THE RUGBY LEAGUE CO-OP REFLECTS ON THE HISTORY OF THE GREATEST GAME OF ALL CALLED "STATE OF ORIGIN"

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State Of Origin is regarded as the best Rugby League played in the world today played between the two main Rugby League playing rival states in Australia - Queensland and New South Wales. It started in 1980 as a trial game and has never looked back. The State Of Origin concept is,that you are eligible to play for a state/region,where you played your first senior rugby league. Previously, it was the location/state where you were currently playing. This caused many one sided affairs as most Queenslanders played in the elite NSW competition. Since that time State Of Origin has generated some of the best games of rugby league in Australia and if not,the world.

Head to Head (1980-2001) both sides have played of against each other 62 times with 31 wins to QLD and 30 to NSW with one drawn game. The series as a whole(1982-2001) has been played out 19times with Qld having taken the series out 9 times and NSW taking it out also 9 time with 1 ties series.

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STATE OF ORIGIN RESULTS FOR SEASON 2001

State of Origin - Sun May 6, 2001 Game 1 - Queensland vs New South Wales. Queensland 34 (Lockyer, Smith, Webb, Doyle, Buttigieg, Walker tries. Lockyer 5/6 goals.) defeated NSW 16 (Gidley, Fittler, Barrett tries. De Vere 2/3 goals.) at Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park). Referee: Bill Harrigan. Crowd: 38,909 Half-time: QLD 16-4 Man of the Match: Gorden Tallis

State of Origin - Sunday Jun 10, 2001 Game 2 - New South Wales 26 def Queensland 8 NSW 26 (Luke Ricketson, Jamie Ainscough, Trent Barrett, Brad Fittler 2 tries; Ryan Girdler 3/6 goals) def QLD 8 (Chris Walker try; Darren Lockyer 2/2 goals). Venue: Stadium Australia, Sydney. Referee: Bill Harrigan. Crowd: 70,249. Half-time: NSW 6-2. Man of the Match: Trent Barrett

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THE RESULTS OF STATE OF ORIGIN THUS FAR(2001 WILL BE INCLUDED AT A LATER DATE)

Year	Games	Venue	Crowd	Referee	Series Avg Crowd
1980	Game 1 - Queensland 20 NSW 10	Lang Park	33,210	Bill Thompson (Eng)	QLD 1-0
1981	Game 1 - Queensland 22 NSW 15	Lang Park	25,613	Kevin Steele (NZ)	QLD 1-0
1982	Game 1 - NSW 20 Queensland 16 Game 2 - Queensland 11 NSW 7 Game 3 - Queensland 10 NSW 5	Lang Park Lang Park SCG	27,326 19,435 20,242	Kevin Roberts (NSW) Barry Gomersall (QLD) Don Wilson (NZ)	QLD 2-1 22,334
1983	Game 1 - Queensland 24 NSW 12 Game 2 NSW 10 Queensland 6 Game 3 Queensland 43 NSW 22	Lang Park SCG Lang Park	29,412 21,620 26,084	Barry Gomersall (QLD) John Gocher (NSW) Robin Whitfield (Eng)	QLD 2-1 25,705
1984	Game 1 Queensland 29 NSW 12 Game 2 Queensland 14 NSW 2 Game 3 NSW 22 Queensland 12	Lang Park SCG Lang Park	33,662 29,088 16,559	Kevin Roberts (NSW) Barry Gomersall (QLD) Kevin Roberts (NSW)	QLD 2-1 26,436
1985	Game 1 NSW 18 Queensland 2 Game 2 NSW 21 Queensland 14 Game 3 Queensland 20 NSW 6	Lang Park SCG Lang Park	33,011 39,068 18,825	Kevin Roberts (NSW) Barry Gomersall (QLD) Barry Gomersall (QLD)	NSW 2-1 30,301
1986	Game 1 NSW 22 Queensland 16 Game 2 NSW 24 Queensland 20 Game 3 NSW 18 Queensland 16	Lang Park SCG Lang Park	33,066 40,707 21,097	Kevin Roberts (NSW) Barry Gomersall (QLD) Kevin Roberts (NSW)	NSW 3-0 31,623
1987	Game 1 NSW 20 Queensland 16 Game 2 Queensland 12 NSW 6 Game 3 Queensland 10 NSW 8 *Game 4 NSW 30 Queensland 18	Lang Park SCG Lang Park California	33,411 42,048 32,602 12,349	Michael Stone (NSW) Barry Gomersall (QLD) Barry Gomersall (QLD) Michael Stone (NSW)	QLD 2-1 36,020
1988	Game 1 Queensland 26 NSW 18 Game 2 Queensland 16 NSW 6 Game 3 Queensland 38 NSW 22	SFS Lang Park SFS	26,441 31,817 16,910	Barry Gomersall (QLD) Michael Stone (NSW) Greg McCallum (NSW)	QLD 3-0 25,056
1989	Game 1 Queensland 36 NSW 6 Game 2 Queensland 16 NSW 12 Game 3 Queensland 36 NSW 16	Lang Park SFS Lang Park	33,088 40,000 33,268	Michael Stone (NSW) Greg McCallum (NSW) David Manson (QLD)	QLD 3-0 35,452
1990	Game 1 NSW 8 Queensland 0 Game 2 NSW 12 Queensland 6 Game 3 Queensland 14 NSW 10	SFS Olympic Park Lang Park	41,235 25,800 31,416	David Manson (QLD) Greg McCallum (NSW) David Manson (QLD)	NSW 2-1 32,817
1991	Game 1 Queensland 6 NSW 4 Game 2 NSW 14 Queensland 12 Game 3 Queensland 14 NSW 12	Lang Park SFS Lang Park	32,400 41,520 33,226	Bill Harrigan (NSW) David Manson (QLD) Bill Harrigan (NSW)	QLD 2-1 35,715
1992	Game 1 NSW 14 Queensland 6 Game 2 Queensland 5 NSW 4 Game 3 NSW 16 Queensland 4	SFS Lang Park SFS	40,039 32,020 41,878	David Manson (QLD) Bill Harrigan (NSW) Eddie Ward (QLD)	NSW 2-1 37,979
1993	Game 1 NSW 14 Queensland 10 Game 2 NSW 16 Queensland 12 Game 3 Queensland 24 NSW 12	Lang Park SFS Lang Park	32,100 41,895 31,970	Greg McCallum (NSW) Eddie Ward (QLD) Greg McCallum (NSW)	NSW 2-1 35,322
1994	Game 1 Queensland 16 NSW 12 Game 2 NSW 14 Queensland 0 Game 3 NSW 27 Queensland 12	SFS MCG Suncorp	41,859 87,161 40,000	Bill Harrigan (NSW) Graham Annesley (NSW) Bill Harrigan (NSW)	NSW 2-1 56,340
1995	Game 1 Queensland 2 NSW 0 Game 2 Queensland 20 NSW 12 Game 3 Queensland 24 NSW 16	SFS MCG Suncorp	39,841 52,994 40,189	Eddie Ward (QLD) Eddie Ward (QLD) David Manson (QLD)	QLD 3-0 44,341
1996	Game 1 NSW 14 Queensland 6 Game 2 NSW 18 Queensland 6 Game 3 NSW 15 Queensland 14	Suncorp SFS Suncorp	39,348 41,955 38,217	David Manson (QLD) David Manson (QLD) David Manson (QLD)	NSW 3-0 39,840
1997 ARL	Game 1 NSW 8 Queensland 6 Game 2 NSW 15 Queensland 14 Game 3 Queensland 18 NSW 12	Suncorp MCG SFS	28,222 25,015 33,241	Kelvin Jeffes (NSW) David Manson (QLD) Eddie Ward (QLD)	NSW 2-1 28,826
1997 SL	Tri Series Game 1 NSW 38 QLD 10 Tri Series Game 2 QLD 26 NZ 12 Tri Series Game 3 NSW 20 NZ 15 Tri Series Final NSW 23 QLD 22	SFS Ericisson Stadium Bruce Stadium ANZ Stadium	26,731 18,254 13,836 35,570	Bill Harrigan (NSW) Bill Harrigan (NSW) Bill Harrigan (NSW) Bill Harrigan (NSW)
1998 NRL	Game 1 Queensland 24 NSW 23 Game 2 NSW 26 Queensland 10 Game 3 Queensland 19 NSW 4	SFS Suncorp SFS	36,070 40,447 38,952	Bill Harrigan (NSW) Bill Harrigan (NSW) Bill Harrigan (NSW)	QLD 2-1 38,490
1999 NRL	Game 1 Queensland 9 def NSW 8 Game 2 NSW 12 def Queensland 8 Game 3 Queensland 10 drew NSW 10	Suncorp Metway Stadium Stadium Australia Suncorp Metway Stadium	38,093 88,336 39,371	Bill Harrigan (NSW) Stephen Clark (NSW) Stephen Clark (NSW)	DRAWN 1-1 55,266
2000 NRL	Game 1 NSW 20 def Queensland 16 Game 2 NSW 28 def Queensland 10 Game 3 NSW 56 def Queensland 16	Stadium Australia Suncorp Metway Stadium Stadium Australia	61,511 38,796 58,767	Bill Harrigan (NSW) Bill Harrigan (NSW) Bill Harrigan (NSW)	NSW 3-0 53,025

---STATE OF ORIGIN RECORDS---

Biggest Origin Win New South Wales- 56 def Queensland 16 at Stadium Australia, June 7, 2000. QLD - 36-6 at Lang Park, May 23, 1989

Record Origin Crowd- 88,336 at Stadium Australia on June 9, 1999

Teams to have lost first game and won series- QLD - 1982, 1987; NSW - 1994

Most appearances- Qld - Mal Meninga 32, NSW - Andrew Ettingshausen 27

Most consecutive appearances- Qld - Gary Larson 24; NSW - Paul Harragon 20.

Most tries in one match -Chris Anderson (NSW) 3 at Lang Park, June 28, 1983 Kerry Boustead (Qld) 3 at Lang Park, May 29, 1984 Ryan Girdler (NSW) 3 at Stadium Australia, June 7, 2000.

Most goals in one match -Ryan Girdler (NSW) 10 at Stadium Australia, June 7, 2000.

Most points in one match -Ryan Girdler (NSW) 32 (3 tries, 10 goals), Stadium Australia, June 7, 2000.

Most tries in a series- Ryan Girdler (NSW) 5 tries in 2000.

Most points in a series- Ryan Girdler (NSW) 52 (2+3 tries, 6+10 goals) in 2000.

Most total Origin points- (Qld) 161, Mal Meninga (6 tries, 69 goals in 32 matches) (NSW) 129, Michael O'Connor (11 tries, 42 goals, 1 field goal in 19 matches)

Lowest scoring match- Qld 2 bt NSW 0 at Sydney Football Stadium on May 15, 1995

Highest scoring match- New South Wales 56 def Queensland 16 at Stadium Australia, June 7, 2000.

Most man of match awards- Wally Lewis (Qld) 8

Oldest player- Arthur Beetson (Qld) 35 years and 168 days on July 8, 1980

Youngest player- Ben Ikin (Qld) 18 years and 83 days on May 15, 1995