a long time it was him and Colin Love, the international game was swamped by State of Origin. Quite frankly State of Origin has got too big for its boots and as it is is so obese that it will soon have a cardiac arrest. We still have not seen one Victorian player come through the NRL ranks, or player from any other state. At a time when we should have been looking to help the other states out, maybe start move Origin around, he allowed the NSW and QLD components of the sport to basically hijack the game. Now you can argue that Origin is a NSW and QLD only game and should be kept that way.. OK, if you want to do that then STOP WANTING TO USE IT TO PROMOTE THE GAME! Otherwise let other states come into the SoO and compete. Really by now we should have a Victorian SoO team playing with Victorian players.  State of origin also became a bribery tool, yes I said it, its used to bribe non Australian players into playing for a SoO team and thus assigning them to the Aussie ranks. If you ever wondered why the Pacific nations don't play more often against each other or the likes of Australia and New Zealand... just look at State of Origin. Failing on the international front also have contributed to the rise of AFL in League heartlands, internationals were the one big way to make sure that interest was in