<P> The first recorded call for ' state of origin ' selection rules for interstate football was made in 1900 . A journalist known as `` The Cynic '' writing for a rugby football periodical called The Referee , suggested that Stephen Spragg , who had moved to Queensland , should be able to play for his state of birth , New South Wales . The change did not eventuate , with residential selection rules prevailing both before and after the split into rugby league and rugby union until the concept was later resurrected for league . However , in rugby union the concept has never been used , as the Queensland and New South Wales teams ceased to be representative , instead becoming more like clubs . </P>
<P> The first recorded call for ' state of origin ' selection rules for interstate football was made in 1900 . A journalist known as `` The Cynic '' writing for a rugby football periodical called The Referee , suggested that Stephen Spragg , who had moved to Queensland , should be able to play for his state of birth , New South Wales . The change did not eventuate , with residential selection rules prevailing both before and after the split into rugby league and rugby union until the concept was later resurrected for league . However , in rugby union the concept has never been used , as the Queensland and New South Wales teams ceased to be representative , instead becoming more like clubs . </P>
when was the first game of state of origin played
when was the first game of state of origin played
1900
1900