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In 2010, the Maroons had their 5th consecutive series win becoming the first team to ever do so, whilst also winning the games in a 3–0 clean sweep, the first time Queensland had accomplished this since 1995. Billy Slater was named Man of the Series. In 2011, the Maroons had their 6th consecutive series win becoming the only team to ever do so.
It wasn't until the upheaval of the Super League war in 1995 that the Maroons were able to again clinch a series. The main cause for concern for Queensland was the fact that the Brisbane Broncos, its players and many other Queenslanders were not aligned with the ARL prohibiting any players signed with the Super League to play for the Maroons ...
The official paid attendance was just 1,368 compared to the 25,000 crowd for Game 1 in Brisbane), the Maroons put up more of a fight against a NSW side that was missing a number of players through injury, but were defeated again, this time 17–7. The first State of Origin game very nearly didn't go ahead in 1980.
The Maroons only made two changes during the series, with Origin veterans Dale Shearer coming onto the bench for Game 2 in Sydney to replace Steve Renouf, and Bob Lindner, the player of the 1990 Kangaroo tour, named on the bench for Game 3 in Brisbane (replacing Gavin Allen) after recovering from a broken leg. This saw Queensland only use 19 ...
Nicknamed the "Maroons", after the colour of their jersey, the team compete in the annual Women's State of Origin game against arch-rivals New South Wales. Coached by Tahnee Norris and captained by Ali Brigginshaw , the team is administered by the Queensland Rugby League .
Description: The home jersey of the Queensland Maroons.: Source: English: This image was created by me using Inkscape. I created all material other than the derivative jersey design by LonE Media on this image File:Equipamento Genérico Branco01.svg (licence is dual GFDL and CC-AT-SA licence) which means I must licence this identically to the derivative.
Pre-match entertainment was provided by James Blunt before the Australian national anthem was performed by The Ten Tenors.. The Queensland forwards led by Petero Civoniceva and Matthew Scott bustled the New South Wales pack from the kick off and appeared to have the upper hand in the early stage of the game enabling the Maroons to run off each other and take ground.
Description: The home jersey of the Queensland state rugby league team.: Date: 27 March 2010, 08:33 (UTC): Source: English: This image was created by me using Inkscape. I created all material other than the derivative jersey design by LonE Media on this image File:Equipamento Genérico Branco01.svg (licence is dual GFDL and CC-AT-SA licence) which means I must licence this identically to the ...