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Big names back Daley to remain Blues boss
Blues mentors and respected business figures David Gyngell and Mark Bouris say Blues coach Laurie Daley should be reappointed regardless of the result in Wednesday's Origin decider.
Blues mentors and respected business figures David Gyngell and Mark Bouris say Blues coach Laurie Daley should be reappointed regardless of the result in Wednesday's Origin decider.
The Blues' most damaging forward Andrew Fifita has been the subject of abuse on and off the field in recent weeks, but some good has come from it. Let's deal with the on-field stuff first. No one wants to confirm what was said to Fifita when this picture was taken following Queensland's win in game two, but from what I've been told, Josh McGuire said words to the effect of "we knew you were shit" and "you are just shit c---s".
The spark had left the eyes of Te Maire Martin. The welcoming smile was absent. His life was derailed by a whispering campaign that won't go away.
Tyson Frizell, the man who reinjured the game's best player, Johnathan Thurston, says he has no regrets about what happened on the field, even though it cost Thurston an Origin III farewell.
The NRL is getting involved in the mess on the peninsula.
One of sport's highest profile couples, Kangaroos and Panthers star Trent Merrin and surfer Sally Fitzgibbons, have called it a day. The couple have hardly been together in recent times because of their busy lives.
Andrew Fifita's man-of-the-match performance has redefined the way modern-day forwards will be judged, and his preparation was as old school as it gets. Forget the sneaky burger he knocked over during the day.
Nathan Peats shed tears when he talked to his Blues teammates about his journey to Origin. And the impact of his selection on his family is best understood when you talk to his mum, Pamela Richards. To put it simply, the past six months have been hell for Pamela.
Greg Inglis is aware of the support he has from the rugby league community — and he is overwhelmed.
It's a Mother's Day plea that could end up in court: Rebecca Pope, Kieran Foran's ex-partner, wants the trolling to stop. Foran's return to Sydney can't come soon enough for Pope, and it's not just because she will have another set of hands to help with the couple's kids.
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