The Raiders last year failed to live up to the expectation they put on themselves after a dynamic end to 2010, which saw them reach the second week of the finals on the back of nine wins from their final 10 games of the season. But with Terry Campese...

Taumalolo ... Will we see him in Maroon or Kiwi colours? Source: Colin Whelan / AAP Queensland State of Origin coach Mal Meninga is adamant brilliant young North Queensland Cowboys forward Jason Taumalolo should be playing for the Maroons and Australia,...

Source: The Courier-Mail QUEENSLAND State of Origin coach Mal Meninga is adamant brilliant young Cowboys forward Jason Taumalolo should be playing for the Maroons and Australia, even though he has represented the Junior Kiwis. Meninga said yesterday...

That is Aladdin's cave, right there. When the bidding finally opened on an invitation that could have been worth anything, a meaty paw reached up to the lights and the first pledge was made. "I'll bid $2000," said Mal Meninga, the Queensland coach. ...

Funnily enough, he shared the distinction with his father-in-law Dan Dempsey. When the Queensland team of the century was named in 2008, Flannery was chosen on one wing, alongside the likes of Darren Lockyer, Wally Lewis, Mal Meninga, Arthur Beetson...

Raiders legend Mal Meninga has backed Terry Campese to bounce back a better player, claiming the star five-eighth's rotten injury curse will ''maketh the man''. The former Australian Kangaroos captain has also endorsed Campese's captaincy credentials as...

This year will see the competing sides divided into two conferences - a North Western Conference and a South Eastern Conference - each consisting of eight teams. The four most northern teams - Northern Pride, Townsville Stingers, Mackay Cutters and CQ...

Tonga has since explained his actions informally to Maroons coach Mal Meninga. He will fight for his Origin future next week when he is called to front a four-man tribunal comprising QRL chairman John McDonald, chief executive Robbie Moore, Meninga and...

Origin camp. The younger brother of Maroons star Willie Tonga, Esi spoke of his disappointment at letting down himself and the Queensland set-up when he disappeared for the final day of the annual camp run by Wayne Bennett three weeks ago. Tonga has...

Few understand the agonising decision confronting Civoniceva like Webcke, who played nine seasons of first grade with the Fiji-born warhorse, culminating in the front-row duo leading the Broncos to the 2006 premiership. Maroons coach Mal Meninga is...

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Smith said yesterday coach Mal Meninga and his panel were intent on remaining a State of Origin force after six successive series victories and believes preparation is one of the keys to their ongoing success. “We (the selectors) do a fair bit of...

Meninga joined forces yesterday with State-of-Origin rival Ricky Stuart in a round of golf at the Horton Park course in Maroochydore, as part of an auction prize from a 2011 fundraiser at the Alexandra Headland surf club for the Compass Institute. ...

After the departure of Matt Parish, an Australian whose left-field appointment had never convinced, the responsibility for sending out a competitive side has fallen to Veivers, a straight-talking Queenslander who first came to England when Mal Meninga...

The Herberton junior was a fixture in the Maroons from 2006-09, turning out for 12 Origins before leaving to play a season for the Catalans Dragons in the English Super League. Johnson returned to the NRL last year to link with the Cowboys and...

The 23-year-old younger brother of Queensland origin centre Willie Tonga is in hot water after he defied an 11.30pm curfew on Saturday. Players had met for dinner and drinks and Tonga failed to attend training the next morning under Bennett and Origin...

Parramatta centre has been summonsed to appear before a special three-man Queensland Rugby League panel after breaking a team curfew and failing to show up for training during last weekend’s Emerging Origin camp under Queensland Academy of Sport head...

Tonga did not meet an 11.30pm curfew on Saturday when he stayed out all night. He then missed Wayne Bennett's final training run on Sunday. He must now front a disciplinary panel headed by QRL chairman John McDonald. Origin coach Mal Meninga is also...

The 23-year-old younger brother of Queensland origin centre Willie Tonga is in hot water after he defied an 11.30pm curfew on Saturday night. Players had gathered for dinner and a few drinks and Tonga failed to attend training the next morning under...