The reason this is so intense is that for decades the best way to be selected for the Australian team was to play in the Sydney competition and once they moved to NSW they could only play for NSW. Queensland players hated this so in 1980 they changed it to State of Origin. Queenslanders took this game VERY VERY seriously and won the first game. Now due to media and promotion it's billed as State V State, Mate V Mate as teamates would sometimes play against each other.
There’s always been fights in rugby , in Australia the expression is called “Bring back the Biff” where spectators get a rise out of encouraging fights for entertainment
They should have left it as it is aye like the good old days 1 outs was on. But Greg Dowling and Kevin Tamati punch up will always go down in history for me
They are representing there state's that they come from. State vs state, mate vs mate. Some of these guys punching each other are actually good mates and play in the same clubs together. But for 3 state of origin games a year the best players from the state where they played their junior footy go to war. They are playing for the people of their state. So alot of pride and passion. Players have discharged themselves from hospital against medical advise to play in a origin game. Players have had their heads stapled on sidelines and then kept playing. And origin games are played at a much faster pace and more aggression than normal rugby league games. State of Origin is considered the pinacle of rugby league. Even more desired than playing for Australia
It's called "The Biff" here in Aus. They use to be able to get away with it back then. It was about passion. Passion for the game and passion for your state. And yeah they could get away with it, In they wouldn't be suspended from the normal season. Now we call for " Bring back the Biff" The early days in the eighties it was more about the country boys V the city boys. NSW ( the blue ones) were all modern hipsters. Like sydney was a big international modern city. Business men wore suits and shit. Queensland back then was so country. Businessmen in Brisbane ( the capitol of Queensland) wore shorts with long socks and short sleeved shirts with ties. The early eighties the traffic lights stopped being red, amber and green at midnight, and just blinked amber. These state of origin games mean more to us than the whole bloody season. We beat the shit out of each other, then get pissed (drunk) and laugh our heads off afterwards. It's like the Aussies and the Kiwi's. We give each other so much shit. But push comes to shove and we have each others backs like no allegiance you've ever seen. Goes all the way back to Gallipoli and still holds true today.
Clearly the answers as to why they fight are coming from the younguns...they are partly correct but not fully. New South Wales is the most populous, most wealthy, most advantaged state in Australia. Traditionally, although it has changed in recent decades, Queensland was one of the poorest. Prior to there being a national Rugby League competition the game was played by clubs across cities under the governance of state authorities. The richest competition was the Sydney competition. Queensland players would learn their trade in the premier Qld competition - Brisbane or in a regional city competition and then head off to Sydney to make the big bucks. Enough so they only had to work casual jobs outside of League. By the 70's there was a growing number of full time professional players but almost exclusively in Sydney were many clubs were funded by sporting clubs that could run poker machines/slot machines. Queensland clubs could not compete. So in the annual representative competition Queensland would play against a New South Wales team that would have Queensland players in it. So Queensland would endure all the slights of being the poorer state - all the inbred country cousin jokes - and then play football and be beaten by their own players. Then came State of Origin and the world discovered that Queensland is actually better. So for Queenslanders every fight is built upon being the slighted underdog and for New South Wales it is defending their right to supremacy. The really cool thing is that in most of the fights you have players that are best friends that play beside each other every week but come State of Origin you see only Maroon or Blue. You don't see your friend only the colour he is wearing.
Well said, thats about my assessment of it as well. Funily enough, the NSW players think their comp is the oldest comp, technically it is but only by 1 year. The QRL is only 1 yr younger than the NSW cup comp. Yes the NSW were paid more and the money was in NSW. But it is now coming to be a NRL National Rugby League. Teams from all over the country will start (again). Hopefully doesnt get destroyed by no super league repeat? So far, teams are mainly from NSW but there are 3 representative teams from QLD and 1 from Victoria. Although unhappy NSW people believe that the Vic team is full of QLDers... hahahahaha but not true.
well said thats why i stay queensland cos the underdogs. nsw have all the best players in league but queensland always find a way to compete and 95 percent of that is heart and mongrel thats why i stay qld! the miracle makers. from nz
Well said mate I am one of the younger generation been born mid 80s lol but my old man made sure I knew what and why state of origin is all about and what you have said sums it all up
In the 80's rugby league players didnt get payed that well and most of them had normal day jobs and were just regular blokes you'd see at the pub having a beer
Yupz that much is true the players didn't get paid to play back in the 80s most lived to play didn't care about the pay check #allintherootsofgrassandleague
Just pure hatred coming to a head basically,caused by one jersey inflicting pain,suffering and humiliation on the other for many years! Pre 1980 the New South Wales (The Blues) have for the most part dominated the inter-state battles for many decades and always won.They had the best competition,most of the best players,the better contracts and because of this they lured the best players from Queensland (The Maroons) to play in their competition.This now meant these Queensland players had to play for New South Wales if they got selected in the inter-state battles instead of their home state.Because of this The Maroons never really matched The Blues and were belted continuously and relentlessly in the annual inter-state battles because their best players were now playing against them.This was traumatic for Queensland so something had to be done to stop this senseless slaughter. So in 1980 a law came to pass that changed the one sided affair for ever.You now have to play for the state that you were first registered(originated) from if you got picked in the inter-state battles,reguardless of which state you are playing in now.So the Queensland registered players playing for New South Wales now had to come back and play for their home state.So as the old saying goes... "The Rest Is History." For the last 40 years we have seen one of the most intense sporting rivalries ever!!! The Blues : "We have the best state team!" The Maroons : "We'll see about that!" Some of these players are teammates at club level but are fiercely loyal when it comes to representing their state from which they come from,so if they happen to oppose each other here they become the most bitter of rivals! Just a great recipe for explosive fireworks which should explain what you see in this clip! 👍
The Best of the best represent their state QLD & NSW, We’ve been rivals for years, it’s the most intense & fast rugby game of the season... but the rules are more strict now you’ll get suspended and put on report. But all of us supporters of this game want them to bring it back.! #BRINGBACKTHEBIFF #QUEENSLANDER .!!!!
I loved going to State of Origin for the fights, now its pussified due to the fact that they don't want players suspended or injured. they should play the Origin Series after the main competition is finished, that way they can bring back the biff, its what made the game great.
We luv our football & we all are friends until state of origin! We straight crips & bloods on that field. All started in the year I was born, big ups to the crazy 80 breeds out there! Queenslander!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As @AussieSoldier01 said it's state against state, it's pride, it's passion. There are 3 games in state of origin each year. These guys are teams mates during the normal season but once they pull on the Blue or Maroon Guernsey they become something else and everyone loves it. The 1980 brawl you would have seen Arthur Beetson - one of the immortals of the game and a founding member of State of Origin - thankyou Arty
Mate vs mate, State of Origin. Some of these guys are in the same NRL team and fight side by side in the regular NRL season but come State of Origin time and they are not friends for those 3 games.
They fight because it means more to them then any other NRL game, mate against mate, state against state. Although if you throw a punch these day you are sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes of the game leaving your team to play that 10 minutes a man down. Growing up in the 80's and 90's was the best for they would fight then get on with the game and then fight again and move on once more. Passion for your state and for ya mates, S.O.O is the best games of the whole NRL season. #QUEENSLANDER 👊💪
Reason I grew up maroon and will die maroon cos we had a kiwi coach who coached them Maroons when they had Wally Lewis, Fake Shearer, Martin Bella Mel Meninga. Them 80s/ 90s Origin days rocked
the 95 brawl was actually planned at the first scrum one of the nsw players was to call Queenslander and that meant to put one on the Queensland players chins ahah
Close it was planed yes, but the order came from coaching that as soon as a Queenslander were to yell Queenslander then the blues NSW were to start a fight to shut the Queenslanders up and stop them from screaming it as it proved to be a key to the QLDers dominance as the screamed it with pride for their state and their mates
the season isn't over this is midseason it's the best players in the current season each representing their state, it's about state pride to be on top to win the series. in some cases, it's club teammates against each other. for some players representing a state is bigger than representing the country.
For many years there were Queensland V New South Wales games annually. Selection for the teams was based on where you currently playing. NSW had legalised poker machines so the NSW clubs had access to far more money then the Qld clubs. NSW clubs put poker machines in their club houses and used the extra revenue to pay the players. The good Qld players went south for the paycheck and were eligible to play for NSW. Qld were routinely thrashed. In 1980 the format was changed to State of Origin where the eligibility was determined by where the player had played junior (under 18 years old) football. The first match was a one off experiment. Arthur Beetson (Captain of the Australian national team and captain of the NSW club he played for) was captain of the Qld team. Michael Cronin (also a member of the Australian national team and played for the same NSW team) played for NSW. Beetson tackled Cronin and while he had Cronin on the ground deliberately punched him in the face. Set the tone for every game since. I spoke to Michael about the incident years later (his family owns the pub in Gerringong where I lived for 20 years) and he had no animosity towards Artie. He knew what the game meant to Queenslanders and would have disappointed if Artie hadn't led by example. They continued to play for Australia and the NSW club and State teams for another 5 odd years until Artie retired. To get picked to play for Australia is easy, you just have to be an Australian citizen. But to play for Qld you have to been raised in Qld and that raises the bar dramatically. I'm a Queenslander in case you haven't guessed.
its because its STATE V STATE AND CLUB TEAM MATE V TEAM MATE . THE FIRST EVER FIGHT WAS BETWEEN TWO CLUB TEAM MATES WHO PLAYED BESIDE EACH OTHER EACH WEEK LOL
The Cattledog fight was started by the coach of New South Wales, who hated Queensland like the rest of us, gave the call Cattledog as to when the New South Wales players were to start an all in brawl to unsettle the Queensland team.
In WW2 the Australian government drew a line north of Brisbane as the point at which they would defend against the Japanese. Queensland was largely left to defend itself. The older Queenslanders hated NSW for this.
It's called League not Rugby, 2 different games. State of Origin is Queensland v New South Wales, only. It's mate v mate, state v state. Huge here in Australia. As a proud QUEENSLANDER, the fights are all part of Origin. It's back to Rep Footy & you wait for next year to play for you state again. But you must earn your spot. Go QLD 💜🏉
This commentator is basically ignorant about the whole thing. There are 2 different games …Rugby League ( the NRL which is what this clip is about) This game is only played in 9 nations and each team has only 13 players. The more international game is rugby union which is played in 84 countries and was an Olympic sport.. You should know if you broadcast that the USA rugby union team is the Eagles, and , are you aware that the USA still holds the Olympic gold medal for Rugby Union when which they won at the St Louis 1936 games…….Rugby Union has 15 players . AND A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SET OF RULES…..so you can’t call them both”Rugby” …one is called “League” and the other “Union”…if you spent as much time learning some facts as you do trying be cool you’d improve the cast
Pride of where you are born . Either Queensland or New South Wales . The season isn't over. it's in the middle of normal season. I've played rugby league in NSW and Queensland , and the hatred between two states comes to a maximum when it's State of Origin. The saying is " state against state , mate against mate " . It's a proper hatred. OOh, and by the way. You picked out Martin Bella because he didn't " look" like a rugby league player. But he was / is one tough hombre. Lovely bloke too.
I know that this video is 2 years old but you need to know that rugby has two versions, Rugby League and Rugby Union. It is the same that gridiron has American football and Canadian Football. State of Origin is Rugby League and is a contest between 2 states in Australia, Queensland and New South Wales.
14/6/93 here rule number 1 of fighting in the nrl you don't pick Gallen to fight..... also the fight so much because fuck Queensland that's why some of the blokes are team mates week in week out but origin is different.
This is Rugby League, different game to Rugby Union otherwise known as Rugby. This is 3 game series played every year between player’s originating from different states of Australia, Queensland & New South Wales. Queensland wins most of them, it is war once the game starts, tensions between teams run high. Most of these guys are good friends off the field. We love it here in Australia 😀🇦🇺
This is like East vs West all stars in NBA but the intensity and competition is fierce. It's also played in the middle of the season as well. Shoutout to UA-cam algorithm
They fight more due to the level of intensity between Qld and NSW in the State of Origin, and the level of pressure in the matches. When things go off, they just explode, and it's on.
It is Queensland vs New South Wales every year, mate. Think Texas vs Oklahoma except you have to have been born, raised and played your junior football in the state you are representing rather than being recruited.
State of Origin happens every year best if 3. So happens there can be bits of biffs and bashes going but if u go back to the 1980s and 1990s them days was so rugged and brutal compared to today. If u like, check out 30 years of Origin it's a documentary of past players talking about their days on the paddocks. Main man was Wally Lewis we all know as #THEKING
The motto of Origin is State against State, Mate against Mate. Some of these guys play for the same club team every week, then play against each other in Origin...
They fight coz they’re from diff states.. for example you said LA boys are tougher than Chicago boys.. non of them gonna like it so let’s fight and sort it out
Its the biggest series in World Rugby and is predominantly based on where you are from (a few anomalies). The two states that produce most of the players in NRL. Its hard to compare with NFL because fighting is a no no. Imagine East Coast US v East Coast Canada playing a 3 game Hockey series every year. Its all about pride and the Franchises you play for are irrelevant. It would only take a few years before the rivalry becomes intense. Its the one chance for professional players to play for the love of their home territory, that's what takes it to another level.
The two states dislike each other anyway, but before 1980, teams were selected for the interstate games based on where the players were playing at that time. As the premium competition was in New South Wales, (NSW), all the best players were there and Queensland got their butts kicked every year. In 1980, the system changed to where the players would represent the state they originally played Rugby League in, or their "State of Origin". Now it was time for them to get back for all those hiding they had suffered in previous years and they took to the field with a whole new passion, one that took NSW a little longer to feel. Eventually they felt it though and the State of Origin motto, "State against state and mate against mate" echoes across the east of Australia every year. It is the best of the best with an ingrained rivalry built in that I have have only seen matched by the one between Australia and my homeland, New Zealand. This is the pinnacle of arguably the toughest team sport in the world and I look forward to it every year.
To win the State of Origin series is as precious as oxygen, the tackles are bigger the atmosphere is bigger and the hatred is intense despite players can be best mates and club team mates on Saturday but come Origin Wednesday its war. Queensland and New Sth Wales are the only teams in the comp, best of 3 games wins, games can't be a draw and its played during the NRL season 4 - 6 wks apart. Fights used to be a huge part of the game and the refs were super lenient on punishments with no regular season punishments. Fights worked like NHL were the 2 players that threw punches got 10 mins in sin bin or in extreme cases sent off for game. For a while now the Leagues have been cleaning it up. Now fighting isn't as tolerated with reg season suspensions, fines and not being selected in future games although the huge tackles and bumps are legal and within the rules even if bones break. selection for the National squad is usually picked from QLD NSW lineups so apart from pure hate there is a lot riding on player performance, so everyone lifts during Origin. I'm just a QLD supporter and I'd rather get cancer and see QLD win the shield then live a long life and see NSW even score once.
Cattle dog was the name given by the than NSW coach Tommy Raudonikis to start a all in fight. So if someone called out Cattle dog than that meant it was a cue for NSW to start throwing hands.
Watch this year's decider game if you can. Intense from the start. 3 players left the field within 4 mins due to head knocks and yes there was a fight or 2, 3 or whatever. Also Queensland lost 2 players before the game even started due to Covid. Highlights are great but doesn't do the game & series justice.
the 80s ones are so crazy because fighting was allowed back then. sometimes the coach would yell out a word and it meant grab the closest player from the opposition and start throwing punches... thats why they are all in and no refs stop it.. happens every year even to this day, but now its more palming because they aren't allowed to punch...
Sean this is nothing like the Pro Bowl please stop listening to people saying that. You can play for either conference in the Pro Bowl throughout your career and nobody has any passion for this. State of Origin was started because before the National Rugby League they played a New South Wales competition and Queensland Competition separately and they picked representative sides from each. Because the NSW competition had more money the best Queensland players played in that competition which leads to one-sided smashings when they played each other and was a source of embarrassment for Queensland supporters. In 1980 they brought in the concept of State of Origin which meant that if you were a Queensland born player or grew up in Queensland and you were playing in the New South Wales competition they could represent Queensland. This was the birth of a bitter rivalry as Queensland would go on to win their first series and prove to the world they are just as good. This series is played midseason and players who play for the same club teams can end up playing each other in this series and trust me they don't hold back. One week you could be playing with each other and the next you put friendship aside to represent your state. The motto for this series is mate against mate, state against state.
They fight like this cos it's pride these boys carry for their state. Blues and marrons always goes head to head. State of Origin 2021 is due on June 9 but keep an eye out for the highlights im not sure wot to expect but I will be watching the plays
They all play together in the Australian test side .They pik the best out of the both teams .so there best buddies wen in the test squad. thanks for the upload 👍
I think (but don’t quote me on this) is really it’s more about the bragging rights, obviously a team loves to win but it’s also about bragging rights and that’s why they fight so much, like hitting the best player to take them off the pitch and then the big guys make sure that doesn’t happen, I mean this is what I think watching and odd state of origin game every now and then since being from England, but fun to watch 🤩
It's the same teams every year. There is disagreement as to where Rugby League was invented (either NSW or Queensland) and so the match is so intense bc they're fighting over who gets to say their province invented the game. Hence the name, state of origin.
7.00 bro the answer is both, very intuitive, well done. It is the biggest game the sport has and the rules are more relaxed, to create the spectacle, but the players are very competitive and sometimes that spills over. pressure and anxiety with these boys equal a punch in the face, in the past, they would let it go early to get it out of their system.
They fight so much because of the pride they have in their state and the rivalry between these two states is intense. Each year, it's war
the State of Origin is pussy cat, now...compared to the 1980's games...no comparison!!
They also dont get sent off
Amen to that Aussie:-) as another Aussie , alot of people don't understand the passion involved with origin !.
Couldn't have said it any better...the most loved war🤣🤣🤣
And the best of both sides get to represent the nation as a part of one team, and then fight together for each other.
The reason this is so intense is that for decades the best way to be selected for the Australian team was to play in the Sydney competition and once they moved to NSW they could only play for NSW. Queensland players hated this so in 1980 they changed it to State of Origin. Queenslanders took this game VERY VERY seriously and won the first game. Now due to media and promotion it's billed as State V State, Mate V Mate as teamates would sometimes play against each other.
That's WHY origin means MORE to Queensland)
Hate.
That’s why they fight.
Referees tend to put the whistle in the pocket 😉 for State of Origin
Don’t act like they punch on like this anymore
It’s like an all star game but it means more than any other game and everyone plays their hardest,it’s serious on field hatred even between friends
#friendvsfriend #foevsfoe like every year aye. But after going back to reality like club sport everything about Origin is forgotten right lol
State of Origin is the reason Australia hasn't had a civil war
Fair call mate! QUEENSLANDER!!!
There’s always been fights in rugby , in Australia the expression is called “Bring back the Biff” where spectators get a rise out of encouraging fights for entertainment
They should have left it as it is aye like the good old days 1 outs was on. But Greg Dowling and Kevin Tamati punch up will always go down in history for me
Bring back the biff came about because throwing punches now is a send of offence in Rugby League...has been for a few years now
They are representing there state's that they come from. State vs state, mate vs mate. Some of these guys punching each other are actually good mates and play in the same clubs together. But for 3 state of origin games a year the best players from the state where they played their junior footy go to war. They are playing for the people of their state. So alot of pride and passion. Players have discharged themselves from hospital against medical advise to play in a origin game. Players have had their heads stapled on sidelines and then kept playing. And origin games are played at a much faster pace and more aggression than normal rugby league games. State of Origin is considered the pinacle of rugby league. Even more desired than playing for Australia
It's called "The Biff" here in Aus. They use to be able to get away with it back then. It was about passion. Passion for the game and passion for your state. And yeah they could get away with it, In they wouldn't be suspended from the normal season. Now we call for " Bring back the Biff"
The early days in the eighties it was more about the country boys V the city boys.
NSW ( the blue ones) were all modern hipsters. Like sydney was a big international modern city. Business men wore suits and shit.
Queensland back then was so country. Businessmen in Brisbane ( the capitol of Queensland) wore shorts with long socks and short sleeved shirts with ties. The early eighties the traffic lights stopped being red, amber and green at midnight, and just blinked amber.
These state of origin games mean more to us than the whole bloody season. We beat the shit out of each other, then get pissed (drunk) and laugh our heads off afterwards.
It's like the Aussies and the Kiwi's. We give each other so much shit. But push comes to shove and we have each others backs like no allegiance you've ever seen. Goes all the way back to Gallipoli and still holds true today.
Clearly the answers as to why they fight are coming from the younguns...they are partly correct but not fully. New South Wales is the most populous, most wealthy, most advantaged state in Australia. Traditionally, although it has changed in recent decades, Queensland was one of the poorest. Prior to there being a national Rugby League competition the game was played by clubs across cities under the governance of state authorities. The richest competition was the Sydney competition. Queensland players would learn their trade in the premier Qld competition - Brisbane or in a regional city competition and then head off to Sydney to make the big bucks. Enough so they only had to work casual jobs outside of League. By the 70's there was a growing number of full time professional players but almost exclusively in Sydney were many clubs were funded by sporting clubs that could run poker machines/slot machines. Queensland clubs could not compete. So in the annual representative competition Queensland would play against a New South Wales team that would have Queensland players in it. So Queensland would endure all the slights of being the poorer state - all the inbred country cousin jokes - and then play football and be beaten by their own players. Then came State of Origin and the world discovered that Queensland is actually better. So for Queenslanders every fight is built upon being the slighted underdog and for New South Wales it is defending their right to supremacy. The really cool thing is that in most of the fights you have players that are best friends that play beside each other every week but come State of Origin you see only Maroon or Blue. You don't see your friend only the colour he is wearing.
Well said, thats about my assessment of it as well. Funily enough, the NSW players think their comp is the oldest comp, technically it is but only by 1 year. The QRL is only 1 yr younger than the NSW cup comp. Yes the NSW were paid more and the money was in NSW. But it is now coming to be a NRL National Rugby League. Teams from all over the country will start (again). Hopefully doesnt get destroyed by no super league repeat? So far, teams are mainly from NSW but there are 3 representative teams from QLD and 1 from Victoria. Although unhappy NSW people believe that the Vic team is full of QLDers... hahahahaha but not true.
well said thats why i stay queensland cos the underdogs. nsw have all the best players in league but queensland always find a way to compete and 95 percent of that is heart and mongrel thats why i stay qld! the miracle makers. from nz
Well said mate I am one of the younger generation been born mid 80s lol but my old man made sure I knew what and why state of origin is all about and what you have said sums it all up
In the 80's rugby league players didnt get payed that well and most of them had normal day jobs and were just regular blokes you'd see at the pub having a beer
He singles out Marty Bella for not looking like a professional athlete, he was actually an accountant by day
Yupz that much is true the players didn't get paid to play back in the 80s most lived to play didn't care about the pay check #allintherootsofgrassandleague
heres what I got paid , $200 w.. $100 draw & $50 loss. that was in the 70.s
The “ cattle dog” fight, I’m in the crowd in the background. It was EPIC ! Lol
Jealous!!
I had to watch on the tv!
Tommy is looking down this Sunday night.
Just pure hatred coming to a head basically,caused by one jersey inflicting pain,suffering and humiliation on the other for many years!
Pre 1980 the New South Wales (The Blues) have for the most part dominated the inter-state battles for many decades and always won.They had the best competition,most of the best players,the better contracts and because of this they lured the best players from Queensland (The Maroons) to play in their competition.This now meant these Queensland players had to play for New South Wales if they got selected in the inter-state battles instead of their home state.Because of this The Maroons never really matched The Blues and were belted continuously and relentlessly in the annual inter-state battles because their best players were now playing against them.This was traumatic for Queensland so something had to be done to stop this senseless slaughter.
So in 1980 a law came to pass that changed the one sided affair for ever.You now have to play for the state that you were first registered(originated) from if you got picked in the inter-state battles,reguardless of which state you are playing in now.So the Queensland registered players playing for New South Wales now had to come back and play for their home state.So as the old saying goes...
"The Rest Is History."
For the last 40 years we have seen one of the most intense sporting rivalries ever!!!
The Blues : "We have the best state team!"
The Maroons : "We'll see about that!"
Some of these players are teammates at club level but are fiercely loyal when it comes to representing their state from which they come from,so if they happen to oppose each other here they become the most bitter of rivals!
Just a great recipe for explosive fireworks which should explain what you see in this clip! 👍
State vs state. Pride and passion is overwhelming and it spills out in origin and it’s the highest level of rugby league played in the world
Its hard to put into words , if ur not from QLD or NSW its not something u can understand
Bloody oath mate nothing more satisfying then watching this blokes pugging on having a good biff up especially back in the 80s & 90s
The season isn't over. This is mid-season. Some of the guys fighting have to go back to and play alongside their opposition the next week
TINOOO 🥺
The Best of the best represent their state QLD & NSW, We’ve been rivals for years, it’s the most intense & fast rugby game of the season... but the rules are more strict now you’ll get suspended and put on report. But all of us supporters of this game want them to bring it back.! #BRINGBACKTHEBIFF #QUEENSLANDER .!!!!
After 12 rounds of NRL how many players face suspensions and fines just for their dirty play. I'm all for #bringbackthebiff it's a real men's game
It’s traditional to have a couple dust ups every game
you guy, Martin Bella. a hard man, big forward..big heart, big guts, never takes a step back. dont judge a book my man
I loved him!!!
Some of the guys punching on are doing so against there weekly team mates! State vs state mate vs mate
It's state vs state and it's not just the players, the fans get their piece of the rivalry too.
Making me feel old with the birthday shoutout-1986 kid here.
Paul Gallen does professional fighting now. He goes alright
I loved going to State of Origin for the fights, now its pussified due to the fact that they don't want players suspended or injured. they should play the Origin Series after the main competition is finished, that way they can bring back the biff, its what made the game great.
two states going head to head i mean you out there representing your hood so you know it goes down
We luv our football & we all are friends until state of origin! We straight crips & bloods on that field.
All started in the year I was born, big ups to the crazy 80 breeds out there!
Queenslander!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shout to the 86 gang out here lol western Sydney salute
As @AussieSoldier01 said it's state against state, it's pride, it's passion. There are 3 games in state of origin each year. These guys are teams mates during the normal season but once they pull on the Blue or Maroon Guernsey they become something else and everyone loves it. The 1980 brawl you would have seen Arthur Beetson - one of the immortals of the game and a founding member of State of Origin - thankyou Arty
ur reactions are a crack up, bro lol...u just earnt urself another sub, respect from NZ
Mate vs mate, State of Origin. Some of these guys are in the same NRL team and fight side by side in the regular NRL season but come State of Origin time and they are not friends for those 3 games.
These are big fit Monster not as many fights these days
Every year we have origin, it's hard, fast and passionate!.
I lost it when he said the dude ought to be teaching P.E at 4:09😂😂
They fight because it means more to them then any other NRL game, mate against mate, state against state. Although if you throw a punch these day you are sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes of the game leaving your team to play that 10 minutes a man down.
Growing up in the 80's and 90's was the best for they would fight then get on with the game and then fight again and move on once more.
Passion for your state and for ya mates, S.O.O is the best games of the whole NRL season.
#QUEENSLANDER 👊💪
Reason I grew up maroon and will die maroon cos we had a kiwi coach who coached them Maroons when they had Wally Lewis, Fake Shearer, Martin Bella Mel Meninga. Them 80s/ 90s Origin days rocked
the 95 brawl was actually planned at the first scrum one of the nsw players was to call Queenslander and that meant to put one on the Queensland players chins ahah
Close it was planed yes, but the order came from coaching that as soon as a Queenslander were to yell Queenslander then the blues NSW were to start a fight to shut the Queenslanders up and stop them from screaming it as it proved to be a key to the QLDers dominance as the screamed it with pride for their state and their mates
@@dreamtimeemotionalwarrior7057 ohh makes more sense aha
One year there was an all in brawl. And when it finished the ref started the game.
the season isn't over this is midseason it's the best players in the current season each representing their state, it's about state pride to be on top to win the series. in some cases, it's club teammates against each other. for some players representing a state is bigger than representing the country.
For many years there were Queensland V New South Wales games annually. Selection for the teams was based on where you currently playing. NSW had legalised poker machines so the NSW clubs had access to far more money then the Qld clubs. NSW clubs put poker machines in their club houses and used the extra revenue to pay the players. The good Qld players went south for the paycheck and were eligible to play for NSW. Qld were routinely thrashed.
In 1980 the format was changed to State of Origin where the eligibility was determined by where the player had played junior (under 18 years old) football. The first match was a one off experiment. Arthur Beetson (Captain of the Australian national team and captain of the NSW club he played for) was captain of the Qld team. Michael Cronin (also a member of the Australian national team and played for the same NSW team) played for NSW. Beetson tackled Cronin and while he had Cronin on the ground deliberately punched him in the face. Set the tone for every game since.
I spoke to Michael about the incident years later (his family owns the pub in Gerringong where I lived for 20 years) and he had no animosity towards Artie. He knew what the game meant to Queenslanders and would have disappointed if Artie hadn't led by example. They continued to play for Australia and the NSW club and State teams for another 5 odd years until Artie retired.
To get picked to play for Australia is easy, you just have to be an Australian citizen. But to play for Qld you have to been raised in Qld and that raises the bar dramatically. I'm a Queenslander in case you haven't guessed.
its because its STATE V STATE AND CLUB TEAM MATE V TEAM MATE . THE FIRST EVER FIGHT WAS BETWEEN TWO CLUB TEAM MATES WHO PLAYED BESIDE EACH OTHER EACH WEEK LOL
The Cattledog fight was started by the coach of New South Wales, who hated Queensland like the rest of us, gave the call Cattledog as to when the New South Wales players were to start an all in brawl to unsettle the Queensland team.
RIP Tommy!.
Also Paul Gallon is now a boxer 🤣
I went to school with Jamie Goddard son Mitchell Goddard !!! 🇦🇺🇦🇺
All star don't compete, it's as Tina Turner says , SIMPLY THE BEST
They still throwing punches in 2022.. check the new highlights. State of Origin Game III 2022
They fight cause of the high level of intensity 3 game series playing to make the Australian side best of the best
Full contact sport + bitter rivalry + State V State + Mate V Mate = thrown hands
In WW2 the Australian government drew a line north of Brisbane as the point at which they would defend against the Japanese. Queensland was largely left to defend itself. The older Queenslanders hated NSW for this.
Thats AUSTRALIAN rugby league a game with a bit of biff
Pausing every few seconds doesn't help, and with that crap music.
Well you guys had east coast vs west coast in the 90s ... we got State Of Origin rivalry since 1980s 😅
Game 1 2023 is tonight 8pm Aus EST GO NSW!!
Look up 1987 Test at Lang Park between New Zealand vs Australia FIGHT at halftime. Howie Tamati vs Greg Dowling. That was a bit of a biff 😂🙂
State vs State, Mate vs Mate.
Pride of repping your people and not backing down 💙
haha Your boy teaching PE. Is Marty Bella. He is an Optometrist out side of rugby haha close
blow for blow good entertainment pride is high state versus state
It's called League not Rugby, 2 different games. State of Origin is Queensland v New South Wales, only. It's mate v mate, state v state. Huge here in Australia. As a proud QUEENSLANDER, the fights are all part of Origin. It's back to Rep Footy & you wait for next year to play for you state again. But you must earn your spot. Go QLD 💜🏉
Back in the 80s some of the coach would say all in then the fights would start
This commentator is basically ignorant about the whole thing. There are 2 different games …Rugby League ( the NRL which is what this clip is about) This game is only played in 9 nations and each team has only 13 players. The more international game is rugby union which is played in 84 countries and was an Olympic sport.. You should know if you broadcast that the USA rugby union team is the Eagles, and , are you aware that the USA still holds the Olympic gold medal for Rugby Union when which they won at the St Louis 1936 games…….Rugby Union has 15 players . AND A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SET OF RULES…..so you can’t call them both”Rugby” …one is called “League” and the other “Union”…if you spent as much time learning some facts as you do trying be cool you’d improve the cast
Pride of where you are born . Either Queensland or New South Wales . The season isn't over. it's in the middle of normal season. I've played rugby league in NSW and Queensland , and the hatred between two states comes to a maximum when it's State of Origin. The saying is " state against state , mate against mate " . It's a proper hatred. OOh, and by the way. You picked out Martin Bella because he didn't " look" like a rugby league player. But he was / is one tough hombre. Lovely bloke too.
I know that this video is 2 years old but you need to know that rugby has two versions, Rugby League and Rugby Union. It is the same that gridiron has American football and Canadian Football. State of Origin is Rugby League and is a contest between 2 states in Australia, Queensland and New South Wales.
We fight so much because of pride it's Queensland vs New South Wales its our religion
14/6/93 here rule number 1 of fighting in the nrl you don't pick Gallen to fight..... also the fight so much because fuck Queensland that's why some of the blokes are team mates week in week out but origin is different.
This is Rugby League, different game to Rugby Union otherwise known as Rugby. This is 3 game series played every year between player’s originating from different states of Australia, Queensland & New South Wales. Queensland wins most of them, it is war once the game starts, tensions between teams run high. Most of these guys are good friends off the field. We love it here in Australia 😀🇦🇺
They fight for their state. State if Origin is a tradition in both QLD and NSW and its pride in your state absolutely 💯 💯
This is like East vs West all stars in NBA but the intensity and competition is fierce. It's also played in the middle of the season as well.
Shoutout to UA-cam algorithm
They fight more due to the level of intensity between Qld and NSW in the State of Origin, and the level of pressure in the matches. When things go off, they just explode, and it's on.
This is what all league fans love I'm from New Zealand but I'm hard core Queensland have been since 1988 and an even hard core Canberra Raiders
Gal went on to a professional boxing career aftretiring from NRL
Crap music completely ruins this video.
They may fight so much...but they will all drink together after the game!
If you can't win the game win the bloody fight. RIP Tommy Raudonikis
Its the north vs the south, it's a cival war... Pride, blood love to your state, your home
It is Queensland vs New South Wales every year, mate. Think Texas vs Oklahoma except you have to have been born, raised and played your junior football in the state you are representing rather than being recruited.
State of Origin happens every year best if 3. So happens there can be bits of biffs and bashes going but if u go back to the 1980s and 1990s them days was so rugged and brutal compared to today. If u like, check out 30 years of Origin it's a documentary of past players talking about their days on the paddocks. Main man was Wally Lewis we all know as #THEKING
The motto of Origin is State against State, Mate against Mate. Some of these guys play for the same club team every week, then play against each other in Origin...
They did get more freedom to fight in SOO. Nice observation.
They fight coz they’re from diff states.. for example you said LA boys are tougher than Chicago boys.. non of them gonna like it so let’s fight and sort it out
Its the biggest series in World Rugby and is predominantly based on where you are from (a few anomalies). The two states that produce most of the players in NRL. Its hard to compare with NFL because fighting is a no no.
Imagine East Coast US v East Coast Canada playing a 3 game Hockey series every year. Its all about pride and the Franchises you play for are irrelevant. It would only take a few years before the rivalry becomes intense. Its the one chance for professional players to play for the love of their home territory, that's what takes it to another level.
The two states dislike each other anyway, but before 1980, teams were selected for the interstate games based on where the players were playing at that time. As the premium competition was in New South Wales, (NSW), all the best players were there and Queensland got their butts kicked every year. In 1980, the system changed to where the players would represent the state they originally played Rugby League in, or their "State of Origin".
Now it was time for them to get back for all those hiding they had suffered in previous years and they took to the field with a whole new passion, one that took NSW a little longer to feel. Eventually they felt it though and the State of Origin motto, "State against state and mate against mate" echoes across the east of Australia every year. It is the best of the best with an ingrained rivalry built in that I have have only seen matched by the one between Australia and my homeland, New Zealand.
This is the pinnacle of arguably the toughest team sport in the world and I look forward to it every year.
To win the State of Origin series is as precious as oxygen, the tackles are bigger the atmosphere is bigger and the hatred is intense despite players can be best mates and club team mates on Saturday but come Origin Wednesday its war. Queensland and New Sth Wales are the only teams in the comp, best of 3 games wins, games can't be a draw and its played during the NRL season 4 - 6 wks apart. Fights used to be a huge part of the game and the refs were super lenient on punishments with no regular season punishments. Fights worked like NHL were the 2 players that threw punches got 10 mins in sin bin or in extreme cases sent off for game. For a while now the Leagues have been cleaning it up. Now fighting isn't as tolerated with reg season suspensions, fines and not being selected in future games although the huge tackles and bumps are legal and within the rules even if bones break. selection for the National squad is usually picked from QLD NSW lineups so apart from pure hate there is a lot riding on player performance, so everyone lifts during Origin. I'm just a QLD supporter and I'd rather get cancer and see QLD win the shield then live a long life and see NSW even score once.
Cattle dog was the name given by the than NSW coach Tommy Raudonikis to start a all in fight. So if someone called out Cattle dog than that meant it was a cue for NSW to start throwing hands.
Watch this year's decider game if you can. Intense from the start. 3 players left the field within 4 mins due to head knocks and yes there was a fight or 2, 3 or whatever. Also Queensland lost 2 players before the game even started due to Covid. Highlights are great but doesn't do the game & series justice.
93!!! Shit you young homie haha! I busted my 10th bitch by then.
The Biff we definitely huge in the 80s and 90s !. Prior to rules to try and stop biff from happening on the field!.
the 80s ones are so crazy because fighting was allowed back then. sometimes the coach would yell out a word and it meant grab the closest player from the opposition and start throwing punches... thats why they are all in and no refs stop it.. happens every year even to this day, but now its more palming because they aren't allowed to punch...
Sean this is nothing like the Pro Bowl please stop listening to people saying that. You can play for either conference in the Pro Bowl throughout your career and nobody has any passion for this. State of Origin was started because before the National Rugby League they played a New South Wales competition and Queensland Competition separately and they picked representative sides from each. Because the NSW competition had more money the best Queensland players played in that competition which leads to one-sided smashings when they played each other and was a source of embarrassment for Queensland supporters. In 1980 they brought in the concept of State of Origin which meant that if you were a Queensland born player or grew up in Queensland and you were playing in the New South Wales competition they could represent Queensland. This was the birth of a bitter rivalry as Queensland would go on to win their first series and prove to the world they are just as good. This series is played midseason and players who play for the same club teams can end up playing each other in this series and trust me they don't hold back. One week you could be playing with each other and the next you put friendship aside to represent your state. The motto for this series is mate against mate, state against state.
They fight like this cos it's pride these boys carry for their state. Blues and marrons always goes head to head. State of Origin 2021 is due on June 9 but keep an eye out for the highlights im not sure wot to expect but I will be watching the plays
Watch some of Paul Gallens boxing fights man he hasn’t lost yet
BEllA, Guyer,Lewis neva Die🤘
just wild rivalry and bundy mate.
They all play together in the Australian test side .They pik the best out of the both teams .so there best buddies wen in the test squad. thanks for the upload 👍
I think (but don’t quote me on this) is really it’s more about the bragging rights, obviously a team loves to win but it’s also about bragging rights and that’s why they fight so much, like hitting the best player to take them off the pitch and then the big guys make sure that doesn’t happen, I mean this is what I think watching and odd state of origin game every now and then since being from England, but fun to watch 🤩
It's the same teams every year. There is disagreement as to where Rugby League was invented (either NSW or Queensland) and so the match is so intense bc they're fighting over who gets to say their province invented the game. Hence the name, state of origin.
How about watching the video then taking, very annoying
I wish he could shut up a little and let people enjoy.......
With our state of origin there's abrutal fight in every match we have 3 each year go the Queensland
NRL the best spot Brisbane broncos all da way baby 💯
It's because it's the best players and it's where the game began and there has been a state rivalry for ever and its a very physical game
They fight like that because it's expected..
Check out the Isle of man tt more men with big balls.. dont blink or you'll miss it
7.00 bro the answer is both, very intuitive, well done. It is the biggest game the sport has and the rules are more relaxed, to create the spectacle, but the players are very competitive and sometimes that spills over. pressure and anxiety with these boys equal a punch in the face, in the past, they would let it go early to get it out of their system.