Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 2023 State of Origin series was the 42nd annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams. Before this series, Queensland had won 23 times, NSW 16 times, with two series drawn.
Michael Maguire made his Origin coaching debut for New South Wales. [1] [2] After initially missing selection, former New South Wales captain James Tedesco was a late inclusion after an injury to fullback Dylan Edwards. [3] [4] The result was a foregone conclusion when Joseph Sua'ali'i was sent off in the 8th minute [5] for a high hit on Reece ...
The interest generated by the experimental state of origin matches of 1980 and 1981 and the potential for financial rewards were enough to convince the authorities to play all three games under the state of origin rules the following year. The State of Origin format is the only possible way to allow the interstate series to survive.
The 2015 State of Origin series was the 34th time the annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams to be played entirely under 'state of origin' rules (1980 and 1981 were only one game series).
The 1998 State of Origin series saw the 17th time 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.
Most tries in State of Origin career: 18 – Greg Inglis (2006–2018) Most points in State of Origin career: 212 (5 tries, 102 goals, 2 field goals) – Johnathan Thurston (2005–2017) Oldest player: Petero Civoniceva (36 years and 73 days – Game 3, 2012)
^ Only one State of Origin game was played in both 1980 and 1981. b. ^ Exhibition match played at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Long Beach, California, United States. c. ^ Only Super League players could play in the Super League Tri-series. d. ^ Timana Tahu was originally selected to play but withdrew due to personal reasons. He was replaced by ...
The 1995 State of Origin series was the 14th annual three-game series between the Queensland and New South Wales representative rugby league teams. Due to the Australian Rugby League's ongoing conflicts with Super League, they ruled that no Super League-aligned players [a] were eligible for State of Origin selection in 1995. [4]