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2020 State Of Origin Series
The 2020 State of Origin series was the 39th State of Origin series, annual best-of-three series between the Queensland rugby league team, Queensland and New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales rugby league teams. Before this series, Queensland has won 21 times, NSW 15 times, with two series drawn. Originally, the series was to have been played in the traditional mid-season slot; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic which caused the 2020 NRL season, season to be suspended after round two, the series was moved to November, with the three matches to be played on consecutive Wednesday nights. On 15 May, the NRL announced that the matches would be played on three consecutive Wednesdays after the season's end, these being 4, 11 and 18 November. For just the third time, a game was played away from Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne, with Game 1 played at Adelaide’s Adelaide Oval. Before the start of the series, ''The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), Daily Telegraph'' journalist Dean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Rugby League Team
The Queensland rugby league team represents the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football. Nicknamed the "Maroons" after the colour of their jersey, they play three times a year against arch-rivals New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales in the State of Origin series. The team is currently coached by Billy Slater and is captained by Cameron Munster, and is administered by the Queensland Rugby League. They play all of their home matches at Brisbane's Lang Park (known due to naming rights as Suncorp Stadium). Since 1908, a rugby league team representing Queensland has been assembled from players based in the state to compete annually against New South Wales. The team used to play matches against other high-profile foreign and domestic touring teams, but has not played anyone other than New South Wales in several decades. From 1980 onwards, when Queensland was first allowed to select players of local origin even if they were currently at clubs outside its b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cody Walker (rugby League)
Cody Walker (born 10 January 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League, NRL. At representative level he has played for the Prime Minister's XIII, Country New South Wales rugby league team, Country NSW and New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales in the State of Origin series. He played earlier in his NRL career. Background Walker was born in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia. He moved to Casino, New South Wales at a young age and is of Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australian descent - from Yuin and Bundjalung people. He attended Palm Beach Currumbin High School Cody Walker attended Kinross Wolaroi School and graduated in 2006 after playing 1ST XV. Walker is the younger brother of former Penrith Panthers player Ryan Walker (rugby league), Ryan Walker and cousin of Gold Coast Titans player Shannon Walker (rugby), Shannon Walker. He played his junior rugby league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), currently known as Suncorp Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in the suburb of Milton, Queensland, Milton, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Nicknamed The Cauldron, it is a three-tiered rectangular sporting stadium with a capacity of 52,500. The traditional home of rugby league in Brisbane, the modern stadium is also now used for rugby union and Association football, soccer and has a rectangular Pitch (sports field), playing field of . The stadium's major tenants are the Brisbane Broncos, the Dolphins (NRL), Dolphins, the Brisbane Roar FC, Brisbane Roar, the Queensland rugby league team, Queensland Maroons and the Queensland Reds. Lang Park was established in 1914, on the site of the former North Brisbane Burial Ground, North Brisbane Cemetery; in its early days it was home to a number of different sports, including cycling, athletics and soccer. The lease of the park was taken over by the Brisbane Rugby League premiership, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey Allan
Corey Allan (born 19 April 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Sydney Roosters in the NRL, and at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII and the Queensland Maroons in State of Origin. Background Allan was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He played his junior rugby league for Logan Brothers Rugby League Football Club. Career 2018 In 2018 he represented the Australian Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby. 2019 Allan made his first grade debut in Round 1 of the 2019 NRL season for South Sydney against the Sydney Roosters at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Two weeks later in Round 3, Allan scored his first try in the top grade as Souths defeated the Gold Coast 28–20 at ANZ Stadium. Allan made a total of 19 appearances in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Grant (rugby League)
Harry Grant (born 17 February 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League, for Queensland rugby league team, Queensland in the State of Origin series, and Australia national rugby league team, Australia at international level. Grant played for the Wests Tigers on loan for the 2020 NRL season. The arrangement between Wests Tigers, Wests and the Melbourne Storm, Storm to trade Grant with Paul Momirovski was the first Loan (sports), loan arrangement in NRL history. Grant captained the Storm to the 2024 NRL Grand Final. Early life Grant is from Yeppoon, Queensland and was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, and educated at St. Brendan's College, Yeppoon. Harry Grant also did a stint at Yanco Agricultural High School for 2 years. Grant almost died when he was 12 years old after contracting a staphylococcal infection. He was admitted to intensive care and underwent three operations befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edrick Lee
Edrick Lee (born 18 September 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played in the National Rugby League (NRL) as a er for the Dolphins (NRL), Dolphins. Lee previously played for the Newcastle Knights, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Canberra Raiders in the NRL. He has also represented the Indigenous All Stars (rugby league), Indigenous All Stars and Queensland rugby league team, Queensland in the State of Origin series. Background Lee was born and raised in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He is of Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent. Lee is the cousin of NBA basketball player Patty Mills, National Basketball League (Australia), NBL basketball player Nathan Jawai and Dolphins (NRL), Dolphins rugby league player Brenko Lee. Edrick's uncle is former Olympian basketballer Danny Morseu, the second Indigenous Australian to represent Australia at the Olympics in basketball. Edrick's great uncle is Indigenous la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ANZ Stadium
Stadium Australia, currently known as Accor Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the suburb of Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The stadium, which is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium, Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium, was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A$690 million to host the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Stadium was leased by a private company, the Stadium Australia Group, until the Stadium was sold back to the NSW Government on 1 June 2016 after NSW Premier Michael Baird announced the Stadium was to be redeveloped as a world-class rectangular stadium. The Stadium is owned by Venues NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. The stadium was originally built to hold circa 115,000 spectators, making it the largest Olympic Stadium ever built and the second largest stadium in Australia after the Melbourne Cricket Ground which held more than 120,000 before its re-design in the early 2000s. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui () (born 16 February 2000) is a professional rugby league footballer who captains the Gold Coast Titans playing as a Lock (rugby league), lock and Prop (rugby league), prop forward in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has played for Samoa national rugby league team, Samoa and Australia national rugby league team, Australia at international level. He previously played for the Melbourne Storm with whom he won the 2020 NRL Grand Final. He has played for the Prime Minister's XIII and the Queensland Maroons in the State of Origin series. Background Fa'asuamaleaui was born in Orange, New South Wales, Australia to a Samoans, Samoan father and an Australians, Australian mother. His father, Fereti Fa'asuamaleaui, was contracted to the Sydney City Roosters and played reserve grade for them in the mid-1990s. Fereti had previously represented Samoa national rugby union team, Samoa in rugby union. When he was 14 weeks old, his family moved to Widgee, Queensland, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentine Holmes
Valentine Holmes (born 24 July 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League and for the Queensland Maroons in State of Origin as a er. Holmes previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL, with whom he won the 2016 NRL Grand Final as a er. Holmes previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys, where he would transition into a from . Holmes has played for Australia at international level as a er, and . Holmes was a er for the Australian teams that won the 2016 Four Nations, the 2017 Rugby League World Cup and the 2022 Rugby League World Cup. Holmes has played in 4 State of Origin series wins for Queensland. In 2019, spent several months on the practice squad for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) as a part of the league's International Player Pathway Program. Background Holmes was born in Townsville, Queensland to a Cook Islands mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Papalii
Joshua Papali'i (born 13 May 1992) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. He has played for both Australia national rugby league team, Australia and Samoa national rugby league team, Samoa at international level. He is also the highest-capped Canberra Raiders player of all time. He has also played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII and Queensland rugby league team, Queensland in the State of Origin series. He played as a or earlier in his career. Background Papali'i was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is of Samoan heritage. He moved to Australia at the age of 5 and was raised in Woodridge, Queensland. He played his junior rugby league for Logan Brothers Rugby League Football Club, Logan Brothers before being signed by the Canberra Raiders. Papali'i played 20 matches for Raiders National Youth Competition (rugby league), National Youth Competition side between 2010 and 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payne Haas
Payne Haas (born 2 December 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL), and Australia at international level. He has played for New South Wales in the State of Origin series and the Prime Minister's XIII. Background Haas is of Samoan, Swiss and Filipino descent. Haas became a Muslim in 2019 at the age of 19. Payne is eligible to play international rugby league for the Australia, Samoa and Philippines national rugby league teams. Haas has represented the Philippines at under 16s level. He played junior rugby league for the Woodberry Warriors before moving to the Gold Coast, Queensland at age 13. He attended rugby league school Keebra Park State High. Haas is the nephew of former Newcastle Knights and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks player Mark Taufua. Haas's younger brother Klese Haas, plays for the Gold Coast Titans. His mother, Uiatu "Joan" Taufua, was convicted and sentenced to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
