Queensland Maroons
The Queensland Maroons are the selection team for the Queensland Rugby League in the annual State of Origin series, one of Australia's largest sporting events . The best players who started their rugby league careers in Queensland face the New South Wales Blues . Originally, the Maroons also completed international test matches against national teams from other countries. The team plays its home games at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane .
history
The rugby league selection of Queensland completed their first game in 1908 against a national team of the New South Wales Rugby League and lost it with 0:43. From then on, the team often competed against national teams from New Zealand or Europe , but the main focus was on the duels with their southern neighbors. Apart from a brief period of success for the Maroons in the 1920s, New South Wales dominated the duel between the two Australian states . In 1956, the legalization of slot machines in Sydney brought a new source of income to the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership clubs , and more and more successful Queensland players moved south for better financial prospects. Since the selection teams were not put together according to origin, but according to club membership, New South Wales dominated even more from then on and the duels of the blues and maroons became less and less attractive.
This changed suddenly with the introduction of State of Origin in 1980. The players no longer competed for the state their club came from, but for the one in which they had played rugby league for the first time . As a result, New South Wales lost its supremacy over Queensland, so that the Maroons could already win the first four editions of the new competition. Queensland has won 23 series so far, New South Wales only 13 series. Between 2006 and 2013 , the Maroons were victorious eight times in a row. On July 8, 2015, Queensland achieved the highest victory in State of Origin history with a score of 52: 6.
Individual records
Stand 2013
- Most games: 36, Darren Lockyer (1999-2011)
- Most games as captain - 30, Wally Lewis (1981-1991)
- Most attempts: 15, Greg Inglis (2006–)
- Highest Score: 162, Jonathan Thurston (2005–)
- Most games in a row: 27, Jonathan Thurston (2005–)
Trainer
| Surname | Years |
|---|---|
| John MacDonald | 1980 |
| Arthur Beetson | 1981-84, 1989-90 |
| The Morris | 1985 |
| Wayne Bennett | 1986-88, 1998, 2001-03 |
| Graham Lowe | 1991-92 |
| Wally Lewis | 1993-94 |
| Paul Vautin | 1995-97 |
| Mark Murray | 1999-2000 |
| Mal Meninga | 2006– |
literature
- Jack Gallaway: Origin: Rugby League's Greatest Contest 1980-2002 . University of Queensland Press, Brisbane 2003, ISBN 0-7022-3383-8 ( online on Google Books ).