2008 State of Origin series – Wikipedia

The 2008 State of Origin series was the 27th year that the annual best-of-three series of interstate rugby league football matches between the Queensland and New South Wales representative teams was contested entirely under ‘state of origin’ selection rules. At its commencement each side had won twelve Origin series with two series drawn. Queensland’s Mal Meninga was to coach against a former …

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