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Origin's rich history set to continue entertaining

Dane Gagai has scored his third try in three matches for Queensland. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt)
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28th May, 2016
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Over the last ten years, Queensland have been dominant in State of Origin while New South Wales have only managed one win. This Wednesday will see a New South Wales team with five new debutants.

In 1995, Paul Vautin named a ‘no name’ rookie team for Queensland, who went on to win that year’s series 3-0.

The best thing about football is anything can happen, so we should wait until the end of Game 1 before we have our say on Laurie Daley’s selection intelligence.

State of Origin is the most prestigious and exciting part of football, the greatest rivalry in sports. It has such great history. Origin began in 1980 and the series format in 1982.

There have been 34 series, Queensland winning 19 times, New South Wales taking out 13 victories. There has also been two draws (1999 and 2002).

In 1980 and 1981, each year had one match apiece both won by Queensland, 20-10 and 22-15. There have been 105 matches, Queensland with 56 wins, New South Wales with 47 victories and two drawn encounters.

Lastly, the amount of tries and points are the following:

New South Wales: 275 tries and 1,618 points.

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Queensland: 323 tries and 1,762 points.

Total: 598 tries and 3,380 points.

Let’s hope this series will be another memorable one for the fans of rugby league worldwide.

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