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HOW soft has State of Origin become? Login or signup to continue reading Back in the glory days, an elbow to the head from Les Boyd or Mark Geyer - or a good old-fashioned all-in brawl - was just part of the entertainment. Sadly, it now appears tradition has been completely forsaken after the atrocious stitch-up last night that resulted in Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i being sent off for a tackle on Reece Walsh that wouldn't have bruised a grape. With the Blues inexplicably reduced to 12 men for 73 minutes, the game was ruined, the series was sabotaged, and the sell-out crowd deserve full refunds.

We might as well all start watching aerial ping-pong instead. AMID the fall-out from Origin I, I notice reports that Cane Toads staff member Nate Myles gave Sua'ali'i a spray as he left the field on Wednesday for his early shower. Myles is reported to have said "enjoy your f---ing debut", in an exchange captured by sideline TV cameras.



I'm not sure this was really warranted. Sua'ali'i may have created history by becoming the first Origin player to be sent off on debut, but Myles also has his own unique claim to fame, as the first player to miss an Origin game through off-field misconduct. Back in 2009, Myles copped a six-week ban after - according to a Sydney Morning Herald report at the time - he was found "disoriented and naked in a hotel corridor at 8am on Sunday after attending a junior rugby league function .

.. it was later discovered that Myles, who was found in a fire escape, had a.

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