State of Origin

[FlyingHigh]

Born at Glenelg went to Findon High. 100% South Aussie

Fair enough, still struggling to see it from you point of view.

[Phantom Gossiper]

I want to know why neutral non-Queenslanders barrack for them? If it wasn't for the original NSW Rugby League there would be no State of Origin. Players in the domestic Queensland comp who fancied themselves in the big picture and hankered after an Australian rep cap headed south and played in Sydney. The Brisbane comp was like the SANFL here - genuine but on the second rung. So you get all these players who walk out on their home state (Qld) and go to NSW to develop their game and suddenly get all this support. Why?
Go NSW tonight!
Love the Blues

I hate NSW, I hate New South Welshmen, they come across as arrogant, rude and full of themselves. Queenslanders on the other hand are perceived as more relaxed, down to earth and their weather is so much better

As for the original point of QLD players moving to NSWRL, that's 20+ years ago, these days its much different, and all clubs has players/feeder clubs based in both states, so QLDers don't need to jump the border to get looked at.

[Jim05]

I want to know why neutral non-Queenslanders barrack for them? If it wasn't for the original NSW Rugby League there would be no State of Origin. Players in the domestic Queensland comp who fancied themselves in the big picture and hankered after an Australian rep cap headed south and played in Sydney. The Brisbane comp was like the SANFL here - genuine but on the second rung. So you get all these players who walk out on their home state (Qld) and go to NSW to develop their game and suddenly get all this support. Why?
Go NSW tonight!
Love the Blues

I hate NSW, I hate New South Welshmen, they come across as arrogant, rude and full of themselves. Queenslanders on the other hand are perceived as more relaxed, down to earth and their weather is so much better

As for the original point of QLD players moving to NSWRL, that's 20+ years ago, these days its much different, and all clubs has players/feeder clubs based in both states, so QLDers don't need to jump the border to get looked at.

But as was pointed out the other night on TV several of the Queensland team are imports and are not actually from Queensland.
Should be where you are born, its a joke that Samoans and Fijians can play SOO

[Sky Pilot]

Well I don't really like Queenslanders. Bogan ratio to population is second only to NT. false claims of climate advantages. rains more days per annum than any state.
Brisbane has 30 less sun hours than Adelaide per annum. Politics are really bad. The difference between the gold coast and a tub of yoghurt is that only one of those has a living culture. Thongs and black singlets are matched only by shorts, Long sox, white shoes and Ray Bans in Cavill Avenue used car lots. A large percentage are weirdly religious and homophobic. If you can't speak Japanese there's no point having a holiday anywhere between the Gold Coast and Cairns.

[FlyingHigh]

Probably all very valid points, bet we could come up with a similar list about Sydney, or any other state.

[cheetah]

tried 2 have show with boys and watch the state of origin. lasted 20mins and we watched old afl grand final. cant get into the game. run tackle, run tackle, run tackle. just same tthing over and over!