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State of Origin is the name used in Australia for sporting events or other competitions which involve teams from different States or Territories. The states and territories of Australia make up the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ...
The term, when used in isolation, usually refers to rugby league or Australian rules football matches, in which players are selected for the State in which they first played, hence the name 'state of origin'. The concept mirrors international representative rules in other sports. Rugby league football (often shortened to rugby league) is a full-contact team sport played with a prolate spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field. ...
High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of football...
It was devised to address the drift of most talented Australian rules players to the Victorian Football League (VFL), and the effect that this had on interstate matches. A similar situation existed in regard to the New South Wales Rugby League which until the 1980s recruited the best players from the Queensland Rugby League. VFL/AFL is the term used to refer to the competition established in 1897, which was originally known as the Victorian Football League. ...
Australian rules football matches between teams representing Australian colonies/states and territories have been held since 1879. ...
The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in New South Wales. ...
The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...
The logo of the Queensland Rugby League. ...
Although Australian rules state of origin matches no longer take place, the annual rugby league State of Origin Series is now one of Australia's most popular sporting events. The Rugby League State of Origin is an annual series of three interstate rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland and the Blues, representing the state of the New South Wales. ...
History The first recorded call for state of origin matches was made in 1900 by a journalist known as "The Cynic". Writing for a rugby football periodical called The Referee, he suggested that Stephen Spragg, who had moved to Queensland, should be able to play for his state of birth, New South Wales[1]. The concept would later be resurrected for rugby league, however the concept has never been used in rugby union. Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ...
A BCRFC match at Boston College Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. ...
Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 28 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $158,506 (3rd) - Product per capita $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of September 2006) - Population 4,070,400 (3rd) - Density 2. ...
Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 50 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $305,437 (1st) - Product per capita $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006) - Population 6,817,100 (1st) - Density 8. ...
Rugby league football (often shortened to rugby league) is a full-contact team sport played with a prolate spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field. ...
A rugby union scrum. ...
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The first State of Origin game was an Australian rules football game between Western Australia (WA) and Victoria, at Subiaco Oval in Perth on October 8, 1977.[2] Leon Larkin, marketing manager of the Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), negotiated with the VFL for two years, before arrangements for the game were finalised.[3] In the words of football historian John Devaney: Australian rules football matches between teams representing Australian colonies/states and territories have been held since 1879. ...
Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 15 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $100,900 (4th) - Product per capita $50,355/person (3rd) Population (December 2006) - Population 2,050,900 (4th) - Density 0. ...
Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 37 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $222,022 (2nd) - Product per capita $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006) - Population 5,110,500 (2nd) - Density 22. ...
Subiaco Oval (, ) is the major sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. ...
The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ...
October 8 is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (282nd in leap years). ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
Categories: Stub | Western Australian Football League clubs ...
The West Australian Football League (WAFL) (pronounced waffle) is the premier state based Australian rules football league in Western Australia. ...
- A Western Australian team comprised entirely of home-based players had, on 25 June, taken on a VFL team containing many of the same players who would return to Perth ... for the state of origin clash. The respective scores of the two matches offered a persuasive argument, if such were needed, of the extent to which the VFL had denuded the WAFL of its elite talent:
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- On 25 June 1977 VFL 23.16 (154) defeated Western Australia 13.13 (91) — a margin of 63 points
- On 8 October 1977 Western Australia 23.13 (151) defeated Victoria 8.9 (57) — a margin of 94 points, representing an overall turn around of 157 points
- Western Australia's previous biggest winning margin against a Victorian state team had been a mere 38 points in 1948. Almost overnight, an inferiority complex was dismantled: Victoria, it seemed, was not intrinsically superior, only wealthier.[4]
Games involving each of the other states soon followed. In 1989, a crowd of 91,960 people — a record for interstate games in Australian rules — attended a game between Victoria and South Australia at the MCG.[5] 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 11 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $59,819 (5th) - Product per capita $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006) - Population 1,558,200 (5th) - Density 1. ...
Joseph McG McGinty Nichol (born November 30, 1968) is an American film producer and director. ...
However, attendance and interest declined during the 1990s, due to a variety of factors, such as the VFL's ongoing conversion into a national club competition.[6] The last official state of origin game involving AFL players was held in 1999.[7] However, an annual veterans' game is still held. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...
This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
The E. J. Whitten Legends Game is an annual charity Australian rules football match, where retired star players are reunited, along with selected non-footballing celebrities, in a State of Origin interstate game, between Victoria and the All Stars (representing the rest of Australia). ...
Rugby league (Australia) - Main article: Rugby League State of Origin
New South Wales and Queensland played their first state of origin match on July 8, 1980. The Australian rules experience was echoed, with Queenslanders showing enormous interest in the game at Lang Park (now Suncorp Stadium), Brisbane. The Rugby League State of Origin is an annual series of three interstate rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland and the Blues, representing the state of the New South Wales. ...
Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 50 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $305,437 (1st) - Product per capita $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006) - Population 6,817,100 (1st) - Density 8. ...
Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 28 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $158,506 (3rd) - Product per capita $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of September 2006) - Population 4,070,400 (3rd) - Density 2. ...
July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 176 days remaining. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
Suncorp Stadium, formerly known as Lang Park, is a rectangular sporting stadium located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia. ...
Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, as well as the third largest city in Australia, with a greater metropolitan population of 1. ...
The popularity of rugby league state of origin matches since then has not waned and they remain one of Australia's (and indeed the region's) biggest sporting events. A record crowd of 88,336 attended a game at Stadium Australia in 1999. The record for the annual three game series was set in 2004, when a total of 203,309 people attended. The 2005 series saw an attendance record for a series with two matches in Queensland, with 187,374.[8] This page is for Telstra Stadium, Sydney. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Rugby league (United Kingdom and New Zealand) The success of the Australian State of Origin games resulted in the revival of rugby league inter-county games in England in 2001, under the name Origin Series. Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan 967 Area...
Origin Series is the official name in England for the War of The Roses inter-county Rugby League matches between representative teams from Yorkshire and Lancashire, the areas where the League code has traditionally been most popular. ...
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