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After Queensland had won the 1987 State of Origin series 2–1, a further game was played in Long Beach, California to showcase rugby league to the American public. On 15 July 2003 the Australian Rugby League announced that this game was to be classified as an "official match" and that the match would count towards the players' individual ...
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.
From 1982 onwards a best-of-three match series has been played around the middle of the rugby league season for the State of Origin shield. During the early years the overall series results remained relatively even, but Queensland surged ahead between 2006 and 2017, winning 11 out of 12 series, including a record eight series in a row.
The 2025 Women's State of Origin Series will be the eighth official Women's State of Origin rugby league series between New South Wales and Queensland. It will be the second time in Women's State of Origin history that it will be a three-game series. The first game is to be played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on 1 May 2024. [1]
The 2021 State of Origin series was the 40th annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams. Before this series, Queensland has won 22 times, NSW 15 times, with two series drawn.
1908 Interstate rugby league series; 1980 State of Origin game; 1981 State of Origin game; 2011 Legends of Origin charity match; 2018 Women's State of Origin; 2019 Women's State of Origin; 2020 Women's State of Origin; 2021 Women's State of Origin; 2022 Women's State of Origin
The 2017 State of Origin series was the 36th annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams. Before this series Queensland had won 20 times, NSW 13 times, with two series drawn. [1] Queensland were the current title holders coming into the series, having won 2-1 in 2016.
The success of the State of Origin series in Australian rugby league resulted in the revival of England's inter-county games in 2001, under the name Origin Series. However, the revival was scrapped in 2003 amid increasing fixture congestion and general apathy from league supporters.