Legends terrified of Maroons strike weapons

About this episode

Andrew Johns and Brad Fittler provide a comprehensive preview of the upcoming State of Origin, discussing player performances and injuries.

Andrew Johns and Brad Fittler have you sorted with the ultimate State of Origin preview! The Origin legends back Ethan Strange to cement himself in Origin, after Mitchell Moses was ruled out due to injury. The boys reveal which QLDER terrifies them the most ahead of Game 1 State of Origin. In other news, NRL CEO Andrew Abdo is off to Tennis, so who will replace him? All that and more in an Origin edition of Freddy & the Eighth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Johns, Brad Fittler

Topics covered

• State of Origin
• rugby
• NRL
• player injuries
• sports analysis

Keywords

• State of Origin
• Ethan Strange
• Mitchell Moses
• rugby
• NRL
• Andrew Abdo
• Brad Fittler
• Andrew Johns

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NRL, Tennis, Andrew Abdo

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