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The 25-year-old has bared her soul and delivered a ‘ginormous’ reality check to her sport.

The Victoria captain hit the perfect note with six famous words to finish his speech.

Victoria held off a spirited WA comeback in the final term to run out 24-point winners in front of a passionate and heaving Origin crowd at Optus Stadium.

Western Australia have turned to one of their favourite footy sons for inspiration in Saturday night’s Origin epic. 

‘I just think there are more damaging midfielders.’

‘Trying to edit that out would have been tough.’

Get all the broadcast details as Victoria and Western Australia battle for supremacy.

Scotty James was fighting back tears on the podium after a crushing error shattered his Olympic dream.

‘I would like to say that I can’t believe it but I kind of can.’

Australia have been stunned by Zimbabwe at the Twenty20 World Cup, falling to a surprise 23-run loss in Colombo.

It’s not just State v State on Saturday - there’s also individual pride on the line. Here are the showdowns that could define the game.

He is one of the stars fans will be lining up to see do battle on Saturday night, but it may not be how they expect.

It was a match that defined his career, but Brent Harvey had to make a big sacrifice to make it happen.

Victoria captain Marcus Bontempelli has played down any suggestion of an ongoing feud with his State teammate Toby Greene ahead of the pair lining up alongside each other in AFL Origin.