Why Thaiday paid price in Maroons overhaul

MAROONS selectors felt the need for seven new faces as Queensland battles to bounce back in Origin II. PAUL MALONE analyses the sweeping changes.

Walters rolls the dice on Boyd shift

DARIUS Boyd will start at left centre for the first time in Origin as Queensland coach Kevin Walters gambles to prevent the crash of the Maroons dynasty.

Daley unveils NSW team for Origin II

FOR the first time in more than two decades the NSW Blues have named an unchanged line-up for game two of the series.

Parts of southeast to cop a drenching

ANOTHER 100mm of rain and a possible thunderstorm is expected in parts of southeast Queensland from tonight as an east coast low nudges the coast.

‘One punch ... from someone good at it’

A QUEENSLAND man knocked a drunken associate to the ground with a single blow after the other man swung two punches that “completely missed”, a jury has been told.

When we came here ‘it was heaven on earth’

FOR a long time major industry kept prices low in this southside locality. But the old factory is long gone and now you’re lucky if you can snare a house for under $500,000.

Schapelle’s tourism dreams crushed

THERE has been plenty of speculation about Schapelle Corby’s next career move but we can tell you what it definitely won’t be.

Transformation on track for Valley

PLANS to transform yet another part of Fortitude Valley’s neglected heart are a step closer, with Brisbane City Council approving a 30-storey apartment tower.

No verdict: Jury torn on accused ice kingpin

ACCUSED ice kingpin Ivan Tesic’s life is in limbo after the jury deciding his fate was unable to reach a verdict on charges of trafficking and possession of ice.

The cull that we had to have

QUEENSLAND selector Gene Miles has rejected claims that the Maroons did not add new blood quickly enough and justified the team that lost Origin I.