AFL Football State of Origin - Part 1
I will start with a quote from football historian Mr John Devany and most of the AFL football public would agree and I certainly do.
“Some of the state of origin contests which took place during the 1980’s constituted arguably the finest expositions of the game ever seen”.
The AFL have decided that on May 10th 2008 they will celebrate 150 years of Australian Rules Football with a game between Victoria and “The All Stars” or “Dream Team“. The announcement of this game has brought with it some high profile abuse towards the AFL. Most notably Graham Cornes and West Australian Graham Moss.
For all you state of origin supporters out there you are going to enjoy these series of articles. At the end of this article you can revisit one of my most memorable state of origin days in a short video.
Let’s start with a bit of State of Origin history:
