‘I never thought we’d get away with it’: Inside the greatest scam in Origin history | app85
Twenty years ago, in the boardroom of Brisbane’s famous XXXX brewery, rugby league’s most famous teetotaller had the Queensland Rugby League unveil plans for the biggest ruse in State of Origin history, when three little letters became part of rugby league folklore: TBA.
Speaking to all the main players about the Lote Tuqiri debacle, when QRL chairman John McDonald only read out 16 names at the team announcement to allow the Broncos winger to serve a suspension and return for the interstate clash in Brisbane, we recall a bizarre week of Origin schadenfreude.“We played the Dragons the week before and I was put on report [for a dangerous throw on Ben Ross]. I thought after the game, ‘yeah, it wasn’t too bad’. But I forgot about the carryover points.
The beneficiaries of back-to-back selection masterstrokes for Queensland - Lote Tuqiri and Allan Langer.“It was a shitfight because they did blow up about it. But Wayne had our support to do whatever we had to do, if there ever was such a loophole.The tale of two wingers as TBA sets new record“I actually felt fresh. I felt really good having a couple of days off. That was a godsend. I don’t know if it related to the game and scoring three tries, but I definitely felt refreshed and enthused.
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