Blues on notice, saying he can only get better and will not allow the Maroons to become complacent as they chase back-to-back Origin crowns next season. Carrigan says he will use the bitter-sweet experience of Brisbaneâs NRL finals collapse and stunning elevation into Australiaâs World Cup squad to
Seven Maroons have been called up to make their first appearances for Australia as part of the 11 Queenslanders named in Mal Meningaâs Kangaroos squad for the World Cup. Patrick Carrigan, Daly Cherry-Evans, Lindsay Collins, Reuben Cotter, Tino Faâasuamaleaui, Harry Grant, Valentine Holmes, Ben Hunt, Cameron Munster, Jeremiah Nanai and Murray Taulagi were all included
An extended post-season international program has proved an unexpected boost for Queensland State of Origin coach Kevin Walters, with the Maroonsâ playing depth boosted by the senior representative debuts handed to the likes of AJ Brimson and Kyle Feldt. Current Maroons Kalyn Ponga, David Fifita and Jai Arrow received their first call-up to international duty
COOPER Cronk will celebrate his 34th birthday as an official âFormerâ Origin Great, after bringing down the curtain on one of the great representative careers with Australiaâs 6-0 World Cup final win over England at Suncorp Stadium. Cronk will join long-time halves partner Johnathan Thurston in representative retirement in 2018, but both will continue on
AFTER an all-Queensland NRL grand final, and more than a decade of dominance from the Maroons at State of Origin level, rugby league fans will now have the first âall-Queenslandâ Rugby League World Cup final. Of course, the showpiece finale of the exceptional World Cup tournament will be played out between Australia and England at
DOUBTS about rugby leagueâs ability to succeed on the world stage were quickly extinguished over the first weekend of the Rugby League World Cup, with huge audiences tuning in to get their fix of footy. While international rugby league has been maligned for a long time, as it lived in the shadow of the behemoth
MAROON-in-waiting Felise Kaufusi has surged into the representative arena on the back of the Stormâs successful season as one of the bolters in Mal Meningaâs 24-man Kangaroos squad for the Rugby League World Cup. Queenslandâs 18th man in Game 3 of this yearâs State of Origin series, Kaufusi will make his senior representative debut in
