Follow Ny Breaking Australia’s live blog for all the updates and scores from the second game of this year’s State of Origin series.
A worrying development for Daly Cherry-Evans
He was accused of taking a cheap shot at Angus Crichton in game one by none other than footy Immortal Andrew Johns – and now the Roosters back rower has spoken out about how the incident will affect him at the MCG tonight. Not good reading material for the Maroons skipper…
What the teams will look like, barring late changes
Slater and Maguire made no last-minute changes for game one – and if they continue to do so, this is what the teams will look like when the game comes out
1. Reece Walsh 2. Xavier Coates 3. Valentine Holmes 4. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 5. Murray Taulagi 6. Tom Dearden 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Reuben Cotter 9. Ben Hunt 10. Lindsay Collins 11. Jaydn Su’a 12. Jeremiah Nanai 13. Patrick Carrigan 14. Harry Grant 15. Moeaki Fotuaika 16. Felise Kaufusi 17. Kurt Capewell 18. Dane Gagai 20. Trent Loiero
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Nate Myles jokes about THAT outburst after Sua’ali’i knocked down Reece Walsh
The Maroons-turned-Queensland assistant was seen shouting ‘I hope you enjoyed your f**king debut’ at the Rooster after being sent off in game one.
Now he has hit back in hilarious fashion, saying: ‘It’s a bit funny, I’m a bit disappointed that people would think I’m swearing at an upstanding citizen of the game.
“I just wanted to be honest with him and just let him know calmly how his performance was.”
And if you believe that, we’d like to sell you the Sydney Harbor Bridge.
The rivalry between Billy Slater and Michael Maguire is taking things up a notch
They were friends who worked together at the Melbourne Storm when Billy played and Madge coached, but that’s gone out the window thanks to the NSW boss’s ‘glass houses’ comment – and today it emerged a simple act from Slater has left the Blues out of bounds set again.
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Thanks for joining us for our coverage of all the action as the Blues face a must-win game to prevent the Maroons from winning a third straight series for the first time since 2017.
From team news to the latest scores, controversies and social media reactions, we’ve got you covered as a new-looking NSW team tries to bounce back from the 38-10 hammering they suffered in Sydney.
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