STATE OF ORIGIN: CHANGES TO THE 39TH ANNUAL SERIES 20’
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For all of the rugby fans out there, today would have been an exciting and momentous occasion with the start of the State of Origin 2020 series. State Of Origin is considered one of Australia’s premier sporting events, played in front of sold-out stadiums. This year marks the 39th annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams. Originally planned to commence on June 3 in South Australia and conclude July 8 2020, the State of Origin series has been pushed back to November 2020 due to COVID-19. This would have been the first time the game would be played at Adelaide Oval, with the second game being held in Sydney and third in Brisbane. Although the host venues have not been confirmed for November, rest assure the NFL games will happen sooner than you realise.
New Dates
The three matches have been booked to play consecutive Wednesday nights in November:
Game 1: 4th November 2020
Game 2: 11th November 2020
Game 3: 18th November 2020
The Women’s State of Origin will be played as a standalone fixture on Friday the 13th of November, 2020.
Broadcasting
Channel 9 will broadcast the game live into NSW and QLD in Australia. For South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria, the Broadcast TV and Radio times will be released this year. Australian radio Broadcasters 2GB and ABC are likely to cover this years series. Live radio streaming options will be made available to viewers around the world. Keep up to date with the streaming channels via the Rugby League Live page.
If your tuning into the games from another country, the series is expected to be broadcasted in the United Kingdom, United States, Asia, Africa, Brazil and more. Click here for more information on potential countries and broadcasters for 2020.
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We miss shooting large scale events like this. We have done many events in the past including Ronald McDonald House Charities’ 'Up All Night’ event and the Australian Catholic Youth Festival. Even though we haven’t been able to be on shoot for events over the last couple of months, our team can’t wait for the day to shoot exciting large scale events.
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