‘Incredibly physical’: AFL legend calls State of Origin the ‘most brutal sport in the world’
AFL legend Dermott Brereton believes State of Origin rugby league is “the most brutal sport in the world in some rare praise for the rival code.Watch every game of every round this NRL Telstra Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo?The Blues must win to keep the series alive and prevent the Maroons from claiming a third straight series victory under coach Billy Slater .
“If I was that competitive beast, I would love to play it and probably would have loved to have played it. “To have someone oppose and stand in front of you, face you, and you have to charge into their shirt front, that’s brutal. “State of Origin is the best rugby league football you will see in the world. We love our sport in Melbourne, it’s just awesome. And in State of Origin, you get the chance to belong to a team in the best sporting fixture of its type in the world.”This will be the 10th State of Origin game played in Melbourne and Brereton said Victorians would embrace the spectacle.
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