“It is an unmitigated disgrace that we don’t have State of Origin football.” Garry Lyon’s impassioned Origin plea after Billy Slater's comments on the NRL version. | SEN 1116

Mate v Mate. State v State. Witness the rivalry without rival in Sydney. #ORIGIN | State of Origin

The Blues claimed their first State of #Origin series win since 2005 after beating the Maroons in a frantic and tense Game 2 in Sydney, 2014! Watch today on NRL Facebook from 4pm 🤩 | NRL

Here are some of our best State of Origin moments to brighten your day during these tough times 👊 #QLDER | Queensland Maroons

Legendary Queensland players Arthur Beetson, Wally Lewis, John Lang, Kerry Boustead, Chris Close and a young Mal Meninga (then only 20 years old) played in the first State of Origin game, held on 8 July 1980 at Lang Park in Brisbane. The Queensland Maroons beat the NSW Blues 20-10. 🏉✨ The voice-over accurately describes it as a ‘brutal encounter’. The game footage, covered brilliantly in this short clip from several different angles, backs up that statement with plenty of aggro on the field. Th