Queensland coach Mal Meninga says this weekend’s NRL grand final is the decider that rugby league deserves. After some nail-biting and breath-taking matches over the course of the semi-finals, ultimately it was the teams ranked first and second after the NRL’s minor rounds – the Bulldogs and Melbourne – left standing to
Their incredible run of success in recent times has brought them many deserved accolades and plaudits from most parts. But in the year of the London Olympics, it is worth momentarily setting their successes to one side to acknowledge the achievement in merely competing. What these players have to deliver just to
Maroons mastercoach Mal Meninga says he will leave the decision on Petero Civoniceva’s State of Origin swansong up to the man himself. Big Petero is back with the Broncos after four seasons with Penrith, and has indicated he will put up his hand for one final tour of Origin duty as the
Darren Lockyer’s retirement after the Four Nations final in England has heralded the start of a year of change for the Queensland State of Origin team. Obviously being without our champion captain and five-eighth for the first since Darren’s debut in 1998 means a major shake-up in our preparations, but next season
Queensland coach Mal Meninga says the quality of the football seen in the NRL finals has once again highlighted the gulf in class between the Australian and English rugby league competitions. Meninga, currently in Europe for an extended holiday after a taxing year leading the Maroons to a historic sixth consecutive series
Emotion may be one of the traditional fuels for Queensland’s State of Origin fire, but coach Mal Meninga says we should expect a “cold and calculated” approach from the Maroon in the series decider on July 6. Far from panicking after Queensland’s upset 18-8 loss to New South Wales in Origin II,
Record-breaking Maroons coach Mal Meninga admits his team was “conservative” in its approach to the first game of this year’s State of Origin series, forewarning of an all-out attacking assault for Game II in Sydney. RECORD-breaking Maroons coach Mal Meninga admits his team was “conservative” in its approach to the first game
The days of the handshake deal are over and I think the game is poorer for it. PROBABLY the biggest news story of the 2010 footy off-season – and maybe the entire year, actually – was the seemingly endless contract dispute revolving around Queensland Origin centre Greg Inglis. You’ve all read the
Mal says international selection laws are hurting the game and have to go. QUEENSLAND and Kangaroos legend Mal Meninga says the Rugby League International Federation is being short-sighted with its eligibility criteria, and has demanded changes to help the game grow internationally. Big Mal was left gobsmacked after the RLIF came down
RUGBY league legend Mal Meninga says the sad tale of Canberra’s disgraced Test centre Joel Monaghan should be a wake-up call to all players in the NRL about their responsibility to uphold the reputation of the game. Monaghan tearfully quit the Raiders earlier this month when a mobile phone picture of him
