High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1982 State of Origin series was the first annual three-match series between New South Wales and Queensland to be played entirely under "state of origin" selection rules. After trial matches in 1980 and 1981, the `Origin` concept was fully embraced in 1982, with no matches using the previous seventy-four years` residential-based selection rules ever played again. The series came down to the deciding third match, which a mistake-riddled New South Wales lost to a more professional Queensland.