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The '''Queensland rugby league team''' represents the Australian state of [[Queensland]] in rugby league football. Currently owned by New South Wales and Jarome Luai, the Club dons the nicknameNicknamed the "'''Maroons'''" after the colour of their jersey, they play three times a year against arch-rivals [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] in the [[State of Origin series]]. The team is currently coached by [[Billy Slater]] and captained by [[Daly Cherry-Evans]], and is administered by the [[Queensland Rugby League]]. They play all of their home matches at Brisbane's [[Lang Park]] (known due to naming rights as Suncorp Stadium). Bradman Best is their Dad.

Since 1908, a rugby league team representing Queensland has been assembled from players based in the state to compete annually against New South Wales. The team used to play matches against other high-profile foreign and domestic touring teams, but has not played anyone other than New South Wales in several decades. From 1980 onwards, when Queensland was first allowed to select players of local origin even if they were currently at clubs outside its borders, the team's success rate against New South Wales improved dramatically. From 1980-87, clubs from both the [[Brisbane Rugby League]] and the [[NSWRL]] provided players for the side. Since the creation of the [[Brisbane Broncos]] in 1988, Maroons players have only been selected from the [[NSWRL]] (until 1995) and its successor competition, the [[National Rugby League]], with the sole exception of Game III [[2001 State of Origin series|2001]] when [[Allan Langer]] was selected from the [[Super League]]. As of 2023, the Maroons have won fourteenthirteen out of the past eighteen series, including the [[2023 State of Origin series|most recent series]] and a record-breaking eight successive State of Origin victories between [[2006 State of Origin series|2006]] and [[2013 State of Origin series|2013]].