By Wayne Heming FOG# 193 Ben Hunt brings up NRL game number 300 at Townsville’s Queensland Country Bank Stadium on Saturday hoping to celebrate the rare career milestone by steering the St George-Illawarra Dragons to a much-needed win against North Queensland. Hunt will become just the 47th player in NRL-ARL history to join the 300-game club.
By Wayne Heming Andrew Gee’s relationship with Wayne Bennett was far more than just a player-coach bond. Gee played every one of his 255 NRL games under Bennett. It’s fair to say he would have taken a bullet for his coach who in turn trusted him completely whenever he needed a job done. Gee’s loyalty
Two Former Origin Greats (FOGS) who played with heart and passion have endorsed fiery Canberra redhead Corey Horsburgh as a future Queensland player -- possibly even as early as this year’s interstate series. Chris “Choppy” Close, Maroon FOG #5 and Justin Hodges, Maroon FOG #130 are both fans of the bustling Caboolture 24-year-old who has
MAROONS mentor Billy Slater believes the birth of the Dolphins can strengthen Queensland’s Origin program, and has backed Wayne Bennett to bring success in the expansion club’s embryonic years. The Dolphins will enter the big league in 2023 as Queensland’s fourth club, and part of the NRL’s expansion push was a deliberate strategy to ensure
Old Trafford lived up to its title as the “Theatre of Dreams” for Australian fans early on Sunday morning, with the men’s Kangaroos and women’s Jillaroos teams being crowned Rugby League World Cup champions. And the Queenslanders at the centre of that success have declared that, far from being a crowning coup de grace, their
QUEENSLAND discovery Pat Carrigan has put the Blues on notice, saying he can only get better and will not allow the Maroons to become complacent as they chase back-to-back Origin crowns next season. Carrigan says he will use the bitter-sweet experience of Brisbane’s NRL finals collapse and stunning elevation into Australia’s World Cup squad to
Penrith’s stunning grand final win over Parramatta brought the 2022 season to a close, but the decider also acted as the final curtain call for a number of FOGS who have played their final games in the NRL. As is tradition at the grand final, players either retiring or moving on from the NRL to
FOG No.225 has capped his extraordinary breakout season by being named the NRL’s Dally M Rookie of the Year for 2022. Nanai was among a host of Maroons to pick up awards on the NRL’s night of celebration, while Cronulla’s Nicho Hynes was named the Dally M Medal winner as the game’s best and fairest
The broken hearts of the state’s rugby league fans have been dealt another blow, with the news that iconic former Queensland and Australian Test captain Barry Muir has passed away at the age of 84. While Barry played for and coached Queensland in the pre-Origin era, he left an indelible mark on the game, being
The Former Origin Greats, and the wider rugby league community in Queensland and around the world were united in their grief as former Maroons halfback and coach, FOG No.113 Paul Green was farewelled and laid to rest in Brisbane. Paul tragically took his own life on August 11, leaving behind a devastated family, and distraught
