The former All Black is poised to become a game-changer again in a potential role as a TV expert on two sports at Nine.
Everyone is keen to see what the hype is all about,but Joseph Suaalii could report to for pre-season training with the Roosters next November having not played a game for 24 months.
The Cronulla star is in the final year of his lucrative deal and needs to have a huge season with the Sharks likely to miss Shaun Johnson for the start of the campaign.
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui and Payne Haas might have started one of the great Origin rivalries,and senior Maroons don't want their man to take a backward step.
Hayley Folkes-Shaw was stunned Boyd Cordner was allowed to return to the field in Origin I,given her father's historic CTE case and the information available on concussions.
The Maroons prop will make his return to the Origin stage next Wednesday after being ruled out of game two due to a concussion in Adelaide.
After a tough night on Wednesday,Queensland were given a double dose of good news as Cameron Munster looks set to return in front of a capacity Brisbane crowd.
Seven months after departing as NRL chief executive,Todd Greenberg is poised to return to an influential position in sport.
Having learned that they would miss out on the signature of Josh Addo-Carr for 2021,the Tigers immediately turned their attention to another NRL speedster.
For some it is a small price to throw a punch in State of Origin,but the NRL believes the $750 fine is a sufficient disincentive to prevent the biff.
Josh Addo-Carr has vowed to honour an agreement to join Wests Tigers in 2021 if he is released from the Melbourne Storm. But it appears he is staying put.