document.write("Page last modified: " + document.lastModified +""); In 1987 there was a extra game played in the USA, won by NSW. The 1980 State of Origin game was the first game between the Queensland Maroons and the New South Wales Bluesrugby league teams to be played under "state of origin" selection rules. How does reading has a personal activity impress you? Of the 38 full series played to date, Queensland have won 21, New South Wales 15, with 2 series drawn (not including the results of 2020). Only the AU$30,000 gate could make it acceptable to administrators ... No Sydney club could possibly want the match but no doubt it will go ahead. The first two matches had been played under the existing residential selection rules - i.e. Queensland players such as captain-coach Arthur Beetson and Kangaroos back rower Rod Reddy were enthused to be able to represent their home state while some, such as Australian winger Kerry Boustead, believed that players should represent the state in which they lived (at the time Boustead was playing for Sydney club Eastern Suburbs). Copyright © 2020 Multiply Media, LLC. Queensland went into the game not having won a match since 1975. How to Cite, home From a standing start, Close received the ball only 25m out from Meninga. Well not every sport, as there is a list of unusual sports, extinct sports and newly created sports. New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership, "Lionel Morgan's SOS call: Sack our selectors", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1980_State_of_Origin_game&oldid=964903178, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 28 June 2020, at 08:05. It was the third match of 1980's annual interstate series between the Blues and the Maroons, and was only allowed to go ahead because the first two matches (and the title) were already won by New South Wales. With Queenslanders playing for New South Welsh clubs now available for selection, seven of the Maroons' starting thirteen were selected from Sydney clubs. He then simply accelerated through a big hole in the NSW defense and evaded fullback Graham Eadie to put the ball down next to the goal posts without a NSW player touching him. All Rights Reserved. Queenslanders Kerry Boustead, Rod Reddy, Rod Morris, John Lang and Graham Quinn had actually played for NSW in the first two games of the 1980 Interstate series, with all bar Quinn being selected to represent Queensland in the Origin game. Before the game, QRL President McAuliffe entered the Maroons dressing room to make a personal plea to the players. copyright, contact New South Wales won the first two so the stage was set for the first ever State of Origin Match to be played at Lang Park Brisbane.