Premier, you canât spend our money and refuse to tell us Queenslanders have a right to know how much was spent on securing the State of Origin series opener for Townsville, writes The Courier Mail Editor.
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EDITORIAL Queensland 1, NSW 0. That s a score line every Queenslander is happy to see before kick off for next week s Origin opener, which the NRL has rightfully moved to Townsville in a huge coup for Covid-ravaged North Queensland. The decision, announced on Monday, is the right call. It s a win for fans, the Queensland economy and for grassroots rugby league.
With the government refusing to disclose what they paid to secure Game I in Townsville, we’ll never know how much the local economy will reap from this event.
Roosters rookie Sam Walker has been touted as one of the future stars of the NRL. Obviously money would have played a little bit of a part in it but boy . you know players, when you grow up in the state of Queensland and when both of these guys were in the most exciting time of their life, when they were around 12, 13, 14 years of age, they would have wanted to be Brisbane Broncos. There s no doubt about that. To see them opt for a different pasture is confusing. Obviously managers would have played a fair bit of a role in that, but the player has the last say.
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Sam Walker and Reece Walsh are prime examples of the Brisbane Broncos decline as the dream club for Queensland rugby league juniors, Wally Lewis says.
Walker is a rising superstar with the Roosters after his botched recruitment by Brisbane, while Walsh has starred for the Warriors after being released by the Broncos this season. Both are just 18, with massive futures looming. Walsh and Walker both, they were players that should have been in a Brisbane Broncos jersey, there s no doubt about that whatsoever, Lewis, the Broncos inaugural captain and a rugby league Immortal, said on Wide World of Sports