State of Origin

Tonight is the first game of State of Origin, a series of three rugby league matches between Queensland (the maroons) and New South Wales (the blues). The best players in the league are selected to represent the state where they first played rugby league (their state of origin), and since the sport is mainly played in Queensland and New South Wales most of the players are eligible to participate. It’s basically the Rugby League equivalent of the All Star Game, and is played right in the middle of the season.  

State of Origin began in the early 1980s, and since then Queensland has generally been more dominant. There was one extremely misguided attempt in the late 80s to play a 4^th game in California in order to popularize the game in America, but since then it’s been held in Australia. Also, thought I would tell Patrice and Mom that ever since Doug Fister got traded I’ve been researching who my new athlete husband should be. How about Josh Cordoba?