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with only one game a year, instead of three. New South Wales has won six of the seven, with Queensland winning their first in 2018. They play for the Darren Lockyer Shield. The Women's State of Origin is the Women's rugby league version of the game, and has been running since 1999. The players play for the Nellie Doherty Cup. Furthermore, the current record for series won in the competition rests with Queensland, who won every series from 1999-2014, a better straight record than their male counterparts. Queensland: 1808 Points New South Wales: 1842 Points State of Origin series The
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proved to be a revelation for the Sharks in the 2013 NRL season and was rewarded with representative selections for NSW City Origin and the New South Wales State of Origin teams. On 21 April, he played for City Origin against the NSW Country Origin side, where he played off the interchange bench and scored a try in the 12-18 loss. On 5 June, Fifita made his State of Origin debut for New South Wales against Queensland, where he played off the interchange bench in the Blues 14-6 win at ANZ Stadium. Despite NSW losing the series 2-1 to Queensland,
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to that Grand Final. The last grand final played at the SFS was the 1998 NRL Grand Final between Canterbury and Brisbane. In front of 40,857 fans, the Broncos ran out easy 38-12 winners to win their 4th premiership from four grand Final appearances. Two standout State Of Origin matches in which Queensland triumphed over New South Wales with last-minute victories in 1994 and 1998, as well as Michael O'Connor's sideline conversion in driving rain for a NSW win in Game 2 of the 1991 series. Also of note was Queensland's backs to the wall win in Game 2 of
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Tour. Simmons was selected for all games of the 1987 State of Origin series, including the fourth game held at the Veterans Memorial Stadium in Long Beach, California (United States). His last appearance in a New South Wales jersey was in game I of the 1988 series at the Sydney Football Stadium, with NSW losing 18–26. The Blues would not win another game until Game 1 of the 1990 series. In 1983, Simmons was appointed captain of the team, a position he retained until 1990 when he captained the Panthers in the 1990 Grand Final loss to the Canberra Raiders.
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New South Wales Individual Speedway Championship The New South Wales Individual Speedway Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held annually in New South Wales to determine the NSW State champion. The event is organised by the NSW Solo Riders' Association and is sanctioned by Motorcycling Australia (MA). Billy Sanders from Sydney holds the record for the most number of NSW Championship wins with eight between 1976 and 1985. From his first win in 1976 until his last win in 1985, with the exception of 1983 when no title was run, Sanders was the only winner of the NSW title. Aub
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the Titans on a two-year contract. In round 15 of the 2018 NRL season , Don played his 100th NRL games in the Titans' 32-10 win at Belmore Sports Ground, scoring a try. Don has played in the Australian Universities Tour, playing in England, South Africa, South Grafton and France. Don is the grandson of Ron Willey, a 1950s representative who coached Manly Warringah to premiership success in 1972 and 1973, before going onto a successful stint as New South Wales State of Origin coach. Willey was the first Origin coach to win a series 3-0 when he led NSW
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2017 State of Origin series 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. Queensland were the current title holders coming into the series, having won 2-1 in 2016. With Games One and Two completed, the series was tied with 1 win to each team. Game Three (the Decider) was played in Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium; leading to a 22-6 win to Queensland. Former Queensland rugby league legend Kevin Walters coached Queensland
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captained the Blues in six games in 1990–1991. An enduring image of State of Origin remains from 1992 when with blood streaming down his face he helped NSW to a 14–6 win in Sydney. In 2005 he was named one of the 25 greatest ever NSW players. Elias produced some of his best form during 1990, including: However, 1991 was largely plagued by injury as Alan Jones replaced Warren Ryan as Balmain coach, and though Elias was fit again in 1992, he could not displace Steve Walters from his Test spot and had many competitors for the New South Wales
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on 24 April 1992. He would play 4 games for Country until 1996. Mullins made his State of Origin début on the wing for New South Wales in Game 2 of the 1994 State of Origin series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of a then record rugby league attendance in Australia of 87,161. He would go on to represent NSW in 5 Origin games between 1994 and 1996 and twice under the Super League banner in 1997. Despite playing on the wing for New South Wales in their 2-1 Origin series win over Queensland in 1994 (and despite
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Canberra, New Zealand were defeated. In February 2012, Bird was again voted in by the fans for the Indigenous All Stars team to play the NRL All Stars in the annual All Stars match. In April 2012, he was again selected for the Country Origin team in the annual City vs Country Origin match. In 2012, he was again selected for New South Wales in all 3 games of the 2012 State of Origin series. In 2013, Bird played in all three games of the 2013 State of Origin series where NSW failed to win the shield once more. In
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two tries in the Bulldogs 60-14 win over the Sydney Roosters in round 3, and a month later had a man of the match performance in Round 7 against the Brisbane Broncos. Idris was rewarded with a spot in the NSW Country Origin team. After a strong performance for Country, including a try in the 36-18 win over City Origin, he was named on the interchange bench for the New South Wales State of Origin team for Game I of the 2010 series scoring a try in the 28-24 loss. Idris was dropped for the second match but was named
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end of the following set of tackles where Lewis put in his kick leading to the Blues fateful fumble. Blues coach Stanton however refused to blame Wilson for the error, or lay blame with Sigsworth and Duke, instead claiming that errors throughout the game had cost NSW victory. Incredibly, NSW failed to complete 27 sets of 6 tackles during the game, often handing Qld the ball in an attacking position. Queensland went on to win 10–5, claiming the first three-match series 2–1 and their first interstate series win over New South Wales since 1960. Lewis won the first of his
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was selected to play State of Origin for New South Wales in Game 2 against Queensland at ANZ Stadium. He is the second youngest player behind Brad Fittler ever selected to play for NSW and he scored a try on debut helping NSW level the 3 game series at one all with an 18-8 win. In 2017 Hopoate elected to represent the nation of his ancestral heritage, Tonga. He played fullback in every game of their stunning charge to the 2017 Rugby League World Cup semi-finals. He was a tryscorer in their shock win over New Zealand in the pool
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Wales State of Origin team for two years. Stuart's victory in 2005 was the last time NSW won an origin series until the Laurie Daley coached Blues won in 2014. Stuart coached the Blues for the 2011 series, which was lost to the Maroons by two games to one. Stuart continued in the NSW head coaching role for the 2012 series, which was once again lost by two games to one. For the second consecutive year however, New South Wales won Game II in Sydney. Shortly after signing on as Parramatta Eels coach for the 2013 season onwards, Stuart resigned
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his Tongan international debut against Scotland on the wing in the 26-24 loss at Derwent Park. Tupou played in all of Tonga's 3 matches in the tournament. On 4 May, Tupou was selected played for NSW City in the City vs Country Origin match in Dubbo, New South Wales. He played on the wing and scored 2 tries in the 26-all draw. Tupou was selected to make his debut for the New South Wales Blues in Game 1 of the 2014 State of Origin series on the wing in the 100th State of Origin match in the Blues 12-8 win
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intercepted a pass from NSW player Brett Hodgson and scored the match-winning try. It was Queensland's first outright series victory since 2001 and also stopped New South Wales from achieving their 4th consecutive Origin series win. After the match, Lockyer received the Wally Lewis Medal for player of the series. Immediately after Queensland's State of Origin success, the Broncos entered a 5-game losing streak, but bounced back to comfortably win their final three premiership games of the season. Despite losing to the St George Illawarra Dragons in the first week of the finals, the Broncos rebounded to defeat the Newcastle
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Daley, the only NSW player in an almost all Queensland forward pack, and reserve forward Steve Folkes. 1988 State of Origin series The 1988 State of Origin series was the seventh annual three-game series between the New South Wales and Queensland representative rugby league football teams to be contested entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. Queensland enjoyed their first ever 3–0 series whitewash, mirroring a feat New South Wales had first achieved two years earlier. The series produced an ugly and enduring Origin image when in Game II the parochial Queensland crowd showered the Lang Park playing arena with
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not eventuate until decades later however, when New South Wales and Queensland played their first "state of origin" match on 8 July 1980. The Australian rules experience was echoed, with Queenslanders showing enormous interest in the game at Lang Park, Brisbane, although NSW-based players and journalists described it as "the non-event of the century". Queensland defeated New South Wales in that match, and State of Origin has grown into Australia's greatest sporting rivalry. The popularity of State of Origin matches since then has not waned and they remain one of Australia's (and indeed the region's) biggest sporting events. A record
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over the Indigenous All Stars at Cbus Super Stadium. In May 2011, Uate was selected for the NSW Country Origin team in the annual City vs Country Origin match on the wing and scored the winning try for Country in the 18-12 win at Lavington Sports Ground in Albury, New South Wales. In May 2011, Uate was selected for New South Wales in Game 1 of the 2011 State of Origin series, making his debut on the wing in the Blues 16-12 loss at Suncorp Stadium. Uate played all 3 games of the series and scored a try in the
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after they suffered a shocking start to the club season. After an ankle injury in 1991 he was also troubled by a knee injury in 1992 which would prove to be his last club season. State representative honours first came his way in 1984 when he was called into the New South Wales Blues side for all three games of that year's State of Origin series. Thereafter barring injury (which ruled him out of the 1987 series) and his surprise omission in 1989 (which saw NSW suffer their second straight 3-0 defeat by Queensland), he was generally a regular Blues
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test on Australian soil when he led the Kangaroos to a record 58-0 win over France in a one-off test at Sydney's Parramatta Stadium in front of an almost packed house of 27,318. He scored a try and kicked 5 goals in his final test for Australia in Australia. Unfortunately for Meninga, in his last State of Origin series for Queensland as both captain and as a player, New South Wales, led by Raiders team mate Laurie Daley, won the series 2-1. The State of Origin series is the only trophy Mal Meninga would not win as a team captain.
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selection. Paul Hogan famously told a Queensland Rugby League gathering in 1977 that "every time Queensland produces a good footballer, he finishes up being processed through a New South Wales poker machine." Prior to 1956, NSW had won 75% and Qld only 25% of series played. From 1956–1981, NSW dominance soared even higher and Qld wins dwindled to only 3.8% with only 1 series win, in 1959. By the 1970s the prestige of interstate matches had been seriously downgraded. Matches were played mid-week, so as not to interfere with the Sydney club competition, and the small crowds in New South
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At the same time, the club appointed Farah as team captain. In May, Farah captained NSW City to a 40-18 win over NSW Country. Farah was subsequently named at hooker in the 17-man squad to represent New South Wales in the opening State of Origin match on 3 June 2009, in Melbourne. He played in the first two games of the series, but his performances were described as, "underwhelming." Farah finished the 2009 NRL season with him playing in 21 matches, scoring 8 tries and kicking 4 field goals. Later that year he was named in the Prime Minister's XIII
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of the state-based New South Wales Cup second-tier premiership, as well as junior representative competitions and divisional leagues throughout NSW and the ACT. It does so in conjunction with the NSW Country Rugby League. In a similar way, the rival Queensland Rugby League retained responsibility for that state's Origin team and lower tier competitions. The Royal Agricultural Society Shield, or RAS Shield was the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL)'s first premiership trophy. It was presented to each year's premiership winning rugby league team; the first to win three successive titles would take permanent ownership of the shield. The Eastern
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spent the rest of the season playing Reserve Grade. He went on to play in the Sea Eagles Reserve Grade Grand Final win at the end of the year. Following the Reserve Grade Grand Final, McKinnon announced his retirement from the game. McKinnon gained his first representative jumper when he was selected to represent New South Wales for Game 3 of the 1982 State of Origin series at the Sydney Cricket Ground, won 10-5 by Queensland. He ran for 200 metres with the ball in his one appearance, the highest average for any NSW player. Following the 1982 NSWRFL season,
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Wellington. He scored a solo try on debut in Australia's record 58–0 victory. After competing in each of the three State of Origin matches for New South Wales in 2007, Hayne was selected for NSW in two of the three games in 2008 and only missed Game II through suspension. In 2010, Hayne was named and played for the NSW Blues in all three losing matches in the 2010 State of Origin series against the Queensland Maroons. In 2011, Hayne was controversially not named in the NSW Blues side for Game 1, which they lost. However, he returned to the
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team supporter group is known as "Blatchy's Blues". Before Game I of the 2008 State of Origin series, to celebrate the game's centenary that year, New South Wales named their team of the century: Ahead of the 2017 State of Origin series, NSW named the inaugural inductees to the NSWRL Hall of Fame, joining automatic inductees Dally Messenger and the seven Immortals who represented NSW. As part of the 25-year celebrations in 2005, New South Wales named 25 legends for each year before that. New South Wales have had a total of thirteen different coaches at State of Origin level,
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his 23rd birthday. He was selected for NSW City in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009. Later in the month he was named in the 17 man squad to represent New South Wales in the opening State of Origin match on 3 June 2009, in Melbourne. Wallace was injured at the time of the Broncos' 2009 post-Origin slump and upon his return the club enjoyed its best winning streak in 5 years, reaching the finals. However, in Brisbane's second play-off win Wallace broke his ankle, meaning he would miss the grand final qualifier. At the end of
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the 50-10 win over Papua New Guinea in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. Reynolds was selected to play for NSW City in the City vs Country Origin match playing at , and scored a try in the 26-all draw in Dubbo. Reynolds was chosen as New South Wales five-eighth alongside Bulldogs halves partner Trent Hodkinson for all three games of the 2014 State of Origin series, during which the Blues ended Queensland's 8-series winning streak. On 5 October 2014, in the 2014 NRL Grand Final match against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Reynolds played at five-eighth in the Bulldogs' 30-6 loss. Reynolds
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Josh Addo-Carr Joshua Addo-Carr (born 28 July 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Wests Tigers. Addo-Carr won the 2017 NRL Premiership with the Storm. He helped the NSW Blues win the 2018 State of Origin in his Origin debut series. Born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Addo-Carr is of Aboriginal descent. Addo-Carr first picked up a football playing for the Doonside Roos as a three-year-old, before his family moved to Earlwood, New South Wales, where he began playing rugby league
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New Zealand. Mansour scored 6 tries from 12 games in 2015. He was named in the Lebanon 48-man train-on squad ahead of two 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifiers against South Africa, however he didn't take part in either match. In February, Mansour played in the Panthers Auckland Nines. On 8 May, he played for NSW City Origin against Country, scoring a try in the 44-30 win, and was soon after rewarded with selection in the New South Wales State of Origin squad. On 1 June, Mansour made his debut for New South Wales against Queensland, playing on the wing
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Greens New South Wales The Greens New South Wales is the state Greens party in New South Wales and a member party of the Australian Greens. The first Greens party was registered in 1984, but the Greens NSW did not take its current form until 1991, when six local groups in New South Wales federated as a state political party. Greens candidates have run in every federal election since 1984, when a single candidate ran in the federal Division of Sydney. The party first came close to electing a candidate in 1991, when Ian Cohen was the last candidate to
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finished 5th in 1980. Stanton was appointed coach of New South Wales in 1978 when interstate games were under the old "State of Residence" rules. In 1982, Stanton replaced Ted Glossop as the Blues State of Origin coach, being the first NSW coach to contest a three-game Origin series. Queensland won the series 2–1 and Glossop returned to coach the Blues in 1983. Stanton again coached New South Wales in the 1984 Origin series to another 2–1 loss against the Maroons. Stanton was appointed Australia's Test coach in 1978 and in the next six years was rewarded with whitewash wins
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from 1978 due to dwindling crowds in an era when NSW dominated the contests. Also, unlike the SCG at the time, Leichhardt had lights allowing for night games). On 16 June 1981, Leichhardt Oval hosted the last ever interstate game between NSW and Qld played under the old 'State of Residence' rules before the permanent move to the now familiar State of Origin series. The game, which attracted only 6,268 fans, saw the Steve Rogers captain NSW, with Qld Origin players John Ribot, Paul McCabe and Rod Morris in the side, win a surprisingly competitive game 22-9. Playing that night
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ARL City Origin team to a 22–12 win over Country. In the same year, as coach of the NSW State of Origin team, he led the side to a 2–1 series loss to Queensland. In 1997 Sheens coached the NSW super league side to a 23 to 22 win over Queensland in a Tri series competition involving NSW Queensland and New Zealand. Sheens returned to the NRL representative arena in 2006 when he succeeded Graham Murray as coach for City Origin, a post he retained in 2007 and 2008. In 2006, City lost to Country, 12 points to 10 but
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side has toured here is a bit hard"." For Rogers, the NSW captain, the Origin game (played on July 28) would be his 7th game in 24 days having played in the two tests against France as well as four games for his club team Cronulla-Sutherland since July 4. With rugby league officials from NSW still not convinced of the State of Origin format, the 1980 model was repeated in 1981 when the first two matches were played under the old residential selection criteria. With the confidence gained from the 1980 Origin win, the Queensland residents were more competitive than
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in the 1997 split season's Super League Tri-series, the golden point rule has been used by the National Rugby League (NRL) since the 2003 NRL season, and also by the ARL for State of Origin series games, as 1-all draws in the 1999 and 2002 had left the series undecided The first golden point in State of Origin was scored in the 2004 series, when Shaun Timmins kicked a field goal for NSW to win the opening match of that series 9-8. In the opening match of the 2005 State of Origin series, a Brett Kimmorley (NSW) pass was intercepted
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Oval (the last game played under the old "State of Residence" rules), Cleal represented the NSW Blues in 12 State of Origin games between 1984 and 1988. Some of Cleal's best football was played at the State of Origin level, he was the NSW forward who troubled Queensland most at a time when the Blues were just beginning to match the passion of their interstate rivals. He is commonly known as the man who coined the inspirational phrase "Dare to Dream" which was an extract from the game and series winning pep talk given by him during half time of
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of a recurring hamstring injury. O'Connor is remembered in State of Origin folklore for a sideline conversion for NSW in teeming rain only minutes out from the final siren to win the 2nd game of the 1991 State of Origin series 14-12 win over Qld at the Sydney Football Stadium. Despite no longer being the regular kicker for Manly due to the signing of goal kicking former All Blacks fullback Matthew Ridge, and despite the presence in the NSW team of regular club kickers Greg Alexander (Penrith) and Rod Wishart (Illawarra), Blues coach Tim Sheens gave the kicking duties to
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Fittler announced his retirement from representative football, NSW coach Phil Gould brought him back to State of Origin for the second and third game. Both he and Gould were farewelled in the last game at Telstra Stadium after he scored the winning try that sealed the NSW victory. Fittler remains the youngest NSW State of Origin player (18 years 114 days) and was once the youngest Kangaroo representative (18 years 247 days) until Israel Folau made his debut in late 2007. As a tribute to Fittler's contribution to the NSW team, the Brad Fittler Medal is named in his honour,
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was appointed the NSW State of Origin coach from 2013, taking over from former Canberra team mate Ricky Stuart who, under NSW policy of their Origin coach not being a current NRL club coach, was ruled out after agreeing to coach the Parramatta Eels in 2013. Daley got the job in preference to other candidates including Trent Barrett, Brad Fittler and Daniel Anderson. Daley led the Blues to their first series win in 2014, finally breaking the QLD dynasty and delivering the Blues their first series win since 2005. In 2014, Daley became only the second man after Wayne Pearce
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and 14 December 2010, a U2 concert, one of the biggest in history, was held at the ANZ Stadium. On 6 July 2013 a new rectangle configuration record attendance of 83,702 watched the British and Irish Lions defeat The Wallabies 41-16 to win the Tom Richards Cup series by 2-1. The record set by the Wallabies test was broken just 10 days later on 17 July when 83,813 (only 187 short of capacity) attended Game 3 of the 2013 State of Origin series. Queensland defeated NSW 12-10 to win their 8th straight Origin series. With 80,380 attending Game 1 at
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another difficult campaign, finishing in 2nd last place. The Federation at the time, then made the decision to "cut back" on teams from NSW and being the last placed NSW team, beating only South Melbourne who had finished last, Sydney Olympic was controversially relegated. The spell back in the NSW First Division competition for the club did not last long, with Sydney Olympic defeating the Parramatta Eagles 4–0 in the 1980 NSW Grand Final to win the NSW First Division. That victory secured Sydney Olympic a return to top-flight Australian football in 1981 where it remained until the NSL folded
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making their debut for NSW were Chris Johns, Mario Fenech, 1986 Kangaroo Tourist and World Cup Final second rower Paul Sironen, and reserve forward Glenn Lazarus. Winger Johns, normally a centre with the Brisbane Broncos, made history by becoming the first player chosen to represent NSW Origin while playing for a Queensland-based club. <br> The game seemed to start well for the Blues as Maroons winger Alan McIndoe knocked on fielding the kick off. From the scrum win NSW applied the pressure and forced a line drop out, but Qld quickly gained the upper hand. Wally Lewis put up a
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inaugural NRL All Stars team against the Indigenous All Stars at Cbus Super Stadium. He played at centre and scored a try in the NRL All Stars 16-12 win. On 7 May, Jennings played for NSW City Origin. He again played for NSW in Game 3 of the 2010 State of Origin series in the Blues 23-18 loss. Jennings played in 25 matches and 16 tries in the regular season. Jennings started the pre-season with another appearance for the NRL All Stars, and played for City Origin in May. On 12 August, Jennings was dropped from the Panthers team for
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Round 2 against the Parramatta Eels, Jennings played his 150th NRL career match in the Roosters 56-4 smashing win at SFS. Jennings was selected for NSW in Game 1 of the 2014 State of Origin series in the 100th State of Origin Match in the 12-8 win at Suncorp Stadium. In game 2 of the series, he was a member of the team that won 6-4, resulting in the Blues breaking their 8-year losing streak. In Round 23, against the Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval, Jennings scored his 100th NRL career try in a 48-4 win. He scored 13 tries
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O'Connor kicked 4 goals and his only field goal in Origin football as NSW won 21-14 in front of the then biggest crowd in Origin history of 39,068 fans. Following his performances for NSW in the first two games of the 1985 Origin series, O'Connor was selected for the mid-season tour of New Zealand. Though he didn't play in a test match, he did play in the minor games of the short tour. Controversy reigned in early 1987 following the release of a biography of Australian and Queensland captain Wally Lewis titled ""King Wally"" when 1985 NSW and Australian coach
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scored a try in Souths 42-10 win. Cook went on to play a further 17 times for the 2016 season. Cook also featured for Norths in The NSW Cup making 2 appearances. Cook was named in the Rabbitohs squad for the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines. On 1 May 2017, Cook was named in The NSW Country Origin representative team to play against The NSW City representative side in the last ever City vs Country game. Cook started the 2018 season as the first choice hooker for Souths over Robbie Farah. On 28 May 2018, Cook was selected to play for
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games count toward official statistics, but are not considered series. 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 statistics and overall match win-loss-draw records. However, the match has not counted towards series win-loss-draw records and the 1987 series still remains a 2-1 win to Queensland. 2018 winners NSW New South
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Under the new Blues coach, Ricky Stuart, Lewis was interchanged on the field in the 28th minute of the second game, and scored a try on his first touch of the ball in the 30th minute. The NSW Blues went on to win 18–8. Again, Lewis joined teammate, Jennings in Origin camp. However, despite NSW winning Game 2, Queensland won the State of Origin series for the sixth consecutive time. Lewis finished the 2011 NRL season with him playing in 14 matches and scoring 4 tries for the Panthers. Lewis was also selected to represent Australia in the 2011 Four
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and was a clear choice as Man of the Match. From a standing start, Close received the ball only 25m out from Meninga. He then simply accelerated through a big hole in the NSW defense and evaded fullback Graham Eadie to put the ball down next to the goal posts without a NSW player touching him. Alan Clarkson, a journalist for "The Sydney Morning Herald" wrote of the State of Origin experiment, ""I was strongly against such a match, but last night's gripping clash showed that such a fixture would be a welcome addition to the League program."" Although they
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2006 State of Origin series win, the first of what would become a record consecutive run. In the second game he intercepted a NSW pass and ran 85 metres to score a try in the 30-6 win at Suncorp Stadium. However, injury sidelined him for over 3 weeks including the 3rd State of Origin match, before he made his return against the North Queensland Cowboys, a game that the Broncos lost 26–10 at 1300SMILES Stadium. The Broncos form continued to slide, until coach Wayne Bennett moved Hodges from the centres to , in place of injured team mate Karmichael Hunt.
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Dally M Rookie of the Year award by teammate Jim Leis who would go on the Australian 1980 Tour of New Zealand. Lamb formed a great scrumbase combination that season with Alan Neil. Lamb's form in the early stages of the 1981 season was outstanding and he was selected in the NSW State of Origin side. Lamb was called in at the last moment for a very ill Mick Pattison and only arrived in Brisbane on the day of the match (when Pattison took ill, NSW coach Ted Glossop initially wanted to move Steve Rogers from the centres to five-eighth
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of his career. He made the first of eight appearances for City Origin in 1988, playing on the wing in City's 20-18 win over Country Origin in the annual City vs Country Origin match. He then went on to be one of the better players for NSW in the 1988 Origin series which Queensland won 3-0. Off the back of these performances Ettingshausen was selected for his first test match for Australia. After a successful 1990 NSWRL season in which he played fullback in all three Origin games for NSW which saw The Blues win the series for the first
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Queenslanders turned a 10-point half time deficit into a 7-point, 22-15 win. Sterling himself admitted he was a surprise choice for NSW as he had only made his representative début a few weeks earlier when he played for City Seconds and rated himself as fifth in line for the NSW job. He was selected over his long-time rival for the NSW halfback spot, Canterbury-Bankstown's Steve Mortimer who had debuted for Australia in their two test series win over France only weeks before the Origin game. In 1982, Parramatta could seemingly do no wrong, winning the Minor Premiership by four games
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history of the premiership dating back to 1908, breaking the previous record set at the ANZ Stadium in Brisbane (now known as the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre) on 27 August 1993 when St George defeated Brisbane 16-10 in Round 22 of the 1993 NSWRL season in front of 58,593 fans. On 18 June 2014, 83,421 fans saw NSW defeat Qld 6-4 in Game 2 of the 2014 State of Origin series. After having won Game 1 at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, the home side's win saw Queensland's eight year domination of Origin come to an end as New
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of a home crowd at Suncorp Stadium. Cherry-Evans played his part in Queensland's record breaking eighth straight State of Origin series win, coming on late in Game III, again as a makeshift back rower, as the Maroons held on against NSW to win a close game 12-10 in front of an ANZ Stadium record crowd of 83,813 fans. Cherry-Evans also remained on Queensland's bench for Game I of the 2014 State of Origin series, in which incumbent halfback Cooper Cronk suffered a fractured arm, rendering him unavailable for Game II. This saw Cherry-Evans move into the starting halfback role for
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his first game as the Eels halfback in the 17-11 Minor-Semi replay loss to eventual premiers Manly. After a few games at in 1979, Sterling shifted to halfback and established himself as a player to watch in 1980. 1981 saw the Jack Gibson coached Eels win their first Grand Final with a 20-11 win over the Tommy Raudonikis led Newtown Jets, with Sterling's superb skill and control one of the decisive factors. He made his State of Origin début for NSW in the 1981 State of Origin game, setting up a try for Mick Cronin, though the Wally Lewis led
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South Wales Cricket Association and coached the NSW second XI for a number of years. He replaced Steve Rixon as NSW coach in 2004–05 and led the state to the Pura Cup final where they defeated Queensland by 1 wicket. Despite their success in the competition, they finished in last place in the 50 over competition. In 2005–06 they couldn't defend the trophy the following season, finishing bottom of the league after winning just three games. however, they did win the ING Cup. After finishing second in the group and winning the final of the competition. In the 2006–07 season
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Farah captained the Tigers inaugural Auckland Nines squad. In round 6, he suffered a dislocated elbow, putting him in doubt for State of Origin game 1. He was ruled out for 6 weeks, but made a faster recovery and returned in round 10 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Farah was selected at hooker for the NSW Blues in game 1 of the 2014 State of Origin Series at Suncorp Stadium, with the Blues winning the 100th State of Origin match 12-8. He played in game 2 of the series in the 6-4 win, resulting in the Blues breaking their 8-year losing
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Fire Open Day, a Winter Fire Safety campaign, the development of a Home Fire Safety Audit survey and a suite of fire safety resources to help NSW families with fire prevention, preparation and recovery. Between 1989 and 1993, GIO was title sponsor for the Bob Forbes Racing team that competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship. In 2012, GIO announced a major sponsorship deal with NSW Rugby League. The partnership includes major sponsorship of the NSW Blues State of Origin team, NSW Under 20s State of Origin side, GIO NSW City Origin team and the GIO Schoolboy’s Cup and Trophy
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last season with the Penrith Panthers. In round 1 of the 2013 NRL season, Gordon made his club debut for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks against the Gold Coast Titans at fullback, kicking 2 goals in the Sharks 12-10 win at Remondis Stadium. In round 2 against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Gordon scored his first club try for the Sharks in the 14-12 loss at ANZ Stadium. Gordon was selected for the NSW Country origin side for the annual City vs Country Origin match, playing at fullback in Country's 18-12 win at Coffs Harbour. Gordon finished the 2013 NRL season as the
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fullback for each of the three games. The Blues would finally secure a series victory in what would be Hayne's last State of Origin series before switching to American football. Hayne was awarded The Brad Fittler medal for being NSW's best player in The 2014 series. One of the enduring moments in Origin history is when Hayne ran into the crowd after NSW won it first series in 9 years. In the post match interview with Andrew Johns, a visibly emotional Hayne said “Ooh, it’s been a long time, it’s been a long time. We fought hard. Whoah. Yes, son!
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Brisbane Broncos and missed a place in Australia's World Cup Final winning team. 1993 saw Mackay continue his good form and he was the starting lock forward for NSW in all three State of Origin games in the Blues 2-1 series win over Queensland. The return from injury of Bradley Clyde would see Mackay on the bench for Australia in the 1st and 3rd Trans-Tasman Tests against New Zealand. Later that year he became one of only two players (the other being Bradley Clyde in 1991) to win the Clive Churchill Medal from the losing side when the Dragons went
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Eels, Vaughan scored his first club try for the Dragons in the 34-16 loss at WIN Stadium. On 13 September, Vaughan was named in the 2017 Prime Minister's XIII squad. In 2018, Vaughan was named in The NSW Blues squad for The 2018 State of Origin series. Vaughan also had the honour of being The 1000th player to pull on a Blues jersey. On 5 June 2018, Vaughan told The Sydney Morning Herald that "The best thing I did in my career was to leave Canberra and go to St George Illawarra". Vaughan went on to play in all 3
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8–6 at halftime managed to keep Queensland scoreless in the second half whilst at the same time scoring tries through debutant William Hopoate and Anthony Minichiello to score a series-levelling 18–8 victory. Minichiello was one of only two NSW players who played in the last victorious NSW side, the other being Mark Gasnier. The Maroons' loss was their first in Sydney since Game I, 2008, their equal lowest score at the venue since Game I, 2004 and their lowest score in any Origin game since Game III, 2007. The Australian National Anthem was performed by the Sydney Children's Choir and
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aligned players for representative football, Fittler was given the captaincy of the NSW Origin team for the 1995 State of Origin series against Queensland. Coached by rookie coach Paul Vautin, and with a bunch of untried players thanks to not being able to call upon their usual Origin and test stars (mostly from the SL aligned Brisbane Broncos), Qld were not given any chance of defeating the Blues (who could still call on a number of experienced Origin and test players), but came away with a 3-0 whitewash for their first series win since 1991. However, despite this, Fittler was
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again 16-12 after 41 minutes, but the Queensland spirit was resolute. The series was career defining for Ikin, a Gold Coast junior who became the youngest player in Origin history at 18 years and 83 days when he debuted in Game I. He would later become a mainstay of Queensland and Broncos' sides up until 2003 although his career was disrupted by injury. Many considered Queensland lucky to play the last 52 minutes of the match with a full team after prop forward Tony Hearn appeared to headbutt NSW prop Mark Carroll in the 28th minute. In retaliation Carroll started
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Unfortunately, the Titans saved their worst for last, losing 32-6 against the Sydney Roosters who progressed to the Grand Final a season after finishing last. After playing the Titans last few matches of the 2010 NRL season with a broken thumb, Luke Bailey was awarded his second Paul Broughton Medal for the club's player of the year. The following players have played a representative match during the 2010 NRL Season. Australian Kangaroos Indigenous All Stars NRL All Stars NSW Country Origin NSW City Origin NSW Blues QLD Maroons 2010 Gold Coast Titans season The 2010 Gold Coast Titans season was
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formed a good personal and working relationship. Although Queensland lost the 1986 State of Origin series 3-0 to NSW, the first clean sweep in Origin history, Lewis led the Australian's to a clean sweep of New Zealand in the mid-season test series, scoring a try in the 29-12 second test win at the SCG and the 32-12 win in the final game at Lang Park. Australia also won the opening test of the series 22-8 at Carlaw Park in Auckland. In 1987 Lewis was honoured as a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to rugby league football". Also
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the New Zealand national team 52–0 as well as a 3–0 whitewash of Queensland in the State of Origin series. Fletcher is perhaps best known in Origin circles for his hand grenade try celebration which he performed in 2000 series where NSW thumped QLD 58-16. It is believed that the try celebration forced Queensland to change their whole strategy towards Origin and it created a pathway for Queensland to win eight series in a row. Former Queensland player Wendell Sailor said “As a Queenslander, you never forget that". Queensland Origin great Gorden Tallis had previously spoken about how that try
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continued his good form in 1983, even though Souths missed the BRL Grand Final. He played in Queensland's second straight Origin series win over NSW, while also starring for Australia in the two test series against New Zealand in mid-season. In 1984, Meninga played a major role in an Oceania team's 54-4 win against an Anglo-French selection in an exhibition match Paris, before returning to Brisbane after the match to continue playing for Souths. After again playing a leading role for Queensland in their third straight Origin series win over NSW, Meninga missed the first Ashes test against the touring
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Lions, and was relegated to the bench for the deciding test at Elland Road in Leeds as the Australian's wrapped up the series with a 37–20 win. While the games are regarded as full test matches by the Rugby League International Federation, the Australian Rugby League refuse to acknowledge the tests played under the Super League due to the Super League war, and in their official records the games are not recorded. Adamson made his State of Origin début from the bench for NSW in Game 2 of the 2001 State of Origin series at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney.
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In 1989, Hancock made his début for the Queensland Maroons, becoming the then-youngest footballer of either state to play in a State of Origin series and scored two tries in the 36-6 win over NSW at Lang Park. He then made his Test début on the 1989 mid-season tour of New Zealand while still a teenager. Having represented his state that year, strength and elusiveness, he played in all six matches on the New Zealand tour, scoring three tries. He played in all three Tests against the Kiwis and scored his first try in test football in Australia's 8-0 win
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play at Five-Eighth (in replacing Johnathan Thurston). Despite this, coach Kevin Walters selected Melbourne Storm player Cameron Munster to play in that Five-Eighth role which resulted Morgan being selected at for the 3rd game of the State of Origin series. This was his first ever start in the position at First Grade level, and his first start in State of Origin. Playing at in the 3rd game (the decider), he produced a fine performance in QLD's 22-6 win over NSW at Suncorp Stadium. With Thurston still injured and out of the action; Morgan continued-on with his fine consistency performance at
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He scored 15 points against the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He has also represented NSW in 2007 State of Origin. In the final round of the 2007 season, with scores level at 24–24, he kicked a penalty goal 12 seconds before full-time to give the Knights a 26–24 victory over the Wests Tigers (who needed to win to book a finals spot), which also ended a 7 match losing streak and allowed Newcastle to avoid the wooden spoon. He was then selected in the 2008 State of Origin series shortly after a fractured cheekbone Gidley was the stand-out player at the
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win over the Kumuls. After Canberra's salary cap problems at the end of 1991 which saw them lose a number of fringe players as well as some veterans (though most, including Meninga, agreed to actually take a pay cut in order to keep the side together), the Raiders missed the finals for the first time since 1986 when they finished 12th in 1992. Meninga's form continued though, captaining Queensland in the 1992 State of Origin series (NSW won 2-1) as well as Australia's successful Ashes defence against the touring Great Britain Lions. He was in great form in the first
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3, lost 1) to take out the State League 1 premiership. Northbridge went on to win their first State League 1 grand final in 3 attempts beating Hills Brumbies in an enthralling match, holding on to a 3–2 win, playing the last 15 minutes with 10 men. The 2015 season also saw Northbridge make waves in the NSW qualifying rounds of the FFA Cup (also known as the Waratah Cup) only just losing to NSW NPL1 side Sydney United 1–0 in the penultimate round before the FFA cup proper. Sydney United went on to qualify for the FFA cup and
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the series for the Blues for the first time since 2005 as Pearce has never had an Origin series win. Pearce finished the 2014 NRL season with him playing in 26 matches and scoring 9 tries for the Roosters. Pearce made his return to the Origin arena for the 2015 State of Origin series playing at five-eighth, a position he usually doesn’t play at in all 3 matches as NSW went down to lose series 2-1. In Game 3 as the Blues copped an embarrassing 52-6 series decider defeat, Pearce was on the receiving off a brutal sledge from Queensland
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3 November 2011, at the annual RLIF Awards dinner, Mateo was named the Tonga player of the year. On 22 April 2012, Mateo played for NSW City Origin against NSW Country Origin at lock in the 24-22 win at Mudgee. Mateo finished the 2012 NRL season with him playing in all of the Warriors 24 matches and scoring 3 tries. Despite the Warriors bad season Mateo again was on top of the offload count with 71. On 9 February 2013, Mateo was chosen to play for the NRL All Stars off the interchange bench in the 28-12 win over the
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Smith preferred. Dyson returned to the test team in November 1984 to play the West Indies. In his last three tests he made 0 and 30, 13 and 21 and 8 and 5. Dyson did score 98 and 16 for NSW against the West Indies in a tour match prior to the second test. He was dropped for Andrew Hilditch in the fourth test and never regained his spot. Dyson scored 79 in the McDonald's Cup final for NSW in an 88 run win over South Australia and 66 in NSW first innings of the Sheffield Shield final victory against
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Matt Toomua Toomua was born in Melbourne to a Samoan father and a New Zealand mother of European origin. Toomua moved to Brisbane where he played his junior football with Logan City before attending Brisbane State High School. In 2006 he guided the Queensland II side to their maiden Australian National Schools Championship title, scoring all of his side's points in their 14–13 final win over NSW II in Sydney. Competing against the likes of older flyhalves Kurtley Beale (NSW) and Queensland's Quade Cooper, Toomua was selected in the Australia A side that defeated the Tongan Under 18s, 22–18. Two
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down 6-14 in the Grand Final, again to the Brisbane Broncos. St. George's form dropped markedly in 1994 and Mackay could only make the Bench for NSW in their 1994 State of Origin series win over Queensland, with NSW coach Phil Gould preferring Bradley Clyde at lock. He made his final test appearance for Australia from the interchange bench in the 1994 mid-season test against France at Parramatta Stadium, but the Dragons poor form, which saw them fall to 11th on the premiership ladder, saw Mackay overlooked for the 1994 Kangaroo Tour bringing down the curtain on his international career.
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Sheens. Meninga ended his 10-year reign as State of Origin's most successful coach. On 28 December 2015, Kevin Walters was appointed head coach until the end of 2018. Walters, a 20-time Queensland representative and five-time premiership winner with the Brisbane Broncos, served as assistant coach to Meninga during four Origin series wins and coached the Queensland Under 20s side in 2012 and 2014. In 2016, Cameron Smith broke Queensland's record for most appearances, and captained the Maroons to win Games I and II. Queensland's hopes of their first series whitewash since 2010 were dashed when they lost to NSW in
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nickname "The Invincibles", and was a personal success for Sterling who played in all five tests against Great Britain and France, and cemented his place as the worlds best halfback. In 1983, Sterling played in Australia's win in the first test against New Zealand at Carlaw Park in Auckland, but wasn't selected for Australia's shock 12–19 second Test loss at Lang Park when Murray was preferred. He was named man-of-the-match in Game 2 of the State of Origin series at the SCG, a game which saw the NSW side with an almost all-Parramatta backline, with Neil Hunt and Eric Grothe
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out with a hamstring injury and made a solid contribution in helping Manly end a three-game losing streak with a 30-0 win over Penrith at Brookvale Oval. This was his first first grade game since 2008, when he played on three occasions for the Melbourne Storm during the State of Origin Series. During that gap, he played for the Toyota Cup or NSW Cup squads for all the clubs he signed, the Melbourne Storm's Under 20's side nicknamed "The Thunderbolts", the New Zealand Warriors' reserve-grade side the Auckland Vulcans, the Sydney Roosters' reserve-grade side the Newtown Jets and the Manly
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to consider retirement; however, he recovered to make his debut for the Cowboys in round 19 of the 2011 season, and played in the team's qualifying final loss to the Manly Sea Eagles. Tate continued to play for Queensland in the 2012 State of Origin series, helping the Maroons to a record breaking 7th series win in a row dating back to 2006. Brent Tate was selected on the wing for Qld in the opening game of the 2013 Origin series. Despite the Maroons going down 14-6 to NSW in Sydney, he retained his spot for Game 2 of the
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his decision to play in England and miss the first part of the NSWRL premiership, Sterling lost his place in the NSW side in the 1985 State of Origin series to Steve Mortimer, who led the Blues to their first ever series win over Queensland. He also miss his chance to regain his test place for the mid-season tour of New Zealand in 1985, with the halfback role shared between Mark Murray and Manly's versatile utility Des Hasler. By missing both Origin and Test selection in 1985, Sterling missed the opportunity to link with the coach who gave him his
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some exceptional football including scoring a hatrick of tries against his former club the Gold Coast Titans in the Broncos 24-22 win at Suncorp Stadium in Round 7. After showing great form coming up the 2017 State of Origin series, Roberts was still overlooked from the centre position over seasoned origin campaigner Jarryd Hayne and which was subjected to criticism by Anthony Mundine saying in a Facebook post, “Why on earth wouldn't NSW pick the most dynamic player in the game? James Roberts ! They pick Jarryd Hayne in centres? I'm a fan of Jarryd’s & he does perform in
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Illawarra Dragons in the 2014 season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 3 tries. On 21 January 2015, Thompson was named in the Dragons 2015 NRL Auckland Nines squad. On 3 May 2015, Thompson played for NSW Country Origin against NSW City Origin in the 2015 City vs Country Origin, playing at second-row in the 34-22 win at Wagga Wagga. Thompson finished the 2015 NRL season with him playing in 19 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Dragons. On 15 December 2015, Thompson was named at second-row for the Indigenous All Stars team to play against the
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home side pulled off a shock 19-12 win, their first test win on home soil against Australia since the second test of the 1978 Kangaroo tour. Despite the loss, Australia bounced back and secured The Ashes with wins at Old Trafford and Elland Road with Ettingshausen scoring his only try of the test series in the 14-0 win in the deciding test. Despite a slow start to the 1992 NSWRL season playing fullback for the Sharks, Ettingshausen was picked at fullback for NSW for all three games of the 1992 Origin series which saw NSW win 2-1. He was then
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his inconsistent form. Inglis was injured in the opening 10 minutes of the game with a hip injury. Australia went on to win 20–10 at Cbus Super Stadium. The injury, however, proved more serious than first thought, and consequently Inglis was ruled out of Game One of the 2011 State of Origin series. In Round 13, Inglis made his return to take on his former club the Melbourne Storm in the Rabbitohs 16–6 loss at ANZ Stadium. Inglis returned to the Maroons side in the 18–8 Game 2 loss to NSW. After some poor form by Inglis in Origin Game
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an embarrassing 6-4 loss. Following mass changes to the team by coach Terry Fearnley, which included Cleal being dropped from the team, the Kiwis out classed the disjointed Australians with a resounding 18-0 win in the third test at Carlaw Park. After NSW won the 1986 State of Origin series 3-0 (the first clean sweep in Origin history), Cleal then played in all 3 tests of the 1986 Trans-Tasman Test series against New Zealand (won 3-0 by the now Don Furner coached Aussies), before being selected for the 1986 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France where he played 7
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just a fourth straight series win to Queensland, but a clean sweep series. Sam Thaiday and Ashley Harrison were approved to play for Queensland in spite of carrying injuries into the game. The heroes for NSW were Kurt Gidley, playing injured and who hadn't been potent in attack in the first two games, Brett Kimmorley making his first Origin return since game II of 2007 and Anthony Watmough who was tireless in attack and defence. Queensland took the lead in the 13th minute with a try to Dallas Johnson before Ben Creagh powered over the line six minutes later for
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Tasmania, and Eastern South Australia did not receive the channel until 2 March 2016 due to technical issues. In addition, the Regional WA station did not launch the channel until 10 March 2016. Upon the media shakeup on 1 July 2016, WIN lost its Nine affiliation in favour of Southern Cross Austereo. As such, "WIN HD" switched its feed to the Ten HD feed in all WIN markets. Southern Cross then took over the Nine affiliation in Queensland, Southern NSW, Victoria, Spencer Gulf, SA and Broken Hill, NSW. In these areas except Spencer Gulf, SA and Broken Hill, NSW, 9HD
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captaincy for that year's State of Origin series against Queensland. However, a knee injury lead to Alexander being withdrawn from the match, and Country Origin captain Laurie Daley would go on to successfully captain the NSW side to a 2–1 series win, with Alexander missing all three games due to his knee injury. Selectors stuck with Stuart at half and Ettingshausen at the back. On 21 June 1992 his younger brother and fellow Panthers teammate Ben Alexander was killed in a car accident. The tragic loss of the younger Alexander had an adverse effect on the close-knit Panthers club and
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4-year contract with the Sydney Roosters, after being officially released by the Panthers. On 21 April, Jennings played for NSW City Origin in their 18-12 loss. Jennings played in all 3 State of Origin games in 2013, scoring a solo try in Game 1 in the 14-6 win. On 6 October, Jennings played in the 2013 NRL Grand Final at centre with the Roosters being victorious over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26-18. Jennings scored to seal the victory with the greatest ever nrl try from a James Maloney grubber, beating two Manly players with his speed. Jennings was the Roosters
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showing up to training under the influence of alcohol. He was also fined $10,000 earlier in 2011 for drinking and it had been understood that he was on his last chance at the club. Jennings season was marred by numerous injuries, off-field controversies and he only scored 4 tries during the whole year, 1 at State of Origin level, 1 at club level and 2 whilst playing for the Windsor Wolves in the NSW Cup. Controversially, he was still selected for NSW despite his poor start, and scored a try and was rated as one of the best in a
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Stadium. The most spectacular was Webb's two minutes before half-time when he brushed off three defenders before powering his way across the line. Queensland went into game 2 without captain Gorden Tallis who was out with a neck injury. Played before 70,000 at Telstra Stadium, Blues skipper Brad Fittler scored two tries in what was to be his last match for NSW on home soil and inspired his side to a 26-8 victory. Man of the match was Trent Barrett playing halfback for the first time due to injuries to Brett Kimmorley and Andrew Johns. Debutante Mark O'Meley was particularly
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the "Sunday Telegraph": ""I know a lot of people are upset at the go-ahead of the State of Origin game, but I congratulate those who pushed it through. Queensland and NSW Country areas need an injection of life and this match can do nothing but good for the game north of the border."" Former Australian test captain and at the time coach of Eastern Suburbs Bob Fulton, who would later go on to be a successful Australian coach and ironically become a long-term NSW Origin selector, was also against the concept. He wrote in "The Daily Mirror" that ""Rugby league's
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before being selected for State of Origin. Other players, such as Sam Kasiano and Jason Taumalolo are also eligible, creating concern in the New Zealand Rugby League. Apart from representing Queensland, Brad Thorn is also a dual rugby international, having played international rugby league for Australia, and international rugby union for the All Blacks. Papua New Guinea-born Adrian Lam and Fijian-born Lote Tuqiri, Akuila Uate and Petero Civoniceva have also played Origin. Benny Elias was born in Lebanon and has played for and captained NSW. Mario Fenech was born in Malta and has played for NSW. The most recent case
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