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• NSW Blues eyeing perfect Origin effort

  

  Perfection. It’s an extraordinary target to aim for but, according to NSW coach Ricky Stuart, nothing else will be good enough to beat Queensland in Wednesday night’s State of Origin rugby league opener.

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• ‘Crook’ Cameron Smith will play in Origin: Meninga

  

  Queensland coach Mal Meninga insists he has no plans to bring in a shadow player for skipper Cameron Smith who is quarantined while suffering flu-like symptoms two days out from the rugby league State of Origin series opener.

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• Queensland wary of Todd Carney’s Origin X-factor

  

  NSW Blues forward Tony ‘T-Rex’ Williams intimidates Queensland with his sheer size. But it’s one of the Blues’ smallest players, rookie five-eighth Todd Carney, who strikes most fear into Maroons ahead of Wednesday night’s State of Origin series opener at Etihad Stadium.

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• Emotional NSW Origin call-up for Todd Carney

  

  The first person to call Todd Carney minutes after he was named NSW Origin five-eighth was his good friend and the bloke who’ll wear the No.7 for the Blues, Mitchell Pearce.

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• Josh Dugan eyes Origin No.1 spot

  Josh Dugan has played down his chances of making the NSW State of Origin team but admits a big game against Parramatta next Sunday might see him leapfrog Jarryd Hayne and Brett Stewart for the Blues No.1 spot.

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• NRL’s Roosters re-sign Guerra

  

  Sydney Roosters re-sign impressive back-rower Aidan Guerra to a new three-year deal.

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• Pearce and Carney set for Blues pairing

  

  OLD firm Mitchell Pearce and Todd Carney look set to be reunited as NSW’s State of Origin halves pairing after starring in Sunday’s City-Country clash in Mudgee.

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• A-League ref ‘robs’ Perth of Glory

  

  THEY will go down as one of the A-League’s most dominant sides but it seems nothing is taken for granted by the Brisbane Roar in season deciders.

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• Kangaroos down Kiwis at Eden Park

  

  Australia hold off a persistent but error-riddled New Zealand to defeat them at home in Anzac rugby league test.

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• Aussies vow to dish it out in league Anzac Test

  

  Australia have warned New Zealand they will get as good as they give, with the Kangaroos rallying around Kiwi defector James Tamou ahead of an expected ambush at Eden Park on Friday night.

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• A dozen Blues spots up for grabs: Daley

  

  With up to a dozen NSW Origin spots up for grabs, Country coach Laurie Daley believes Sunday’s City-Country clash will have a massive bearing on the make-up of the Blues team for game one.

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• Robert Lui banning sends clear message: Gallop

  

  Australian Rugby League Commission chief executive David Gallop believes the decision to ban North Queensland halfback Robert Lui for the 2012 NRL season sent a clear message that rugby league will not tolerate violence against women.

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• London Broncos give Wildcats a rugby league wakeup call

  

  The Sky Sports cameras were down at The Stoop for the first time this season and the London Broncos certainly took the opportunity to put on a performance as they blew away the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 36-0 to take the London boys off the foot of the table.

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• England chasing Feleti Mateo for World Cup

  

  Feleti Mateo is set to be at the centre of an international tug of war for his services, with England coach Steve McNamara targeting the Warriors NRL star for next year’s Rugby League World Cup.

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• Melbourne Storm cruise to NRL win over Knights

  Melbourne celebrated the re-signing of their champion halfback Cooper Cronk with a six-try party as they romped to a 34-22 win over Newcastle in their NRL clash at AAMI Park.

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• Brisbane Broncos hold on to down NRL Dragons

  Young five-eighth Corey Norman scored his first try in the No.6 jumper as Brisbane withstood a second-half NRL comeback to down St George Illawarra 28-20 at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night.

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• Parramatta Eels rally around under siege Kearney

  

  Past and present Parramatta stars have rallied around besieged coach Stephen Kearney following calls from his head in the face of the Eels’ shocking start to the NRL season.

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• Broncos stumble to bottom team Widnes

  Rob Powell cut a frustrated figure after seeing his Broncos slip to a tough-luck 38-30 loss at Widnes.

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• Craig Bellamy wants Willie Mason to return to NRL

  

  Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy believes the return of Willie Mason to the NRL would be good for the game.

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• London Broncos close, but no cigar, against Wigan Warriors

  

  Rob Powell was defiant in defeat after watching his London Broncos side come up just short in a thriller against the Wigan Warriors at the DW Stadium.

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