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State of Origin decider: Game III will be Australia’s largest sporting event since COVID-19 began
The stakes are always high in a State of Origin decider.
Key points:
- 52,000 people are expected at Brisbane’s Lang Park stadium tonight
- It will be the largest crowd at an Australian sporting event since the coronavirus pandemic began in March
- Pre-COVID history shows there is an advantage playing State of Origin at home
But after a COVID-safe NRL season extended into October and an unprecedented back-to-back Origin series in Spring, tonight’s game will be rugby league’s big finale.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has also upped the ante, increasing the crowd capacity at Lang Park to 100 per cent for Game III.
To put that in perspective, the 52,000-strong crowd tonight will be the largest sporting event in the country since the…
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