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| Hot damn! It's Origin time again! |
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| What is Origin? Just the most awesome sporting event ever! |
The State of Origin is the annual, best of 3 Australian National Rugby League all-star clash between players from New South Wales and Queensland, and it is about the most awesome sporting spectacle on the planet.
Imagine the best NFL players that played their high school ball in Texas and Florida leaving their teams three times a year, during the season, to play all-star games against each other that are far more intense than any rivalry, any playoff game or the Super Bowl. That just starts to scratch the surface of State of Origin. Origin is some thing special in the world of sports.
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| Rugby League is a hard-hitting, fast-moving game. Football without pads, or a ton of subs (just 12 total per game). |
Afraid the rules will be too weird? Rugby League is pretty easy to follow. They game is played 13 a side. Passes all have to go backwards. You can move the ball forward by running or kicking it. You get 4 points for a try (touchdown), 2 points for the conversion (extra point) and you can get 1 point for drop kicking a goal during play. Check out this page for a quick guide to the rules. For the detailed rules to the NRL for the Laws of the Game.
DVR it. Watch it live. Watch the replay on Livestream. Just watch it.
The remaining games will be in Queensland on June 26th and July 17th back in NSW. Watch it once and you'll be hooked!
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