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A comeback in the second half wasn't enough to win, New South Wales getting home 17–16 on the back of a field goal in the final moments by halfback and last minute Blues replacement Brett Finch. Complete list of Queensland Firsts players. The Queensland Rugby Football League was formed in 1908 by seven rugby players who were dissatisfied with the administration of the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) as the Queensland Rugby Association. In 1985, Queensland saw their first ever series loss to New South Wales, for the first time, New South Wales were dominate through the series. The QRL aims to "foster, develop, extend, govern and control Rugby League Football throughout the State of Queensland". It seemed that State of Origin might still be dominated by New South Wales with the Blues ahead 15–0, but a remarkable comeback by Queensland saw them defeat New South Wales 22–15 with young captain Wally Lewis and Chris Close the stars of the comeback win. COACH. Our goal is to develop core skills, team cohesion and professional discipline. Since 2001, 66 players who have participated in the Emerging Origin program have represented Queensland in State of Origin.[18][19]. Their tour of Great Britain saw them play three matches. Under new coach, Wayne Bennett, the 1986 series saw Queensland play a lot better but the scoreboard didn't show, Queensland lost all 3 games, only by small margins for each game, but the fact was New South Wales had whitewashed Queensland. In 1998, Queensland re-employed Wayne Bennett as coach of the team who only wanted a one-year stint at the team. With the introduction of the Queensland Cup in 1996 the Foley Shield competition was scrapped, only to be reintroduced in 2000. Robert Tubman, 10. [16], In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, the Queensland Rugby League named their best ever 17, selected from all players from 1908–2007.[17]. He was replaced by interchange forward David Taylor whilst Corey Parker was called onto the bench. Thurston returned for Game II and kicked the winning conversion to level the series. [18] From the inaugural Emerging Origin squad in 2001, 12 of the players went on to play for Queensland in State of Origin. 2020 Rugby Australia. Jack Horan, 9. Other teams that entered the competition include: Milton (1909), South Brisbane (1909), West End (1910), Natives (1912), Merthyr (1917) and Coorparoo (1917). With Lewis's last game, the decider, the Queensland team managed to win the game by two points and give Lewis the perfect sendoff. The Queensland Rugby Football League is the governing body for rugby league in Queensland.

With new coach and former Queensland captain Paul Vautin, the Queensland team were apparently going to be belted by the New South Wales team. Queensland's first truly representative team won the first State of Origin match 20–10 on 8 July 1980. Since 1908, a rugby league team representing Queenslan… Since the revamp in 2000 it has only contested by the three largest cities in North Queensland; Cairns, Mackay and Townsville. In 1988, the introduction of Queensland-based clubs for the first grade competition Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast, saw more wealth of talent for Queensland. In the 1970s Queensland only won four matches, and it was decided that if New South Wales won the first two games of the 1980 series that there would be a "State of Origin" selection policy for the last game. At the end of the 1983 seasons in Qld and NSW, the Queensland team also toured Papua New Guinea and England. Former Maroons Karmichael Hunt and Israel Folau were both recruited by the AFL to play Australian rules football[14][15] (and both also currently play professional rugby union). In the third and deciding game, Queensland found themselves down 14–4 with 9 minutes to go after some controversial refereeing decisions. Queensland lost the first two matches but won the third match. The Maroons also toured New Zealand in 1987. In 2008, Queensland played without Darren Lockyer for the whole series and it showed in the first game in Sydney with Queensland losing 18–10. Rugby league is managed by 2 committees—QSS 10–12 years Rugby League Committee and QSS 13–19 years Rugby League Committee—who oversee the representative program within their sport. However a miraculous comeback started by Johnathan Thurston and Brent Tate and an intercept try by Lockyer saw them steal the win and the series. Games against touring teams from New Zealand and Great Britain or Queensland's three game tour of England in 1983 are not counted.

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