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Origins of State of Origin

OK I wrote this part of the article originally (back when I first created this article). A few changes have been made over the past months by ppl pushing an agenda.

Firstly there was a clear attempt by somebody to highlight Alan Aylett's contribution. They worded it in such a way that it implied his contribution to convincing Mcauliffe was more significant thatn Lunn or Maranta. This is clearly not a fair depiction.

Secondly the reference to the first AFL state of origin match explicitly stating the teams involved etc is irrelevant to the article. We could go further and mention aylet's take (ie. that he had been operating a state of origin series himself in the VFL) but stating the teams who played in the first game doesn't belong here. Furthermore, if we're going to do that, it must be accompanied by an explanation of Hugh Lunn and Barry Maranta's contributions. And show them in such a way that they are NOT less significant.

Finally, the closing sentence. This sentence is designed to mark the importance of this as an historic occasion and possibly induce some emotion in the reader.

July 8 1980. 35,000 Queenslanders show up at Lang Park to see Queensland convincingly beat New South Wales 20 points to 10. State of Origin football was born.

I know it breaks a few rules of writing by switching from past to present tense but I believe it is an effective way of explaining the significance of this event to state of origin football. The effect of the wording is lost completely when its converted to a single sentence with the word 'On' at the front. Even more is lost when the sentence is complicated further by explicitly stating this is RLs state of origin we're referring to. This is the rugby league state of origin page so nobody is going to be confused with regards to the context here! The truth is, without this event paning out exactly the way it did, there would not be a state of origin series today in any code of football.

I'm open to suggestions on the wording as long as it doesn't take away from the effect of the current wording.

A couple of suggestions i'm tossing around in my head 1) perhaps change the last part to State of Origin football as we know it, was born. or State of Origin football as it's known today, was born

2) There is more of a story to be told with regards to the contributions of the 3 ppl who convinced Mcauliffe. But i'm against adding a speal against any one of them without an equivalent speal for the other two!

Grant65, i'm going to leave the reversion of that sentence in place. Reading the article with it back in place (on its own) seems ok and relevant enough. I just didn't like seeing the whole speal about aylet 'trying to convince mcauliffe'. Which was a lie.

Heading on this page

I have tried to change the heading on this page, but cant find where to change it. I should be Rugby League State of origin series or NRL State of Origin. Can any one assist please tks

Postcodes on Queensland players' jerseys - worth a mention?

Hi all,

I've just noticed that the men's Maroons have the usual XXXX advertising logo on the left shoulder of their jerseys replaced with their (purported) Queensland "postcode of origin".

I initially thought this was a new thing for 2023 Origin, but it appears it was kicked off in 2022.

Opinions please: is this worth a mention in the article?

♪♫ <sings> Belconnen, ACT? - that's in Queensland! New Town, Tassie? - that's in Queensland! (and so on) </sings> ♫♪

Peter (not actually in Queensland) 4066 aka Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 12:08, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Should the 1980 and 1981 victories count for Queensland in the record for most amount of games won?

If you count the 1980 and 1981 matches, the tally for most amount of origin games won in the records section would be 69, however if you exclude them it would only be 67. Do we count them? Lachyjack (talk) 00:36, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

They are valid games, and should be and are in fact included.

This section appears to be a link to credit card site (possible spam?)

A report into eligibility based on a player's birth state showed; "Of the 18 series that QLD has won, it had the greater percentage of non-State [born] players in its side on 14 of those occasions – revealing a 77.8% dependency. Of the 13 series that NSW has won, on five of those occasions, it had a higher percentage of non-State [born] players across the series – revealing a 38.5% dependency." 175.39.82.198 (talk) 06:23, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]