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In 1908, the first NSWRL premiership was contested in Sydney. It launched the breakaway game of Rugby League which, despite being written off as being over before it began, went on to become Australia's most revered and for a time, most popular winter sport. Queensland has always gone toe to toe with New South Wales, and they launched their first competition in Brisbane in 1909. But for 70 years, Queensland was treated like a second class citizen, and the only attention New South Wales gave was to poach their players and worse, make them play for New South Wales. It was a hiding to nothing for Queensland. Year in, year out they were on the end of the most humiliating thrashings in Australian sport. But State of Origin changed all that. In 1980, the new format came in where players played for the state they originated from and not their state of residence. Suddenly Queensland became the dominant state, winning a massive majority of the State of Origin contests of the 1980s.
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1 trivia quiz  State of Origin 2004 icon
How much do you know about the dramatic Origin series of 2004? Origin is rugby league at its best.
 Average 10Q
1104 plays
 Jul 09 04
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2 trivia quiz  State of Origin 1980-2001
A simple quiz on the greatest challenge of all, the State of Origin between New South Wales and Queensland. This quiz covers the annual series from its inception in 1980, through to the 2001 series.
 Difficult 10Q
1095 plays
 Aug 06 01
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3 trivia quiz  State vs State, Mate vs Mate icon
The State of Origin series is the biggest event on the National Rugby League football calender, even bigger than the Grand Final.
 Difficult 10Q
1209 plays
 May 08 02
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4 trivia quiz  Early Days of Rugby League icon
"State against State", "Mate against Mate" began purely as NSW v Queensland - becoming "State of Origin" in 1980. How much do you know about the early days of the Cane Toads v the Cockroaches?
 Very Difficult 10Q
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 Sep 30 02
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Some sample questions from this category:

* Which player played the most Origins games 1980 to 2001?
* Which of these players played the most games as captain?
* Who are the first two players to be sent off during a State of Origin match?
* Who was NSW's first Origin coach?
* Who was Queensland's first Origin coach?
* Which of these players scored the most tries in Origin?
* Who was the first ever Origin 'Man of the Match'?
* Who was the first New South Welshman to win a Man Of The Match award?
* In 1997 an Origin match was played in Melbourne for the _____ time?
* The 10-10 draw in 1999 was the _____ drawn State of Origin game?
* Queensland established a record in 1989 when they won the 1st game by a margin of 30 points (36-6). This record was broken in 2000 when the winning margin in the 3rd game was ____ points?
* NSW won the 2000 series in a clean sweep. This was the _______ occasion that the series had been won (by either NSW or Queensland) in a clean sweep of all 3 games (ignore the 1980 and 1981 series when only one game was played)?
* The 3rd game of the 2001 series was played at ANZ Stadium (it was the 63rd Origin game). Which ground had hosted the most State of Origin games from 1980 to 2001?
* Queensland won the first ever State of Origin game in 1980. What was the scoreline?
* Who captained NSW to their 2-1 series victory over Queensland in 1990?
* In Game 1 of the 1999 series the teams were separated by one point at full time. This was the _______ occasion the sides been separated by only one point at full time?
* The first game in the 2001 series, at Lang Park, was the 33rd meeting at this venue. How many times did New South Wales manage to win a game at lang Park?
* When did the first drawn State of Origin series occur?
* In 1908, the inaugural year of Rugby League in Australia, NSW beat Queensland by what scoreline?
* In 1911, NSW beat Queensland in the first match by 65-9. Dally Messenger had a pointscoring blitz with four tries and ten goals. How many points did he score on his own?

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