State of Origin 2011
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Often considered the pinnacle of Australian Rugby League, State Of Origin is one of Australia’s premier sporting events, often played in front of sold out stadiums. The series itself is contested between New South Wales and Queensland, who have formed an epic rivalry that has seen the series produce the toughest and most skilful Rugby League in the world. Since its inception in 1980, the results between NSW and QLD have been extraordinarily even, adding fuel to the competition’s success. Overall the Maroons have won 16 series compared to the Blues 12. In games won, the Maroons hold a six game advantage over the Blues with 48 wins compared to 42 for NSW. QLD have won the last six series since 2006. Led by Ricky Stuart, NSW will face a mammoth task to overturn QLD’s dominance in 2012.
The 2011 Origin series headed into game 3 locked at 1-1. The decider was played at Suncorp Stadium, in Brisbane. Queensland won 34 – 24.
Get all the news, updates and opinions for State of Origin 2011 game 3, the third game and decider of the 2011 Origin series.
Live game 3 blogs: NSW Blues live blog – Queensland Maroons live blog - join the call and cheer on your team.
Queensland won game 3: 34 – 24. Read the match report.
The State Of Origin 2011 kick-off time for game 3 is listed officially as 8pm, but the actual kick-off will be 8.10pm following the Australian anthem
State of Origin 2011 game 3 live blog | Origin Game 3 Result | Game 3 Player Ratings: NSW – QLD.
State of Origin 2011 game two live blog | Origin Game 2 Result | Game 2 Player Ratings: NSW - QLD
State of Origin 2011 game one live blog | Origin Game 1 Result | Game 1 Player Ratings: NSW - QLD
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State-of-Origin Articles
by ceriseblood - February 4th 2012 @ 8:01am
The All Stars match will never be the showpiece of rugby league. People will never be as passionate about it as they are about State of Origin. It will never draw as big an audience and winning it will never be regarded by the players as one of the game’s top honours. But that doesn’t [...]
by Wayne Heming - January 26th 2012 @ 7:13am
by Truck1984 - January 11th 2012 @ 6:05am
Some may say it’s too early for an NRL blog, since it’s 51 days till the NRL season kicks off, so it would be way too early for a State of Origin one since its 134 days till the first game… But it’s not for this New South Welshman! Going into the 2012 series, having [...]
by John Davidson - December 7th 2011 @ 5:00am
The NRL is claiming superiority over AFL as it seeks to improve its media rights deal. Over the past week, some interesting figures have been released, which the NRL hierarchy has seized on. Firstly, the top 20 highest ratings programs on free-to-air TV for 2011, across the five metro cities in total people, were revealed [...]
by Daniel Pace - December 3rd 2011 @ 4:38am
by Steve Jancetic - November 8th 2011 @ 5:20am
by Wayne Heming - October 19th 2011 @ 4:07am
by shirtfront - October 9th 2011 @ 9:29am
I was born and bred in North Essendon, Melbourne, in 1976, walking distance from Windy Hill, Essendon’s holy turf, the sweetest of all suburban Australian Football grounds. In the early to mid 1980s, life was literally black and red in every sense of the word. Every second Saturday we strolled up Napier Street to see [...]
by Danny_Mac - September 15th 2011 @ 7:45am
Of all the bad publicity that rugby league has suffered, surely this is the lowest ebb. Rightly or wrongly, you can pass off drunken escapades as moronic boys being moronic boys. You can pass off salary cap scandals as hyper-competitive clubs trying to cut corners and take risks to achieve success and riches. Even the [...]
by Ryan O'Connell - September 13th 2011 @ 5:12am
At the beginning of the year, I made five fearless predictions for the 2011 NRL season. Before we discuss this weekend’s finals, it’s time to review those predictions and determine whether I have egg all over my face, or whether I can be labelled a rugby league Nostradamus. Prediction 1: The Roosters won’t make the finals [...]
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