For you Blues supporters who whinge about Greg Inglis playing for Queensland, read this (note that Inglis attended high school in Brisbane, which is where he learned to plat): "IT was the moment New South Wales laughed off selecting Greg Inglis and lost him to Queensland forever. A phone call between then Queensland under-19 chairman of selectors, Brian Edwards, and his New South Wales counterpart ahead of naming the teams for the inaugural State of Origin under-19 clash ensured Inglis played for the Maroons. Edwards said Inglis, raised on the NSW north coast but attended Wavell High School in Brisbane’s north, could have played for either the Queensland or NSW teams for the inaugural under-19 State of Origin game in 2005. “One of our jobs on the selection panel was to inform New South Wales of any Queenslanders playing in New South Wales and who we required for Origin,” Edwards said. “I asked the New South Wales chairman, knowing Inglis was here, who he required and he just laughed at me and said they didn’t want anybody playing up here. “After he giggled and said no I just left it at that and contacted Ross Livermore (former QRL chief executive) and said under the rules he was able to play for Queensland. couriermail.au/questnews/the-moment-nsw-lost-state-of-origin-great-greg-inglis-to-the-queensland-maroons/story-fni9r0hy-1226665712458
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:16:58 +0000
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