Laurie Daley

Daley was not expected to renew his deal after coaching the Blues to an unlikely series triumph this season

Now they had done what few outside the team thought possible and bullied the bullies in the deciding match, totally dominating the team that had embarrassed them all series to steal the 2026 State of Origin shield

Cleary entered the decider with his Origin reputation under scrutiny after missing an Origin-record 10 tackles during NSW's heavy Game 2 defeat, despite already holding four NRL premiership rings with the Penrith Panthers

Nathan Cleary and Cameron Munster have very different histories in State of Origin deciders

Billy explains why the Maroons head to Rockhampton before every decider, the thinking behind recalling Jeremiah Nanai, what Pat Carrigan's return means for Queensland, and the disappointment of losing Lindsay Collins

Even as momentum threatened to swing despite the visitors’ casualty ward growing, Sam Mitchell’s side consistently found the answers and all but ended the season of the battered and bruised Giants outfit

But they steadied, holding parity for the middle 40-minutes, until Nathan Cleary stepped up with a masterclass in nerveless football, mirroring the Maroon’s opening salvo to scramble three tries in the final quarter to conjure Origin’s biggest comeback

NSW coach Laurie Daley is asked about criticism levelled towards him heading into State of Origin game two

Moses was confined to the south-eastern corner of Morrie Breen Oval, on the NSW Central Coast, where he completed a series of stretching and running drills with Blues physio Kenny Michalopoulos

Former All Blacks halfback TJ Perenara suffered a similar injury at the end of 2022, but when he returned he looked as if he had actually added half of acceleration

The Roosters’ No 1 barrelled after a Cleary bomb, 79 minutes into his 24th Origin appearance

Blues medicos will send him for scans on Tuesday morning, with Canterbury’s Matt Burton set to link with the squad when thyey arrive in Sydney later Monday

Stuart’s press conference, in which he didn’t field any questions, lasted one minute and 51 seconds

Billy opens up on the huge fullback debate between Reece Walsh and Kalyn Ponga, why experience mattered in key positions, and how the Maroons landed on one of the most talked-about squads in recent Origin history

Whether it’s scoring four tries in as many grand final appearances — including the match-winning intercept in the 2021 decider — or heroics at Test and Origin level, “Critter” has a history of stepping up when it matters

Queensland coach Billy Slater explains his Maroons team for game one, including snubbing Reece Walsh to put Kalyn Ponga at fullback

Money will be near the bottom of the list of factors Nathan Cleary considers when he makes his next footballing move

Queensland great Sam Thaiday explains why he can't pick Sam Walker as his Maroons halfback in State of Origin

Souths players were unimpressed with the way Su’A shot out of the line, with injured back-rower David Fifita caught on TV cameras standing above the tunnel at Accor Stadium and yelling at the Parramatta-bound Dragon