State of Origin

State of Origin, originally uploaded by peteg.

State of Origin is a Rugby League 3 match series held every year in Australia.. All stars for their respective birth states in New South Wales and Queensland battle it out for bragging rights.

We were there for the first match in the series, which was held in Brisbane. Maroon (Queensland) won 25-18, making a spectacular comeback in the 2nd half when they were down 6-18. Brisbane was awash in maroon...men and women sported jerseys, pubs served maroon beer and our hotel lobby projected the match on the wall. We watched the first half at a pub, which evidently was the wrong pub; everybody was wearing blue and cheering for New South Wales.