Decision time: Maroons send Blues back to square one
Queensland 26 NSW 6 Stink: Four players were sent to the sin bin afterf all-in brawl. Photo: Getty Images As it happened / Match stats The reaction: Tempers flare in violence crackdown Man of the...
View ArticleMaroons in box seat for decider
Try time: Sam Thaiday scores for Queensland in the second state-of-origin clash. Photo: Mark Kolbe Before Australia decides, a decider. Backs to the wall has never been a particularly fun place for...
View ArticleSin-bin gets a workout as merciless Maroons square series
Queensland 24 NSW 6 Stink: Four players were sent to the sin bin afterf all-in brawl. Photo: Getty Images As it happened / Match stats Before Australia decides, a decider. Backs to the wall has never...
View ArticleDaily Telegraph Sports Editor-at-Large Phil Rothfield calls on NRL boss Dave...
David (Dave) Smith Chief Executive National Rugby League.Dear Dave, Rugby league fans, coaches and players have lost confidence in your referees. The standard of officiating in our showpiece State of...
View ArticleNSW's Greg Bird wants apology after sin-binning
NSW back-rower Greg Bird believes he deserves an apology from the NRL after claiming he was mistakenly sin-binned for his role in the brawl which marred Queensland's Origin II victory. Bird was one of...
View ArticleLeague: Bird wants apology for Origin sin binning
NSW back-rower Greg Bird believes he deserves an apology from the NRL after claiming he was mistakenly sin-binned for his role in the brawl which marred Queensland's Origin II victory. Bird was one of...
View ArticleBird wants apology for Origin sin-binning
AAP NSW back-rower Greg Bird believes he deserves an apology from the NRL after claiming he was mistakenly sin-binned for his role in the brawl which marred Queensland's Origin II victory. Bird was...
View ArticleInnocent Bird seeks explanation of biff rules
THE FIGHT NSW forward Greg Bird has demanded the NRL clarify its edict on fighting after he was one of four players sin-binned in Wednesday night's State of Origin, even though he said he did not...
View ArticleLeague: Maroons and Blues exchange 'cheap shot' barbs
The State of Origin decider is in danger of turning into a cheap shot free-for-all, with tensions simmering on both sides of the border over attacks rival camps feel went unpunished. While the heat...
View ArticleSin bin rulings farcical, say Gillespie and Harrigan
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View ArticleTwo little punches and it's an 11-a-side game
QUEENSLAND and NSW last night urged the NRL to reconsider its stance on banning the biff after four players were sent to the sin bin in an incident that both camps later described as "embarrassing"...
View Article'Why don't we go play netball?' Tempers flare as violence crackdown put to...
Click for more photos State of Origin - Game 2 Maroons fans arrive. Photo: Getty Images View all 25 photos NRL officials have made good on their promise to sin bin players for fighting, sending four...
View ArticleOrigin rivals fuming over cheap shots
AAP The State of Origin decider is in danger of turning into a cheap shot free-for-all, with tensions simmering on both sides of the border over attacks rival camps feel went unpunished by the match...
View ArticleLeague: Sin-binnings made Origin II embarrassing - Gallen
A body blow was delivered to NSW's hopes of winning their first State of Origin series since 2005, however, it was a second half fight that threatened to take the gloss off Queensland's gutsy 26-6...
View ArticleQueensland beat NSW 26-6 in State of Origin II at Suncorp Stadium to level...
IT was a revenge cheap shot that sparked another ugly State of Origin brawl. PLAYER RATINGS: WHO STARRED AND WHO DIDN'T? PICTURES: THE ACTION GAL'S RACE TO BE FIT FOR GAME THREE PICTURES: THE FANS...
View ArticleOrigin fight takes gloss off Queensland win
A body blow was delivered to NSW's hopes of winning their first State of Origin series since 2005, however, it was a second half fight that threatened to take the gloss off Queensland's gutsy 26-6...
View ArticleOrigin fight takes gloss over win
A body blow was delivered to NSW's hopes of winning their first State of Origin series since 2005, however, it was a second half fight that threatened to take the gloss off Queensland's gutsy 26-6...
View ArticleFight again mars Origin
AAP A body blow was delivered to NSW's hopes of winning their first State of Origin series since 2005, however, it was a second half fight that threatened to take the gloss off Queensland's gutsy 26-6...
View ArticleEye injury rules Storm skipper out of Wests Tigers clash
Melbourne and Queensland skipper Cameron Smith will miss Saturday's NRL clash against the Wests Tigers after cutting his right eye in Origin II. The 30-year-old says he was poked in the eye just...
View ArticleFour sent packing as origin clash comes to blows
Sin-binned: Justin Hodges is marched off the field. Photo: Getty Images NRL officials have made good on their promise to sin-bin players for fighting, sending four from the field as fisticuffs again...
View ArticleRules on the biff are here to stay
THE NRL has cast doubts on the decision to sin bin Greg Bird and Brent Tate in the second State of Origin game, but vowed to maintain its hardline stance on fighting in the face of unrelenting...
View ArticleSin-binnings embarrass the game, says Gallen
NSW coach Laurie Daley has called for the NRL to ''reconsider'' it's hardline stance on violence after four players were sin-binned for fisticuffs that again overshadowed the game's marquee encounter....
View ArticleNRL stands by tough stance on fighting
AAP The NRL says it won't back down from its hardline stance on fighting despite widespread condemnation of the strict interpretation of its new rule after four players were sin-binned in State of...
View ArticleSomething stinks in Blues camp
SEVEN years of Origin failure has pushed NSW to become footbrawlers who now resort to their fists out of frustration. Trent Merrin's punching attack on Brent Tate in Origin II has set the stage for a...
View ArticleBlues' fury at refs after failure to punish rule-breaking Maroons
NSW coach Laurie Daley was disappointed with Trent Merrin for his lack of discipline in Origin II - but not as unhappy as he was with the performance...
View ArticleMitch Allgood was right to get in first, says Blues captain Paul Gallen
PARRAMATTA prop Mitchell Allgood may be facing a three-match suspension for his flurry of punches on Manly centre Steve Matai, but he found himself with some powerful friends yesterday after NSW...
View ArticleDaley pulls punches as biff culture takes its toll
Winning Starts Monday After hailing the flurry of blows Paul Gallen unleashed on Nate Myles in last month's series opener as "a great Origin moment", it was notable that NSW coach Laurie Daley did not...
View ArticleGallen backs Allgood after Matai stink
AAP NSW skipper Paul Gallen has leapt to the defence of Parramatta prop Mitchell Allgood after his spat with Manly's Steve Matai and says the new NRL striking rules will see minor incidents blown out...
View ArticleBird’s mantra on biff flies in the face of officialdom
Leading NSW Origin players continue to rally against the NRL's blanket ban on fighting, with Blues enforcer Greg Bird admitting: ''I don't mind seeing a good stink every now and again.'' The...
View Article'We play by the rules': Daley says fighting isn't on agenda
Blues coach Laurie Daley with skipper Paul Gallen. Photo: Getty Images NSW coach Laurie Daley has declared that the prospect of Queensland retribution for Paul Gallen's fight with Nate Myles in State...
View ArticleNRL to show zero tolerance for footy violence
ONE punch and you're off. The NRL has announced a strict zero tolerance policy to punching in the toughest crackdown on foul play in rugby league history. State of Origin coaches Laurie Daley and Mal...
View ArticleBird wants apology after sin-binning
NSW back-rower Greg Bird believes he deserves an apology from the NRL after claiming he was mistakenly sin-binned for his role in the brawl which marred Queensland's Origin II victory. Bird was one of...
View ArticleRef's call as one-punch rule gets knocked out for Rugby League World Cup
"The game will be refereed according to the international laws": Federation secretary Andrew Hill. Photo: Adam McLean AMZ The Rugby League World Cup won't be officiated under the same ''one punch and...
View ArticleRef's call as one-punch rule gets knocked out for tournament
The Rugby League World Cup won't be officiated under the same ''one punch and you're off'' edict introduced in the NRL mid-season. Punching an opponent remains illegal but the ramifications aren't as...
View ArticleNSW Blues primed for harsh referee treatment in State of Origin rugby league...
Laurie Daley has hinted that his side may face an uphill battle to get the 50-50 referee calls as the Blues have struggled to win a penalty count in front of a hostile Queensland crowd in recent years....
View ArticleNSW Blues primed for harsh treatment from referees in State of Origin opener
Targets: Trent Hodkinson and Josh Reynolds with Blues coach Laurie Daley. Photo: Getty Images Laurie Daley has hinted that his side may face an uphill battle to get the 50-50 referee calls as the Blues...
View ArticleMyles threw down gauntlet to set off this series of blues
Bones of contention: Paul Gallen’s assault on Nate Myles in Origin I. Photo: Getty Images “Is that the best you’ve got? C’mon, then. Let’s go.” That is what Nate Myles said to Paul Gallen after pushing...
View ArticleLeague: Fight mars Queensland's Origin win
A body blow was delivered to NSW's hopes of winning their first State of Origin series since 2005, however, it was a second half fight that threatened to take the gloss off Queensland's gutsy 26-6 game...
View ArticleBan Merrin more than a week: Thurston
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View ArticleMerrin: I'm not going to pull punches if provoked
"If one of us hurt, we all hurt. That's the way I saw it, and I acted upon it": Trent Merrin, left. Photo: Mark Kolbe NSW interchange forward Trent Merrin has vowed he won't back down if tempers again...
View ArticleSend offs give game a black eye, say Origin greats
Four players were sent to the sin bin after this all-in brawl. Photo: Getty Images Former Brisbane, Queensland and Australian captain Gorden Tallis has called for a meeting of the minds after the NRL’s...
View ArticleOrigin sin bin for fights is here to stay
Referees boss Daniel Anderson says he sees no reason the NRL's stance on fighting should be softened amid mounting criticism and the concession by him that the sin-binning of Greg Bird and Brent Tate,...
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