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The Queensland, ACT and Tasmanian competitions featured on several occasions, the New South Wales league made scattered appearances while the Northern Territory was far less featured on the interstate stage mainly due to their domestic league being played in a different part of the year.
Total points scored: 1998 Queensland, 1898 New South Wales; Most consecutive wins: 8, Queensland (match 2, 1987 – match 3, 1989) New South Wales wins: 57; Queensland wins: 68; Drawn matches: 2; Largest winning margin: 46, Queensland d. New South Wales 52–6 (Match 3, 2015) Highest score: 56, New South Wales d. Queensland 56–16 (Match 3, 2000)
The 1985 State of Origin series was the fourth time the annual three-match series between New South Wales and Queensland was contested entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. It was the year that New South Wales finally ended Queensland's dominance which had arisen with the State of Origin concept.
Game one featured the first ever Golden point decision in State of Origin football in the very first game where the ruling became available. With scores locked at 8-all and three minutes of extra time played, St George Illawarra Dragons player Shaun Timmins, who had returned to top-class and representative football against unlikely odds after two career-threatening knee injuries and operations ...
Michael Maguire made his Origin coaching debut for New South Wales. [1] [2] After initially missing selection, former New South Wales captain James Tedesco was a late inclusion after an injury to fullback Dylan Edwards. [3] [4] The result was a foregone conclusion when Joseph Sua'ali'i was sent off in the 8th minute [5] for a high hit on Reece ...
Game I was a dour affair played in hot and steamy conditions at Suncorp Stadium with Queensland scraping in 9-8. The match was memorable for winger Mat Rogers' debut. . Despite straining a ligament and being forced from the field, the gutsy flanker returned to score all of Maroons' points including a field goal (the first of his career) six minutes from game's end to win the en
The two composite teams gave Queensland and New South Wales the first opportunity to select their teams under State of Origin criteria since the 1988 Bicentennial Carnival, but also meant the end of standalone participation by the two territories. Aided significantly by the small Northern Territory contingent, it was the first successful ...
The 2010 State of Origin series was the 29th annual best-of-three series of interstate rugby league football matches between the Queensland and New South Wales representative teams played entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. For the second year in a row, a Queensland victory set a new record for consecutive State of Origin titles ...