The State of Origin 2024

[Tish]

Woohoo!!! Go the mighty Blues.

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Maroons v Blues – Game 3, 2024

 

[January]

I doubt many posters on here will know anything about this.

I know of it but don't follow it or care who won, being in an AFL state.

 

[MarkinPhx]

I must admit I don't know anything about it but if @Trish is happy with the outcome then all is good.

 

[horseless carriage]

I doubt many posters on here will know anything about this.

I know of it but don't follow it or care who won, being in an AFL state.e steeped

It's a form of Rugby Football known as Rugby League. The games of rugby and cricket were the sports played in the fee-paying schools of the UK. Those sports are steeped in class distinction, the story is a bit long winded but none the less, interesting. You can read about it here.

 

[Tish]

I must admit I don't know anything about it but if @Trish is happy with the outcome then all is good.

State of Origin is a Rugby League, set of 3 games between N.S.W. and Qld, that happens every year.
What makes it so exciting is no matter which rugby league team you play for, you get picked for which state you were born in.

 

[Paco Dennis]

How long do they get to practice with guys they don't play with all year?

 

[MarkinPhx]

I like that !

 

[Brookswood]

I hope the Aussies win.

 

[oscash]

Woohoo!!! Go the mighty Blues.

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Maroons v Blues – Game 3, 2024

YEAH!!!!!!!! It was a fantastic game. I sat in my loungeroom cheering them on, don't know what the neighbours thought. My son said
he cheered so loud the cat ran out of the room. The Blues beat the Maroons 2 games to I.

 

[Tish]

How long do they get to practice with guys they don't play with all year?

As this happens during the Rugby League season, they get 14 days between matches, and the rest of the time they play for whichever club they belong to.

YEAH!!!!!!!! It was a fantastic game. I sat in my loungeroom cheering them on, don't know what the neighbours thought. My son said
he cheered so loud the cat ran out of the room. The Blues beat the Maroons 2 games to I.

Poor kitty, I watched at the club, talk about loud cheering!
It was a great atmosphere, even the bar staff were into it

 

[Warrigal]

Not interested in the slightest. Never have been.

 

[Rakaia]

As an ex-pat Kiwi I'm a Rugby Union fan. Rugby League bores me to tears, 5 tackles and a kick, rinse and repeat. I'd rather watch AFL, 30+ years in WA will do that.

 

[January]

So will living in SA all your life Rakaia

I know next to nothing about Rugby but avidly follow AFL

 

[oscash]

So will living in SA all your life Rakaia

I know next to nothing about Rugby but avidly follow AFL

It's called aerial ping pong here in New South Wales.

 

[Rakaia]

It's called aerial ping pong here in New South Wales.

I've heard cross country basketball, the only game which gives you a point for missing.

 

[January]

Yes I've heard the term aerial pingpong before.

I've also heard the term thugby - so I guess we all make fun of games we do not follow.

Although it seems to me AFL is growing in non AFL states, after all NSW and QLD both have 2 AFL teams in the national league - but rugby isn't equally growing in AFL states.

 

[Rakaia]

@January
I don't know about NRL's management but the ARU has had some poor management of late.
AFL is in many ways the antithesis of rugby codes, the length of the field and the length of the game totally change the athletic dynamics. Then there's the skill set involved.

 

[January]

Rakaia - I'm really not sure what your last post is saying or how it relates to what I said - of course there are different skill sets involved - as there are between all sports - some skills the same, some different in all ball sports.

 

[Rakaia]

@January
I think that AFL increasing popularity is in part thanks to poor management in rugby.

 

[January]

Oh OK, yes, that could be a factor.