Equal points at the close of full-time are now resolved with the Players still currently active are listed in bold. This provided New South Wales football clubs with a revenue source unmatched by Queensland clubs. In the second game, New South Wales defeated Queensland 18–8.
Cameron Smith won the man of the match in both the first and third game and was awarded the Wally Lewis Medal as Man of the Series. State of Origin series; 2015 → The 2014 State of Origin series was the 33rd time the annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams has been played entirely under 'state of origin' rules (1980 and 1981 were only 1 game series). In 2019, Queensland defeated New South Wales in the first match 18–14. Referred to as Australian sport's greatest rivalry,Players are selected to represent the Australian state in which they played their first senior rugby league game. 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. Before this series, Queensland had won 21 times, NSW 13 times, with two series drawn.
From Start The 2020 series was originally due to be played during the middle of the In 2013, each individual game in the series drew a higher Australian television audience than any other sporting event.Under State of Origin rules players were previously selected for the state in which they first played senior (or registered) rugby league.From time to time the selection of players under the An issue of contention has been the selection of players such as Due to the clarification of selection rules, the Sims brothers are eligible for different States. In 1900 a journalist known as 'The Cynic' wrote in The Referee that star rugby player and recent immigrant to Queensland, Stephen Spragg, should be able to play for his home state of New South Wales. The 2010 State of Origin series was also the second televised program in Australia to be shot in In the first game of the 2011 series, Queensland defeated New South Wales 16–12. Queensland have won 62, New South Wales have won 53, with 2 matches being drawn.The series of 1999 and 2002 are considered drawn series, as both New South Wales and Queensland won a single game of each 3 match series, with the final game concluding in a draw. Can the great Billy Slater finish his Maroons career with victory in his first game as skipper? From 1922 to 1925 Queensland defeated New South Wales 11 times in 12 matches. In 2017, New South Wales won Game 1, 28-4 sparking the New South Wales media to start proclaiming the beginning of the Blues Dynasty.In 2018, New South Wales won their first State of Origin series in four years, defeating Queensland 22–12 and 18–14 in the first two games. The 2018 series was won by New South Wales, after winning the first 2 games of the series, their first since 2014, and their second since 2005. New Zealand has had several players, such as A report into eligibility based on a player's birth state showed; "Of the 18 series that QLD has won, it had the greater percentage of non-State [born] players in its side on 14 of those occasions – revealing a 77.8% dependency. "Of the 38 full series played, Queensland has won 21, New South Wales 15, with 2 series drawn (Queensland retained the Shield on both occasions as the previous year's winner). 1992, 1993 and 1994 series all went to NSW as the talent and experience of Blues players such as The main cause for concern for Queensland was the fact that the The Australian game divided in 1997 into two competitions, one run by the The competitions merged again in 1998 as the current The early to mid-2000s saw New South Wales starting to assert its traditional interstate dominance, causing some critics to question the future of State of Origin. The State of Origin series is the annual best-of-three rugby league football match series between the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland Maroons. The 2018 State of Origin series was the 37th annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams.
Queensland leads the series ledger with 21 wins to the New South Wales’ 13 series victories (with 2 drawn series). Queensland full back Billy Slater won the man of the match in the third game and was awarded the Wally Lewis Medal as Man of the Series in 2010.
2018 State of Origin: Game 3. New South Wales then defeated Queensland 38–6 in the second and also won the third game 26–20. The Blues are chasing their first series clean sweep since 2000. By the 1970s the prestige of interstate matches had been seriously downgraded. From 1956–1981, NSW dominance soared even higher and Qld wins dwindled to only 3.8% with only 1 series win, in 1959. At the end of the 1925 season, a The New South Wales dominance of interstate football increased after 1956 when gaming machines were legalized for all registered clubs in New South Wales. However, this imbalance tipped in the third and deciding game of the In 2010, Queensland won its historic, record-breaking, fifth consecutive Origin series with a 23–18 win in the third and final match. Kevin Walters continues his successful coaching role at the helm of Queensland, while Brad Fittler will contest his first Origin series as Head Coach of the New South Wales Blues. The 2018 series should be an absolute beauty with former State of Origin legends at the helm of both teams. Although New South Wales ran out to an early 15–0 lead in the game, Queensland rallied to win 22–15. State of Origin Winners List. After Queensland lost the first two interstate matches in 1980 (35–3 and 17–7, the second game in front of only 1,638 Sydneysiders) it was announced that 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.In 1981 the first two interstate matches were again played under the old selection rules.