Talk:State of Origin series
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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 highlightAlan 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 81980. 35,000 Queenslanders show up atLang 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 head1) perhaps change the last part toState of Origin football as we know it, was born. orState 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.
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 pleasetks
Hi all,
I'vejust noticed that the men's Maroons have the usualXXXX 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 waskicked 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 akaShirt58 (talk) 🦘12:08, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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]
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]
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