State of Origin: Australia's greatest sporting rivalry's unlikely birthplace in PNG
By Sharnie Kim
The NRL will this week honour what some consider the very first State of Origin game, played between Australian troops in Papua New Guinea at the end of WWII.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-25/nrl-honours-first-state-of-origin-nsw-qld-bougainville-ww2/104017588
#WorldWar2 #RugbyLeague #StateofOrigin #History #ForeignAffairs #SharnieKim
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