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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Queensland have lost a State of Origin series decider in Brisbane for just the third time in history, after 65 minutes of impenetrable defence from both sides. While the Queenslanders were heroic against a relentless Blues outfit, the Maroon wall was eventually breached by the antagonistic Blues Number 6, Jarome Luai, who sent a hulking Bradman Best over the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Not one try and two sin bins at 30 minutes. This is sexy football, it has been confirmed.

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT It's the greatest time of the year - if you are a rugby league fan, from Queensland. That's right, the State Of Origin decider is upon us, and it doesn't get much better if you are a fan of the team that likes winning deciders - aka Queensland. With the players nervously awaiting kick off in Game 3...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Queensland executioner Dane Gagai will tonight play his 23rd match for the Maroons. The Maroons are chasing a third-straight State of Origin series victory at tonight's Game III, and the statistics are on their side when it comes to playing the decider at home in Brisbane. The men in Maroon will be revved up to just under the red line...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local whingeing and sunburnt pom is today still having a cry over the fact that his national side sucks so much at soccer that it would completely bottle it in the Euros final twice in a row. This comes nearly two full days after England lost 2-1 to Spain in the final of the European Championship in Germany,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Like everyone else in the free world, local Queenslander Milton Castlemaine (59), has been glued to the news for the last 48 hours. Not because he usually gives a fuck about global events, but he does find it rather interesting that former US President Donald Trump almost had his head blown off by an AR-15. US politics is not usually...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The international sport of football has today confirmed to The Advocate where it would like to head off to next. Speaking in an exclusive interview with our humble regional newspaper under the premise that we call it football not soccer, football has explained that it's probably going to head down to the Iberian peninsula. "Haha yeah, don't mind...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Supermarkets, convenience stores and bars in Dortmund are currently being pillaged, after a historic night in the German city. The city is under siege this evening following a famous English victory in the semi-final of Euro 2024. After being one of the shittest teams in the entire tournament, England sprung into life this morning after going behind early....

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact In an unexpected twist to the NRL State of Origin series, a prediction has emerged from beyond the grave, courtesy of the renowned blind Romanian mystic, Baba Vanga. According to the whispers of her followers, Baba Vanga has foretold another crushing defeat for the NSW Blues at Suncorp Stadium, their perennial house of horrors. Baba...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Boyish, Rugged and Pensive. Those are the three words used to describe the sexiest trio in State Of Origin football. Newcastle Knights skipper Kalyn Ponga has been called up to join the Maroons side for the Game III decider at Suncorp Stadium next week. His inclusion in the Queensland team will mark the first time he has played alongside Reece...