The 2022 State of Origin series felt like a case of Deja Vu.
Last year General Manager Dean Russell called the 2020 (played in 2021) series “the tightest series played” until the 2022 series said “hold my beer”
On the edge of your-seat games, heated moments, intercepts, dropped balls, drop-offs you name it this series was INTENSE
Day 2 started with NSW holding first-game leads in 9 divisions
Game 2 saw 7 Divisions secured needing another two to reclaim the Series.
With 6 Divisions live the atmosphere in the Team NSW bunker increased as teams came in to check on live game updates and to watch the live stream.
Waiting for the results to be radio through was nail-biting. The Womens 40 took an impressive win 5-0 needing now only 1 more division to retain the shield.
The heart attack division – Snr Mixed. At one stage, a try scored nearly every set which sent the game into a dropoff.
As Team NSW sat patiently waiting, everyone held their breath … and held their breath … and held their breath.
NSW 9 QLD 8 sealing the win for their division and overall victory for NSW.
Thank you, Greg Denny and his team at Queensland Touch, along with the crew from NSW Touch who worked together to ensure once again a fantastic Origin Series was produced not only on the field but off.
Thank you to C.ex International Stadium for its amazing facilities, and thank you to its staff.
NSW CLAIM THE SERIES 9 – 8 (invitational teams in this series do not count towards the overall points tally) and the shield is retained.
2022 STATE OF ORIGIN RESULTS
MEN’S OPEN – QLD win 2-1 Player of the Series Corey Russell (QLD)
WOMEN’S OPEN – QLD win 2-1 Player of the Series Catherine Sargent (QLD)
MIXED OPEN – QLD win 2-1 Player of the Series James Hegedus (QLD)
SENIOR MIXED – NSW win 2-1 Player of the Series Manu Wakely (NSW)
MEN’S 20 – QLD win 2-1 Player of the Series Jai Charlton (QLD)
WOMEN’S 20 – NSW win 2-1 Player of the Series Mackenzie Davis (NSW)
WOMEN’S 27 – QLD 2-1 Player of the Series Courtney Trenerry (QLD)
MEN’S 30 – NSW 2-1 Player of the Series Caidyn Wynyard (NSW)
MEN’S 35 – NSW 3-0 Player of the Series Steven Takchi (NSW)
WOMEN’S 35 – NSW 2-1 Player of the Series Tahney Luck (NSW)
MEN’S 40 – QLD 3-0 Player of the Series Aaron Jones (QLD)
WOMEN’S 40 – NSW 2-1 Player of the Series Karina Haddin (NSW)
MEN’S 45 – QLD 2-1 Player of the Series Craig Madders (QLD)
WOMEN’S 45’s – NSW 3-0 Player of the Series Belinda Patterson (NSW)
MEN’S 50 – QLD 2-1 Player of the Series Troy Morgan (QLD)
WOMEN’S 50 – QLD 3-0 Player of the Series Rebecca Dale (QLD) (invitational team points do not count towards the overall tally)
MEN’S 55 – NSW 2-1 Player of the Series David Cheung (NSW)
MEN’S 60 – NSW 2-1 Player of the Series Brett Gillard (NSW)
