620K views · 10K reactions | Game 1, 2006 - State of Origin Highlights  Brett Finch. That is all  | NRL | Facebook

Game 3, 2007 - State of Origin Highlights 🎥 Hazem El Masri makes his debut for NSW! | NRL

47K views · 499 reactions | State against state, mate against mate... In celebration of 40 years of #Origin, QLD & NSW clash in the first ever game in 1980. | NRL | Facebook

NRL Highlights | 2025 State of Origin Under 19s | Match Highlights | Maroons v Blues

Legendary Queensland players Arthur Beetson, Wally Lewis, John Lang, Kerry Boustead, Chris Close and a young Mal Meninga (then only 20 years old) played in the first State of Origin game, held on 8 July 1980 at Lang Park in Brisbane. The Queensland Maroons beat the NSW Blues 20-10. 🏉✨ The voice-over accurately describes it as a ‘brutal encounter’. The game footage, covered brilliantly in this short clip from several different angles, backs up that statement with plenty of aggro on the field. Th