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Originally posted by Meridae'n
It's a 3 game Rugby League series between New South Wales & Queensland (the two most populous states over here).
It is an annual event and is easily the best 3 games on the planet. These two teams would beat any country team on earth (apart from Australia, of course).
These two states hate each other and it shows in these games. Game one for the 2003 series was on last Wednesday and 3 players got knocked out, and a further 3 got cut open. It's fucken rough and unreal to watch. Awesome.
It's on next Wednesday... look for it.
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Just to correct you, Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia and although the State of Origin is a spectacle for what it is (and that is some bloody rough shit going on with some rugby league thrown in somewhere), it is not what Australia is reknowned for and not what is played at Australia's best stadium, and for that matter, one of the best stadiums in the world, the MCG.
The MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) is currently being renovated and will eventually seat 100,000 and the thing is, it is used week in week out to host AFL football and is an absolute institution in itself. No matter who makes the AFL final, every year it has been played at the MCG since about 1896!!! Similarly, the naming rights to the MCG will never be sold off to FedEx or Starbucks etc, the Melbourne Cricket Club, who are the trustee of the ground, will never allow it. Cricket has been played there for over 150 years!!!
See the MCG at
www.mcg.org.au
Also, check this out - this will be without doubt one of the greatest stadiums and may well be the final word:
http://www.wembleynationalstadium.co.uk/
You cannot go past Wembley...