Australian Rugby League
The Rugby League State of Origin
 A Brief History Of The Rugby League State of Origin The Rugby League State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Australian interstate rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues, representing the state of New South Wales. Players are selected to play for the state in which they played their first senior football, hence the name 'state of origin'. Since the beginning of Australian rugby league in 1908, an interstate competition between Queensland and New South Wales has been conducted from time to time. Until 1979 each team drew its players from the clubs based in that state. No consideration was given to the origins of the players themselves. In both 1980 and 1981 there were two interstate matches under the old selection rules and one "State of Origin" match. A best-of-three match series has been played around the middle of the rugby league season ever since. |
Year 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 Winner / Holder Of Shield Queensland Queensland New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales Queensland Queensland New South Wales Queensland Queensland New South Wales New South Wales Queensland New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales Queensland New South Wales Queensland Queensland Queensland New South Wales New South Wales Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Wins 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 |