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Fullback Billy Slater says Queensland face a big challenge to level the State of Origin series at Suncorp Stadium with NSW heading north high on confidence after their 14-6 opening game win on Wednesday night. "It will be a big challenge, but ...

IF ever you needed evidence of the planets aligning for Queensland, Cameron Smith and Billy Slater are born on the same day: June 18, 1983. One on the Sunshine Coast, the other in Brisbane. Their psychic ability to find each other on the field ...

Jarryd Hayne v Billy Slater - by the stats. They are two of the most polarising superstars in the NRL and are destined to be constantly locked in a head-to-head battle; Billy the greatest fullback Slater and Jarryd the Hayne plane. From Grand Finals ...

Billy Slater is tackled by Brett Morris in the Origin opener. Picture: WOLTER PEETERS STATE OF ORIGIN Brett Morris' troublesome knee is still causing minor discomfort, but it was easily masked after the St George Illawarra winger lifted his ...

Billy Slater, Darius Boyd, Greg Inglis, Justin Hodges and Brent Tate. They're experienced Origin warriors who have been some of the game's best players for a number of years but they were virtually anonymous in the first half. A lot of the credit ...

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NSW players are on alert for Greg Inglis to play a roving role in Wednesday night's opening State of Origin that may involve him combining with Billy Slater as dual fullbacks. Inglis, who is regarded as the best player in the NRL this season, will ...

If you saw M. Night Shyamalan's brilliant 1999 The Sixth Sense , you got a glimpse of the mental disorder Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome — in which a child's parent or other caregiver secretly creates an illness in the child in a twisted effort to ...

Teammate Cooper Cronk has backed Cameron Smith to see off the challenge from Robbie Farah, who'll be out to press claims for the Test hooker role in Wednesday night's rugby league State of Origin opener. Having finally nailed down the NSW job, Farah ...