39-590: State of Origin results and statistics have been accumulating since the 1980 State of Origin game . Every game played under State of Origin selection rules , including the additional 1987 exhibition match and the matches played between New South Wales and Queensland for the Super League Tri-series are detailed below unless stated otherwise. Queensland have won 24 series, whilst New South Wales have won 17. As of 2024, there have been 2 drawn series (1999 and 2002). On both occasions, Queensland retained
78-831: A game against New Zealand . Since 1988, either New South Wales or Queensland usually hosts two of the three matches on a rotational basis. Prior to this Queensland hosted two matches every year. In 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2024, one of the matches was played in Melbourne . The following venues have hosted State of Origin matches since 1980. Most tries in a match: 3 – Chris Anderson (Game 3, 1983), Kerry Boustead (Game 1, 1984), Ryan Girdler (Game 3, 2000), Lote Tuqiri (Game 2, 2002), Matt Sing (Game 3, 2003), Matt King (Game 3, 2005), Dane Gagai (Game 2, 2016), Valentine Holmes (Game 3, 2017), Tom Trbojevic (Game 2, 2019), Tom Trbojevic (Game 1, 2021), Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (Game 1, 2024) Most goals in
117-574: A hastily assembled Queensland team played the touring New Zealand "All Golds" side in Brisbane . Later that month there were three representative games against New South Wales , which acted as selection trials for a national team. In 1909, club rugby league officially began, with W. Evans scoring the inaugural try before backing up with another as North Brisbane beat Toombul 8–0 at the Brisbane Cricket Ground , although Valleys were
156-560: A match involving intense all-in brawling, the Maroons won the first state of origin game 20–10. The first match of the annual best-of-three interstate series was played at Lang Park in Brisbane and won by NSW 35–3. In the second game at Leichhardt Oval in Sydney (described by Qld Halfback Wally Lewis as being played on a Tuesday night in front of two men and their dog, with the dog going home at half-time. The official paid attendance
195-720: A match: 10 – Ryan Girdler (Game 3, 2000) Most field goals in a match: 2 – Ben Elias (Game 3, 1994) Most points in a match: 32 – Ryan Girdler (Game 3, 2000) Most appearances: 42 – Cameron Smith (2003–2017) Most consecutive matches: 36 – Johnathan Thurston (Game 1, 2005 – Game 3, 2016) Most tries in State of Origin career: 18 – Greg Inglis (2006–2018) Most points in State of Origin career: 212 (5 tries, 102 goals, 2 field goals) – Johnathan Thurston (2005–2017) Oldest player: Petero Civoniceva (36 years and 73 days – Game 3, 2012) Youngest player: Ben Ikin (18 years and 83 days – Game 1, 1995) Most wins as
234-691: A player: 27 – Cameron Smith (2003–2017) Queensland New South Wales From 1992 to 2003 the Wally Lewis Medal was awarded by the Queensland Rugby League for the Queensland player of the series. Since 2004 it has been awarded to the player of the series, irrespective of state. The following players have been awarded the Wally Lewis Medal for player of the series. The following players have been awarded
273-616: Is the governing body for rugby league in Queensland . It is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARL Commission) and selects the members of the Queensland rugby league team . The QRL aims to "foster, develop, extend, govern and control Rugby League Football throughout the State of Queensland". Today the QRL administers the rugby league through its regional divisions. It is also responsible for
312-604: The 1987 State of Origin series 2–1, a further game was played in Long Beach, California to showcase rugby league to the American public. On 15 July 2003 the Australian Rugby League announced that this game was to be classified as an "official match" and that the match would count towards the players' individual statistics and overall match win–loss–draw records. However, the match does not count towards
351-625: The AU$ 30,000 gate could make it acceptable to administrators ... No Sydney club could possibly want the match but no doubt it will go ahead. As far as I'm concerned it's strictly a non-event and will achieve absolutely nothing". Prior to the game getting the go ahead, the President of the NSWRL Kevin Humphreys , had called a meeting with league delegates from the 12 Sydney based clubs and allowed all to put forward their views on having
390-650: The Queensland Rugby League team . The QRL's headquarters are on Vulture Street, Woolloongabba in Brisbane . The Queensland Rugby Football League was formed in 1908 by seven rugby players who were dissatisfied with the administration of the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) as the Queensland Rugby Association. Those founding fathers were Micky Dore , George Watson , Jack Fihelly , J O'Connor. E Buchanan, Alf Faulkner and Sine Boland . Discussion about breaking away from
429-668: The Commission's role as supreme governing authority for the code, the QRL retains responsibility for both management of the Queensland State of Origin team in Origin series, as well as day-to-day accountability for the operations of the Queensland Cup second-tier league, and junior representative Rugby League, plus divisional leagues, throughout Queensland. The Queensland Cup has been contested since 1996. Since 1998
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#1732790110402468-461: The Maroons brought Queensland's new generation players such as heavyweight centres Chris Close and Mal Meninga, as well as lock forward Wally Lewis into the spotlight. The trio, along with other Queensland-based players such as Colin Scott , Gene Miles , Brad Backer , Mark Murray , Bryan Niebling , Wally Fullerton-Smith and Greg Conescu would dominate Origin football over the next 4 years. Of
507-507: The Maroons had won a state game over NSW since 1975. Queensland centre Chris Close was the standout player from both sides, scoring a try in the second half and was a clear choice as Man of the Match. From a standing start, Close received the ball only 25m out from Meninga. He then simply accelerated through a big hole in the NSW defence and evaded fullback Graham Eadie to put the ball down next to
546-509: The Maroons were led out by former Kangaroos skipper, 35-year-old Arthur Beetson who was playing for Queensland for the first time. Beetson, after starring for Redcliffe in Brisbane in 1964 and 1965, had been told by the QRL that if he stayed in Brisbane he would be in line for state selection in 1966. However, he received an offer he couldn't refuse from Sydney club Balmain and ended up playing 18 games for NSW between 1966 and 1977 under
585-563: The Origin style match. In the end, a vote was held with the vote 9–3 in favour of it going ahead (and proving Fulton wrong in the process). Only South Sydney , Eastern Suburbs and St. George opposed the game. Following the meeting, Humphreys rang his QRL counterpart, Senator Ron McAuliffe , with the good news. Queensland players such as captain-coach Arthur Beetson and Kangaroos back rower Rod Reddy were enthused to be able to represent their home state while some, such as Australian winger Kerry Boustead, believed that players should represent
624-597: The Ron McAuliffe Medal for Queensland player of the series. From 1992 to 2003, the award was the " Wally Lewis Medal ", however after 2003, this medal was dedicated to the player of the series from both teams, and thus the award for Queensland Player of the Series was awarded with the "Ron McAuliffe" Medal. The following players have been awarded the Brad Fittler Medal for New South Wales player of
663-505: The Sydney premiership thanks to clubs cashed up with poker machine money. As poker machines were illegal in Queensland, most of the clubs couldn't hope to match the money on offer to their star players, with a steady stream of players leaving to play for Sydney clubs. The list of players who had headed south in the 1960s and 1970s had included Arthur Beetson , John Lang , Rod Reddy , Rod Morris , Mitch Brennan and Kerry Boustead . After
702-408: The existing residential selection rules - i.e. Blues players could only be sourced from clubs south of the border and the Maroons only from north of it before the single experimental match took place. This was often a source of angst for Queensland as the old state-of-residence rules had long seen some of Queensland's top players actually representing New South Wales as players could earn better money in
741-528: The experimental match, the State of Origin concept was derided by the Sydney Media. The Daily Mirror 's Ron Casey showed his opposition to the game, and his bias towards Sydney as a whole when he called it a 'Phoney Promotion' and wrote in his newspaper column: "To the Queensland hillbillies in Premier Joh 's Bananaland, the State of Origin match might be a big deal, but to those in the land of
780-478: The first premiers. Other teams that entered the competition include: Milton (1909), South Brisbane (1909), West End (1910), Natives (1912), Merthyr (1917) and Coorparoo (1917). In 2012, the QRL formally joined with the NSWRL and each National Rugby League club, to form the Australian Rugby League Commission , which is the overarching governing body for all of Rugby League throughout Australia. Notwithstanding
819-522: The game north of the border." Former Australian test captain and at the time coach of Eastern Suburbs Bob Fulton , who would later go on to be a successful Australian coach and ironically become a long-term NSW Origin selector, was also against the concept. He wrote in The Daily Mirror that "Rugby league's non-event of the century will be staged in Brisbane next month, a totally useless State of Origin clash between NSW and Queensland. Only
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#1732790110402858-413: The game then the third game of the series would have been played under the State of Residency rules and Origin as it has become might have died then and there. Queenslanders Kerry Boustead, Rod Reddy, Rod Morris, John Lang and Graham Quinn had actually played for NSW in the first two games of the 1980 Interstate series, with all bar Quinn being selected to represent Queensland in the Origin game. Prior to
897-536: The game. Queensland went into the game not having won a match since 1975. Before the game, QRL President McAuliffe entered the Maroons dressing room to make a personal plea to the players. He said: "The future of the game is in your hands. We have taken this bold step. If we are beaten we cannot retreat to any other position. We must win". In front of a capacity Lang Park crowd of 33,210, which included State of Origin's instigator, Senator Ron McAulliffe , Federal Defence Minister Jim Killen , and journalist Hugh Lunn ,
936-455: The goal posts without a NSW player touching him. Alan Clarkson, a journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald wrote of the State of Origin experiment, "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." Although they had already represented Queensland in under the old residency rules, the win by
975-590: The introduction of the Queensland Cup in 1996 the Foley Shield competition was scrapped, only to be reintroduced in 2000. Since the revamp in 2000 it has only contested by the three largest cities in North Queensland ; Cairns , Mackay and Townsville . The Brisbane Rugby League Premiership was a former top-flight rugby league competition. The competition ran fom 1922 until 1997, but became
1014-490: The living, here in Sydney, its just another match without much meaning". One member of the Sydney media who welcomed the game was Ray "Rabbits" Warren , who wrote in the Sunday Telegraph : "I know a lot of people are upset at the go-ahead of the State of Origin game, but I congratulate those who pushed it through. Queensland and NSW Country areas need an injection of life and this match can do nothing but good for
1053-411: The match (on his 20th birthday no less), while New South Wales' winger Greg Brentnall had the honour of scoring the first try in State of Origin football following good lead up work by Kangaroos pair Graham Eadie and Mick Cronin . After an all-in brawl in the first half and leading 9–5 at the break, Queensland took over the game and with Mal Meninga kicking 7/7 goals defeated NSW 20–10, the first time
1092-528: The old state of residency rule. Beetson was actually playing Reserve Grade for the Parramatta Eels in Sydney at the time that Ron McAulliffe approached him and offered him the chance to finally play for his home state. The first points scored in Origin Football was a penalty goal by heavyweight Queensland centre Mal Meninga - the first of seven goals from seven attempts he would kick in
1131-491: The professional levels of the game. Named after famous Queensland rugby league personalities Cyril Connell and Mal Meninga , the Cups have proved popular. Both competitions have the same structure of sixteen team split into two geographically aligned groups. Pool A contains teams from outside of Brisbane while Pool B comprises teams from the Brisbane metropolitan area and two Gold Coast Rugby League selections. The Cyril Connell Cup
1170-403: The rugby 'union' and forming a professional 'league' in Queensland can be traced as far back as 1905 through the visions of then Deputy State Premier, Michael Allison . On 14 March 1908, the breakaway group was first mentioned in the local media, and a fortnight later the first official announcement was made regarding the formation of the Queensland Rugby Association was made. On 16 May that year
1209-578: The series win–loss–draw record and the 1987 series still remains a 2–1 win to Queensland. New South Wales and Queensland played two matches against each other under State of Origin selection rules using players from the Super League (Australia) competition. These matches were not sanctioned by the Australian Rugby League and are not counted as official State of Origin series matches. The Tri-series also included both sides playing
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1248-601: The series. The following referees have controlled State of Origin series matches. 1980 State of Origin game The 1980 State of Origin game was the first game between the Queensland Maroons and the New South Wales Blues rugby league teams to be played under " state of origin " selection rules. It was the third match of 1980s annual interstate series between the Blues and the Maroons, and
1287-535: The shield as the winner of the previous series. Queensland 38 (Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 3, Ben Hunt 2, Xavier Coates; Valentine Holmes 6 goals) Queensland 18 (Jeremiah Nanai, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Murray Taulagi tries; Valentine Holmes 3 goals) Queensland 4 (Valentine Holmes 2 goals) The matches in 1980 and 1981 were one off experimental matches after New South Wales had already won the interstate series in both years. Both games count toward official statistics, but are not considered series. After Queensland had won
1326-401: The state in which they lived (at the time Boustead was playing for Sydney club Eastern Suburbs). However, the test winger offered no objections to his selection for the Maroons and went on to become the first Qld player to score a try in Origin football. The NSWRL demanded a neutral referee for the game. As a consequence, respected British referee Billy Thompson was flown from England to control
1365-643: The team winning the Queensland Cup is considered to be the premier club team in Queensland. The Brisbane A-Grade Rugby League , also known as the FOGS Cup, and the FOGS Colts Challenge is run by the Queensland Rugby League's South East Division . It is regarded as the division below the Queensland Cup . The Cyril Connell & Mal Meninga Cups were introduced in 2009 to provide a pathway for young rugby league players to reach
1404-556: The twenty-six players taking the field in the first State of Origin match, twenty were selected from the New South Wales Rugby Football League clubs while six were from Queensland Rugby League clubs. With Queenslanders playing for New South Welsh clubs now available for selection, seven of the Maroons' starting thirteen were selected from Sydney clubs. Did not play Queensland Rugby League The Queensland Rugby Football League (QRL )
1443-803: Was discontinued after 2016. The teams are: Like the Northern Division's "Foley Shield" or the South-East Division's "Bulimba Cup" the "47th Battalion Shield" is run as the Central Region's regional Carnival and none of the teams are club teams, with the only exception being some of the Women's teams. Its traditionally held over one weekend and normally at one venue with multiple grounds to play on. The Foley Shield competition began in North Queensland in 1948. With
1482-502: 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 Queenslanders had put in a spirited and much improved performance in the second game at Leichhardt Oval, with officials confirming that had they actually won
1521-436: Was only allowed to go ahead because the first two matches (and the title) were already won by New South Wales under established 'state of residency' rules. It was played on 8 July 1980 under the newly configured rules by which a player would represent his "state of origin", i.e. the state in which he was born or in which he started playing registered first grade rugby league football. The first two matches had been played under
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