NRL: The NSW blues have taken out the State of Origin decider in enemy territory and Michael Maguire has secured a series win in his first term as New South wales head coach.
The only place to watch every game of every round LIVE with no ad-breaks during play is Fox League , available on Kayo. New to Kayo?The Blues had wanted to revive the great tradition of arriving at Suncorp for the game by taking the team bus down Caxton Street, running a gauntlet of screaming Queensland fans and often being pelted with beer cans .
The practice was abandoned in 2011 due to safety concerns, and Queensland police barred a request from NSW coach Michael Maguire to bring back the tradition this series.“I did inquire, actually. I got to the heads of department and the police.But in a cheeky dig at the Queensland faithful, Blues half Jarome Luai shared a photo to social media after the Game III win of himself standing outside the Caxton Hotel – celebrating in the very heart of Maroons territory.
In the sheds in Melbourne, some of the players were spotted reading the lyrics off a sheet, but there was no need for that this time around as the Blues blasted their new tune. Luai was right at the centre of those celebrations too, banging a baseball bat on an esky as the players also launched into a rendition of “I feel like a Tooheys”, the classic 1980s ad campaign having been revived in recent months.
NSW star Bradman Best was spotted on social media with a beer in each hand on the field immediately after the game.Brian To’o wrote “Old habits die hard” with this picture of Penrith teammates past and present, referencing their all-too-familiar winning feeling.
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