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Some touch to watch over Christmas

Some touch to watch over Christmas

James Warrener20 Dec 2021 - 16:53
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We all know that touch is similar in essence to rugby league and that Origin is the biggest thing in that sport...

State of Origin is the sporting event that both divides and unites Australia. Your are either in the New South Wales (blues) or Queenlands (maroons) camp, you can't be in both.
- James W - Yaxley Yaks

... so when we saw that in 2021 the touch rugby state of origin in Australia had been back on we wanted to share the highlights packages.

Here is the background to the series.

State of Origin is the sporting event that both divides and unites Australia. Your are either in the New South Wales (blues) or Queenlands (maroons) camp, you can't be in both.

In rugby league we have seen the maroons dominate until fairly recently but despite that the commercial value and viewing figures for this 3 games series has gone through the roof.

The links between league and touch are cemented through the likes of Shaun Johnson who broke English hearts in world cup semi final at Wembley and current NRL ace Kayln Ponga of Newcastle Knights.

Origin now has its own womens and touch series and the channel sports trend in Oz covered the 3.

The links below take you to the series on Youtube. Get your touch fix across the Christmas period.

Game 1 - Click here
Game 2 - Click here
Game 3 - Click here

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