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Try time for Townsville as Origin crisis looms


Rugby League
by Jeremy Pierce and Travis Meyn and Peter Badel
28th May 2021 4:58 AM
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Townsville is in the frame for a historic State of Origin game as the NRL scrambles to save the series following Victoria s latest Covid crisis.
With locked-down Melbourne s chances of hosting next month s blockbuster series opener falling by the hour, Townsville has emerged as one of three potential alternatives.
But the rugby league-mad Cowboy capital bizarrely faces competition from dreary Canberra and boring Adelaide with the NRLkeen to maintain a neutral venue if the Victorian city is ruled out.
However, Maroons mentor and premiership-winning North Queensland coach Paul Green labelled that argument crap - pointing out the Melbourne clash was technically a home game for Queensland anyway. ....

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