New South Wales have been dealt a major blow ahead of State of Origin, after it emerged that star forward Greg Bird has been hit with a ban that rules him out of the entire series this year.
Bird was charged with a grade two dangerous throw by the NRL match review committee for his ugly tackle on New Zealand winger Jason Nightingale in last SundAlready a subscriber? Log in here
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