And State of Origin is over once again! The deciding match last night was pretty damn good, definitely an Origin standard game. It’s a shame that the Blues lost, but at least the Origin provided my mates and I with 3 awesome parties/gatherings.
For any overseas readers (lol, people read this?), the State of Origin is an NRL (National Rugby League) event in Australia where 2 states, Queensland (Maroons) and New South Wales (Blues), compete in a 3 match competition for pride, glory and the State of Origin trophy. Each team is a combination of that states best players chosen from the first grade clubs. Players who participate in the Origin must play for the state where they played in their Junior league (i believe…). So even if someone plays for a Queensland team now, they must play for the New South Wales side if they played their junior years in New South Wales. I think that’s right…
Now the majority of people support the state they live in/born in quite strongly. Now the fun part is that I was born in Sydney, which is in New South Wales, and lived there for 12 years before moving to Brisbane, Queensland. So i’m a Blues supporter in a sea of Maroons. It makes for fun times. So here’s the results from this years State of Origin series:
Game 1: NSW 18 <——– QLD 10
Game 2: NSW 0 ——–> QLD 30 :’/
Game 3: NSW 10 ——–> QLD 16
So yeah, congratz Queenslanders! They really did deserve it this year (lol look at game 2).
Ciao for Now!
