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The first State of Origin shield, depicting Queensland's Wally Lewis and New South Wales' Brett Kenny. 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 following is a list of films shot wholly or partly in Queensland, Australia. Films. Film Year References The Film From Lot 15: 2018 [1] Aquaman: 2017 [2] Broke:
Before the game, and despite Queensland having won Origin from 1980–84, as New South Wales had won the 1985 and 1986 series and 7 of the previous 8 games going into game 2 (dating back to Game 3 in 1984), and with the addition of the Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Seagulls into the Sydney premiership in 1988, some in the Sydney press were ...
Queensland missed out on a series sweep in Australia’s State of Origin after losing Game 3 to New South Wales on Wednesday. The Queenslanders had already ensured they’d retain the Origin title ...
Controversy preceded the start of the series when Maroon's coach and Queensland Origin figurehead Arthur Beetson was deposed in favour of Manly-Warringah's Kiwi coach Graham Lowe, a former New Zealand Test coach and former Wigan coach who first came to prominence in Australia as coach of Brisbane team Northern Suburbs from 1979–82, winning the Premiership with the Devils in 1980.
The 1989 State of Origin series was the eighth time the annual three-game series between New South Wales and Queensland was contested entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. It was Queensland's second consecutive Origin clean-sweep and an unpleasant inauguration for New South Wales' new coach Jack Gibson who, along with a new captain ...
The 2024 State of Origin series is the 43rd annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams. Before this series, Queensland had won 24 times, NSW 16 times, with two series drawn.
The 1984 State of Origin series was the third time the annual three-game series between the representative rugby league football teams of New South Wales and Queensland was played entirely under "state of origin" selection rules. With Queensland wrapping up the series in the first two matches it produced the first dead rubber finish and an ...