Great game, some serious displays of grit from both sides. I won't spoil it for those yet to watch it.

I've never really bought into the County of Origin game here, but I saw @SuperLeaguePod on twitter post potential teams and I'd fancy seeing this.

Lancashire
1. Lomax
2. Charnley
3. Goulding
4. Watkins
5. Makinson
6. Ratchford
7. Smith
8. Hall
9. Roby
10. Morley
11. Farrell
12. Hansen
13. O'Loughlin/Sinfield

Yorkshire
1.Hardaker
2. Hall
3. Cudjoe
4. Shenton
5. Briscoe
6. Brough
7. Burrow
8. Peacock
9. Houghton
10. Crabtree
11. Ferres
12. Ellis
13. Bateman

Thoughts?

Yeah a 3 game series would be the ideal goal long term, best to dip the toe into the water with just 1 match to begin with though.

Do any of the younger ages currently have yorkshire v Lancashire?

If not this could help build interest getting the kids used to representing their county.

As for the concept I would like to see it brought back however the calendar does need sorting out and with even more games next year it's tricky to see where it fits in.

I think we have enough games already. The problem with anything like this is it will be compared to Origin, which it will never be. 10,000 people and a low intensity mid season match is never going to compete with the 90,000 who'll be in Sydney in a few weeks. I don't think anyone cares enough for this match to happen - players, fans, administrators and certainly not the clubs

Use an u21s Lancashire vs Yorkshire to get clubs and fans used to the concept of it being overlaid into the regular season, and the concept of releasing players for origin duty. Then u23 then u25 and aim to have a full blooded origin 10-15 years down the line, with games moving to midweek, and no players playing extra games similar to how it is in aus.

Start small, get people and clubs used to it, then grow it. Else it will just be like last time where the best players develop 1 day injuries mid week, can't play and crowds dwindle

Origin took off because the Queensland players bought into it from the off, as summed up by Artie Beetson getting stuck into Mick Cronin. That's what made it into an event - genuine passion on the field. Fans sensed this, plus Qld at last was able to compete with/beat NSW meaning those up here were hooked quickly.

Unless the players themselves took it that seriously, there's no chance of replicating even part of Origin.

BTW I disagree that internationals in RL aren't big. The WC last year was a huge success commercially, and once GB started to look even vaguely competitive in the 80s and 90s we got big crowds against Australia - the decline of scale of those events is directly related to GB/England becoming less competitive IMO. The WC showed people will turn up.