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While the Maroon debutants such as Michael Hancock, Kerrod Walters and Dan Stains had seemingly handled the pressure of Origin easily, only Bradley Clyde and Paul Sironen of the many Blues new faces seemed to handle the pressure in what was New South Wales' biggest Origin losing margin: 30 points (it had been 18–nil at half time).
The Blues team is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League and the Maroons by the Queensland Rugby League. The New South Wales team are sometimes referred to by the nickname "Cockroaches" and the Queensland team as "Cane Toads" [citation needed], due to names given to them by Barry Muir and Johnny Raper respectively. It was reinforced ...
The Blues were visibly rattled and a minute after play resumed big Maroon prop Sam Backo crashed over to give Queensland a 10-6 lead. When Allan Langer later clinched the game at 16-6 and the series by taking an inside pass from Conescu to score, Lewis by now back from his exile, carried Langer back from the Blues' tryline in jubilation.
In the twenty-first minute, a brawl erupted; Blues centre Michael Jennings, who ran some distance to leap into the brawl and punch Brent Tate in the head, was sent to the sin bin for ten minutes. The Maroons scored shortly afterwards, with winger Darius Boyd touching down in the corner and Johnathan Thurston converting to give Queensland a 6 ...
Nearing halftime, Blues five-eighth Josh Reynolds prevented a certain Maroons try by kicking the ball away from the Maroons' tryline. Sam Thaiday appeared to have scored the first try of the match for the Maroons in the 51st minute, only for the replay to show that he had lost possession of the ball whilst trying to ground the ball on the try ...
November 9, 2023 at 1:23 PM Channel 9-KTSM anchor Natassia Paloma Thompson announced Thursday morning she is leaving the station after six years. "After nearly six years, this is my last month at ...
Game I was a battle of attrition with a high casualty rate. Blues hooker Benny Elias spent time in the blood bin after copping a head gash which needed 10 stitches to close, Queensland second-rower Gary Larson left the field on a stretcher and Maroons prop Steve Jackson suffered severe concussion early in the match.
Steve Burns of "Blue's Clues" fame shared the show's catchphrase that used to "concern" him during his commencement speech at SUNY Delhi on May 18 — and turned it into an inspirational takeaway ...