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How about we put last night behind us? Yes I know that north of the border (and in outposts like Wollongong) you are all still celebrating. And did Anna Bligh say today “I tell you what, any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum.” Probably not but it is what [...]

The difference between Queensland and New South Wales last night is simple. When Queensland were out on their feet in the second half, dropping the ball and giving the Blues great field position, they just didn’t give in. They got themselves up for one more desperate tackle. They summoned what reserves they had left to [...]

Live blogging will start from 7:30pm AEST tonight! Apologies. Coveritlive is playing up and offline at the moment. Updates in comments until we are back. State of Origin II

North of the border, our Queensland cousins will be sitting back and thinking they have this year’s State of Origin in the bag. They may be right to do so given Craig Wing is out and due to a lack of in-form five-eighth, Trent Barrett is the Lazarus of league. Of course, in their tortured [...]

The news is out, Greg Bird has been sentenced to at least eight months jail (pending an appeal). The Daily Telecrap had Jail Bird on their home page (sub-editors really had to work hard for that one) though Sidelined’s own Mountain Boy was made that reference back in April. A problem with player behaviour has [...]

Who’d want to be Tony Zappia at the moment? He goes from one calamity to the other with the farce quotient rising each time. Expect an announced soon that the Sharks somehow lost money after they answered an email from Nigeria. Another Origin affected round with only five games. Makes it all the more harder [...]

Better late than never, some of you may like to know about last Saturday at Henson Park. With myself, Alan (father in law), Mungo Amanda, Bismarck O’Measles and his Poms, Chris and Lee, and Danny from work, we had a nice mob for the day out. Meeting at the Henson Park Hotel (and apologies Amanda [...]

Drama heading into round 14 as Karmichael Hunt becomes a victim of the zombie plague and the Broncos are refusing to play their scheduled game on Friday. David Gallop has galloped up the Brisbane to sort things out. In the meantime, time is running out for a few clubs to make a claim for a [...]

A strange experience. For the life of me, the period between 8 and 10:30pm from Wednesday night has been erased from my memory. I have no idea what happened but I’m sure it was nothing important. A slightly abbreviated round with only 7 games so lets get into it. Please note that no-one from the [...]

Yes, Sidelined are live blogging State of Origin once again. The fun will start around 7:30pm AEST with the traditional opening in which we bag Ben Ikin. Oh noes! Ikin is out! Bugger. That was one of my favourite parts of the origin experience. State of Origin 1