Queensland and New South Wales are the two major rugby league playing states in Australia, and they have played interstate matches since rugby league began in this country.
Apart from a brief period in the 1920s, New South Wales had always been the dominant side. This was because players were selected based on which state they were playing in, and the best players were to be found playing in the Sydney competition rather than the Brisbane one. In 1980, the third match of the three match series was played between two sides containing players playing for their states of origin--the state in which they played their first game of rugby league. The concept proved a huge success, and since 1982 all matches between the two states have been played on that basis.
Nicknames: The Queenslanders are the Cane Toads, the New South Welsh the Cockroaches.
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1908 New South Wales 43-0 Sydney ?
1908 Metropolitan* 37-8 Sydney 1,500
1908 New South Wales 12-3 Sydney 6,000
* Although the team was made up only of players
playing in the Sydney premiership, this is
regarded as an interstate match.
1910 New South Wales 40-21 Brisbane 5,500
1910 New South Wales 33-18 Brisbane 700
1910 New South Wales 19-3 Brisbane 5,000
1911 New South Wales 65-9 Sydney ?
1911 New South Wales 49-0 Sydney 3,500
1911 New South Wales 32-8 Sydney 8,000
1912 New South Wales 65-9 Sydney 14,000
1912 New South Wales 32-4 Sydney 10,000
1913 New South Wales 27-12 Brisbane 8,000
1913 New South Wales 21-17 Brisbane 5,000
1915 New South Wales 53-9 Sydney 30,000
1915 New South Wales 39-6 Sydney 10,000
1919 New South Wales 33-18 Sydney ?
1919 New South Wales 12-7 Sydney ?
1919 New South Wales 24-10 Brisbane ?
1919 New South Wales 13-10 Brisbane ?
1920 New South Wales 40-18 Sydney 10,000
1921 New South Wales 37-11 Sydney
1921 New South Wales 34-20 Brisbane
1922 Queensland 25-9 Sydney
1923 Queensland 18-13 Sydney
1923 Queensland 25-10 Brisbane
1924 Queensland 22-20 Sydney
1924 Queensland 20-7 Sydney
1924 Queensland 36-6 Brisbane
1925 Queensland 23-15 Sydney
1925 Queensland 27-13 Sydney
1925 New South Wales 27-16 Sydney
1925 Queensland 26-8 Brisbane
1925 Queensland 23-18 Brisbane
1926 New South Wales 30-17 Sydney
1926 New South Wales 5-3 Sydney
1926 Queensland 26-11 Newcastle
1926 Queensland 38-0 Brisbane
1926 Queensland 37-19 Brisbane
1927 New South Wales 14-10 Sydney
1927 New South Wales 13-11 Sydney
1927 Queensland 11-7 Brisbane
1927 New South Wales 15-11 Brisbane
1928 Queensland 25-9 Sydney
1928 New South Wales 16-7 Sydney
1928 Queensland 28-17 Brisbane
1928 Queensland 21-10 Brisbane
1929 New South Wales 21-8 Sydney
1929 New South Wales 17-8 Sydney
1929 New South Wales 12-10 Sydney
1929 New South Wales 16-14 Brisbane
1929 New South Wales 11-8 Brisbane
1930 New South Wales 18-11 Sydney
1930 Queensland 25-11 Sydney
1930 New South Wales 15-12 Brisbane
1931 New South Wales 39-17 Sydney
1931 Queensland 23-20 Sydney
1931 New South Wales 28-6 Sydney
1931 Queensland 15-8 Brisbane
1931 Queensland 4-3 Brisbane
1932 Queensland 23-15 Sydney
1932 drawn 9-9 Sydney
1932 Queensland 19-9 Brisbane
1933 New South Wales 24-0 Sydney
1933 New South Wales 15-13 Sydney
1933 New South Wales 17-14 Sydney
1933 Queensland 10-8 Brisbane
1934 New South Wales 13-0 Sydney
1934 New South Wales 42-9 Sydney
1934 Queensland 14-10 Sydney
1934 drawn 25-25 Brisbane
1934 Queensland 22-20 Brisbane
1935 New South Wales 33-16 Sydney
1935 New South Wales 18-14 Sydney
1935 New South Wales 51-8 Sydney
1935 Queensland 22-20 Brisbane
1935 New South Wales 23-9 Brisbane
1936 New South Wales 30-13 Sydney
1936 New South Wales 24-13 Sydney
1936 New South Wales 16-14 Brisbane
1937 New South Wales 21-9 Sydney
1937 New South Wales 31-3 Sydney
1937 New South Wales 16-11 Brisbane
1938 New South Wales 20-19 Sydney
1938 New South Wales 44-7 Sydney
1938 Queensland 36-22 Brisbane
1939 New South Wales 50-15 Sydney
1939 New South Wales 54-13 Sydney
1939 Queensland 29-13 Brisbane
1939 Queensland 23-13 Brisbane
1940 New South Wales 52-11 Sydney
1940 Queensland 19-16 Sydney
1940 Queensland 45-8 Brisbane
1940 Queensland 23-15 Brisbane
1941 New South Wales 18-14 Sydney
1941 New South Wales 44-10 Sydney
1941 New South Wales 23-16 Brisbane
1941 Queensland 27-21 Brisbane
1945 New South Wales 37-12 Sydney
1945 New South Wales 30-19 Brisbane
1946 New South Wales 46-10 Sydney
1946 New South Wales 24-6 Sydney
1946 New South Wales 30-14 Brisbane
1947 New South Wales 29-15 Sydney
1947 Queensland 18-9 Sydney
1947 New South Wales 22-10 Brisbane
1947 drawn 13-13 Brisbane
1948 New South Wales 23-9 Sydney
1948 Queensland 17-15 Sydney
1948 New South Wales 9-8 Brisbane
1948 New South Wales 22-10 Brisbane
1949 New South Wales 19-3 Sydney
1949 New South Wales 33-3 Sydney
1949 New South Wales 44-10 Brisbane
1949 New South Wales 33-13 Brisbane
1950 New South Wales 45-12 Sydney
1950 drawn 9-9 Sydney
1950 New South Wales 25-5 Brisbane
1951 Queensland 29-18 Sydney
1951 New South Wales 31-8 Sydney
1951 Queensland 39-23 Brisbane
1952 New South Wales 18-17 Sydney
1952 New South Wales 27-10 Sydney
1952 New South Wales 38-17 Brisbane
1953 New South Wales 26-15 Sydney
1953 New South Wales 27-16 Sydney
1953 Queensland 32-23 Brisbane
1953 Queensland 22-13 Brisbane
1954 New South Wales 26-23 Sydney
1954 New South Wales 18-13 Sydney
1954 New South Wales 46-7 Brisbane
1954 New South Wales 26-21 Brisbane
1955 New South Wales 17-15 Sydney
1955 Queensland 30-28 Sydney
1955 New South Wales 25-18 Brisbane
1955 Queensland 34-12 Brisbane
1956 New South Wales 28-26 Sydney
1956 Queensland 28-20 Sydney
1956 New South Wales 26-18 Brisbane
1956 New South Wales 23-19 Brisbane
1957 New South Wales 49-11 Brisbane
1957 New South Wales 29-12 Brisbane
1957 New South Wales 69-5 Sydney
1957 New South Wales 45-12 Sydney
1958 New South Wales 25-14 Sydney
1958 New South Wales 29-20 Brisbane
1958 New South Wales 23-15 Brisbane
1959 Queensland 17-15 Brisbane
1959 New South Wales 24-14 Brisbane
1959 Queensland 23-11 Sydney
1959 Queensland 18-14 Sydney
1960 New South Wales 22-21 Sydney
1960 Queensland 17-12 Sydney
1960 Queensland 13-0 Brisbane
1961 New South Wales 33-14 Brisbane
1961 New South Wales 21-20 Sydney
1961 New South Wales 18-2 Sydney
1961 Queensland 15-2 Brisbane
1962 Queensland 20-17 Brisbane
1962 New South Wales 28-8 Sydney
1962 New South Wales 19-14 Sydney
1962 New South Wales 25-12 Brisbane
1963 drawn 19-19 Brisbane
1963 New South Wales 20-10 Brisbane
1963 New South Wales 53-7 Brisbane
1963 New South Wales 31-5 Sydney
1963 New South Wales 13-5 Sydney
1964 New South Wales 28-12 Sydney
1964 New South Wales 41-3 Sydney
1964 New South Wales 31-5 Brisbane
1964 New South Wales 22-11 Brisbane
1965 New South Wales 31-7 Sydney
1965 New South Wales 22-4 Sydney
1965 New South Wales 30-9 Brisbane
1965 New South Wales 22-15 Brisbane
1966 New South Wales 16-6 Sydney
1966 New South Wales 28-10 Sydney
1966 New South Wales 28-20 Brisbane
1966 New South Wales 27-3 Brisbane
1967 New South Wales 14-8 Sydney
1967 New South Wales 28-9 Sydney
1967 drawn 16-16 Brisbane
1967 Queensland 13-11 Brisbane
1968 New South Wales 30-7 Sydney
1968 Queensland 15-8 Brisbane
1968 New South Wales 29-11 Brisbane
1969 New South Wales 26-0 Brisbane
1969 New South Wales 32-13 Brisbane
1969 New South Wales 33-17 Sydney
1969 New South Wales 22-2 Newcastle
1970 drawn 16-16 Brisbane
1970 New South Wales 22-9 Brisbane
1970 New South Wales 34-8 Sydney
1970 New South Wales 12-3 Newcastle
1971 New South Wales 30-2 Brisbane
1971 New South Wales 17-15 Sydney
1972 New South Wales 29-5 Brisbane
1972 New South Wales 27-6 Brisbane
1972 Queensland 11-10 Sydney
1973 New South Wales 26-0 Sydney
1973 New South Wales 16-0 Brisbane
1973 New South Wales 10-0 Brisbane
1974 drawn 13-13 Brisbane
1974 drawn 4-4 Sydney
1974 New South Wales 22-13 Brisbane
1975 Queensland 14-8 Brisbane
1975 New South Wales 27-18 Brisbane
1975 New South Wales 9-8 Sydney
1976 New South Wales 33-9 Sydney
1976 New South Wales 10-5 Brisbane
1976 New South Wales 15-13 Brisbane
1977 New South Wales 19-3 Brisbane
1977 New South Wales 14-13 Brisbane
1978 New South Wales 25-19 Brisbane
1978 New South Wales 12-11 Brisbane
1978 New South Wales 28-12 Sydney
1979 New South Wales 30-5 Brisbane
1979 New South Wales 31-7 Brisbane
1979 New South Wales 35-23 Sydney
1980 New South Wales 35-3 Brisbane
1980 New South Wales 17-7 Sydney
1981 New South Wales 10-2 Brisbane
1981 New South Wales 22-9 Sydney
The last matches in 1980 and 1981, and all matches from 1982 onwards were played under the State of Origin format.
1980 Queensland 20-10 Brisbane 33,210 1981 Queensland 22-15 Brisbane 25,613 1982 New South Wales 20-16 Brisbane 27,326 1982 Queensland 11-7 Brisbane 19,435 1982 Queensland 10-5 Sydney 20,242 67,003 1983 Queensland 24-12 Brisbane 29,412 1983 New South Wales 10-6 Sydney 21,620 1983 Queensland 43-22 Brisbane 26,084 77,116 1984 Queensland 29-12 Brisbane 33,662 1984 Queensland 14-2 Sydney 29,088 1984 New South Wales 22-12 Brisbane 16,559 79,309 1985 New South Wales 18-2 Brisbane 33,011 1985 New South Wales 21-14 Sydney 39,068 1985 Queensland 20-6 Brisbane 18,825 90,904 1986 New South Wales 22-16 Brisbane 33,066 1986 New South Wales 24-20 Sydney 40,707 1986 New South Wales 18-16 Brisbane 21,097 94,870 1987 New South Wales 20-16 Brisbane 33,411 1987 Queensland 12-6 Sydney 42,048 1987 Queensland 10-8 Brisbane 32,602 1987 New South Wales 30-18 California 12,349 120,410 1988 Queensland 26-18 Sydney 26,441 1988 Queensland 16-6 Brisbane 31,817 1988 Queensland 38-22 Sydney 16,910 75,168 1989 Queensland 36-6 Brisbane 33,088 1989 Queensland 16-12 Sydney 40,000 1989 Queensland 36-16 Brisbane 33,268 106,356 1990 New South Wales 8-0 Sydney 41,235 1990 New South Wales 6-12 Melbourne 25,800 1990 Queensland 14-10 Brisbane 31,416 98,451 1991 Queensland 6-4 Brisbane 32,400 1991 New South Wales 14-12 Sydney 41,520 1991 Queensland 14-12 Brisbane 33,226 107,146 1992 New South Wales 14-6 Sydney 40,039 1992 Queensland 5-4 Brisbane 31,500 1992 New South Wales 16-4 Sydney 41,878 113,417 1993 New South Wales 14-10 Brisbane 33,000 1993 New South Wales 16-12 Sydney 41,895 1993 Queensland 24-12 Brisbane 31,500 106,395 1994 Queensland 16-12 Sydney 41,859 1994 New South Wales 14-0 Melbourne 87,161 1994 New South Wales 27-12 Brisbane 40,665 169,685 1995 Queensland 2-0 Sydney 39,841 1995 Queensland 20-12 Melbourne 52,994 1995 Queensland 24-16 Brisbane 40,189 133,024 1996 New South Wales 14-6 Brisbane 39,348 1996 New South Wales 18-6 Sydney 41,955 1996 New South Wales 15-14 Brisbane 38,217 119,520 1997 New South Wales 8-6 Brisbane 28,222 1996 New South Wales 15-14 Melbourne 25,105 1996 Queensland 18-12 Sydney 33,241 86,568
A competition started by Super League to compete with the ARL's State of Origin matches. New Zealand had always wanted to be a part of the State of Origin series, partly because of the money earning potential, and partly because the origin series was often used as a trial to Australia-New Zealand tests and New Zealand did not have a matching trial. Australia had always opposed it on the grounds that it cheapened the test series. The competition was scrapped after one series.
1997 New South Wales 38-10 Queensland 26,731
Queensland 26-12 New Zealand 18,000
New South Wales 20-15 New Zealand 13,836
New South Wales 23-22 Queensland 35,570 94,137
Played between teams representing the minor states and territories, the winners of the Queensland and New South Wales country championships, and similar teams.
In 1997, the tournament was run by Super League.
The competition was scrapped in 1998, the teams instead taking part in the NSW Contry Championships.
1994 Western Australia 24-16 North Queensland 1995 Newcastle 42-18 Victoria 1996 Western Division 52-0 Victoria 1997 ACT 40-14 Northern Territory