michael hagan coached queensland in the 2001 state of origin series.
michael hagan coached queensland in the 2001 state of origin series.
who coached queensland in the 2001 state of origin series?
michael hagan
coached at the ipswich jets by australian former international tommy raudonikis, langer was playing first grade when he was only 17 in the brisbane rugby league premiership by 1986. he played as a for ipswich and in 1987 opposed his older brother kevin, who was of wests. that year his selection from left field for the wayne bennett-coached queensland side in the 1987 state of origin series was questioned by several key figures in the maroons camp who called for the selection in-form eastern suburbs laurie spina. it was raudonikis who stood up for him, backing langer's selection and he made his queensland début in the 1987 state of origin series while still playing for the jets. paul vautin claimed in his autobiography that during a team meeting, bennett kept going on about where they were going to hide langer in defense. he was upset that no-one was defending him against bennett's comments and so stood up and said "he's a queenslander and won't let us down". langer's superb performance, including a man-of-the-match award in the decider, silenced the critics and saw him signed on with the newly established brisbane broncos team who would enter the new south wales rugby league premiership in 1988.
allan langer
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the 2001 state of origin series was the 20th year that the annual three-game series between the queensland and new south wales representative rugby league football teams was contested entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. the series was notable for marking the first time an england-based player was selected for state of origin: maroons legend allan langer was asked to make his comeback for the third and deciding match of the series and did so, helping queensland re-claim the shield in brisbane.









































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2001 state of origin series