QUEENSLAND Rugby League chairman Bruce Hatcher has backed Jai Arrow to bounce back from his drama-charged Origin series this season, declaring the forward firebrand can one day captain the Maroons. Arrow endured a rollercoaster 2021 NRL campaign, with the Maroons workhorse fined $35,000 by the NRL and suspended for Origin III after breaching Covid protocols

Big Mal is back – with Queensland’s greatest coach Mal Meninga returning to the fold with the Maroons and backing fullback legend Billy Slater to thrive as our newest State of Origin coach. The ARL Commission has given the green light for Meninga to assist the Maroons’ campaign in 2022, on the proviso the Australia

NEW Queensland coach Billy Slater has vowed to be his own man as Paul Green’s successor backed his knowledge of State of Origin football to spearhead a Maroons fightback next season. Slater’s decision to ink a two-year contract represents a fresh era of mentoring for the Maroons, with the Queensland Rugby League determined to cultivate

QUEENSLAND rugby league director Darryl Van de Velde says it is crucial that Maroons hierarchy develop a new wave of Origin coaches following the departure of 2021 mentor Paul Green. Green endured a turbulent debut campaign at the helm of the Maroons this year, suffering a 2-1 series loss as a raft of injuries, the

QUEENSLAND Rugby League chairman Bruce Hatcher has thrown his support behind coach Paul Green as the QRL prepares for a wide-ranging review of the Maroons’ failed 2021 Origin campaign. After their heroics under Wayne Bennett last November, the Maroons surrendered the Origin shield this season in a 2-1 series loss that exposed Green to the

The darkest hours are just before the dawn. And while Queensland may have endured some dark hours during this year’s State of Origin series, the first few rays of sunshine in the dawning of a new Maroons era finally broke through in Origin III. In the first Origin game played on the Gold Coast, the

Queensland are going “Hammer and Ponga” for the third State of Origin game, with Maroons coach Paul Green revamping his team as his battered troops rally to save pride from a disappointing campaign. Electric Cowboys centre Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow has been called in to make his Origin debut, while fullbacks Kalyn Ponga and AJ Brimson also

This year’s State of Origin series has devolved into a rugby league version of Elm Street – a nightmare within a nightmare from which desperate Queenslanders just cannot wake up. But instead of Freddie Krueger, it is Freddie Fittler and his seemingly unstoppable Blues tearing the Maroons to shreds. Following a worst-ever 50-6 loss in

Something old, something new. Return to Suncorp, and beat the Blues. Queensland coach Paul Green has unveiled his formula for a State of Origin revenge mission in Game II, overhauling his squad with a mix of new faces and tried-and-tested performers to try to square the series on Sunday night. Boom rookie Reece Walsh, cut

Queensland will need to call on every ounce of its fabled fighting spirit to salvage this year’s State of Origin series after imploding on the tarmac in the opening game in Townsville. The Maroons were battered 50-6 by the rampaging Blues, giving the Queenslanders their biggest Origin loss in Origin’s 41 years with a 44-point