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Authored by: Ash Nugent
on Wednesday, October 10 2007 @ 09:00 pm ACST

State of Origin return now unlikely

Origin back in 2008

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, October 11 2007 @ 02:10 am ACST

A real shame. AFL tried hard on this but the AFL clubs didn't want it (especially suspect SA and WA clubs that fear they would bear the brunt since they have more players from their own states, despite the draft - on close calls they normally favour home bred talent), some stars were going off it, and so hard to schedule lots of games. Not too many liked the one-off Vics vs The Rest idea - would be a good showcase but also implies the game hasn't grown much beyond 1 state still dominating after 150 years - not a true indication but would give that impression.

Kind of smashes a big hole in the 150 celebrations though. At the end of the day, the history and education is great, but the real showcase is matches. On the up side, it may leave more room in the year's media focus for the International Cup.

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