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State of Origin in Melbourne

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:31 pm
by Beaussie
The news in today's paper is that State of Origin will return to Melbourne for game three next year. Is this not a huge concern to rugby league administrators:
Daily Telegraph wrote:
Origin was last played in Melbourne in 1997 when NSW gave up home-ground advantage for game two of that series. The Blues won a cliffhanger at the MCG 15-14 in front of a disappointing crowd of about 25,000.

http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story ... id=3401659
25,000 as opposed to 83,500 in Sydney. They must be mad.