State of Origin
Australia has 4 football codes:
Soccer (or football as the true believers call it).
Aussue Rules which is played nowhere else in the world but has some links to gaelic football.
Rugby Union - a 15 aside game which started at Rugby college in England when William Webb Ellis picked up a football in 1823 during a game and ran with it.
Rugby League - a 13 aside game which split from rugby union.
In Australia, Rugby League is a major code in the states of Queensland and New South Wales. Every year there's a 3 match series between the states. The teams are chosen on the basis of where players started their careers. Hense State Of Origin rugby league.
Game 1 is tonight.. Go the Maroons!!!!!
(The Maroons are Queensland)
