new south wales last won the state of origin in 2016.
new south wales last won the state of origin in 2016.
when did new south wales last win the state of origin?
2016
new south wales won their first interstate challenge in 2016 after coming so close to winning in 2015, drawing with queensland 4 all. new south wales would then win back to back title winning in 2017. in 2018 new south wales won the first ever women's state of origin match which was held at north sydney oval in mid-2018.nsw retained the shield with a win once again at north sydney oval in 2019.









































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2018 new south wales women’s state of origin team:









































bullet::::1. sam bremner (helensburgh tigers)









































bullet::::2. taleena simon (south sydney rabbitohs)









































bullet::::3. corban mcgregor (cronulla-caringbah sharks)
new south wales women's rugby league team
in one of those peculiarities of history, new south wales was only officially named and had its boundaries declared in 2001, two hundred and thirty-one years after james cook first uttered the name in 1770 when taking possession of an area covering most of eastern australia. the reason why this peculiarity arose relates to the territorial evolution of australia. the colony of new south wales was established and named by way of imperial proclamation in 1788 by the then governor in chief of new south wales, the royal navy officer arthur phillip. at this time, new south wales was defined (by britain) as covering approximately half of the australian continent. new south wales was further increased in size to around two-thirds of the australian continent in 1828. all the australian states and two territories, bar western australia, were then created from new south wales during the 1800s and early 1900s. each new state and territory, bar the australian capital territory, was created by britain through letters patent and they were constitutionally connected to britain. as the new states and the australian capital territory (the northern territory was made from south australia) were created, they steadily reduced the size of new south wales. at no stage over this period of time, as new south wales shrunk, was the boundary of new south wales ever officially defined. the remains of new south wales were only finally and officially defined in the new south wales government gazette, by boundary and name, on 24 august 2001 by the geographical names board of new south wales. the results of this meant that although new south wales was the progenitor state of australia, the text of the gazettal defines new south wales in terms of its borders with the other states that were created from and after it:
history of new south wales