Once a year there is a huge rugby league competition between the states of New South Wales and Queensland. New South Wales (the Cockroaches) wear blue and Queensland (the Cane Toads) were maroon. There is a big rivalry between the two states. Queensland had one for the past three years and had an experienced team this year. New South Wales were not winning their local games and had an inexperienced team to field however they were all young and had a lot a pace to them. There was a lot of anticipation around. The contest is played in three parts consisting of three 80 min games. This was the first of three.
We were staying at the Yamba hostel in NSW which made the atmosphere even better. Justin and Chook are NSW fan as they was born and breed in NSW however his Shane and Chris support Queensland for no known reason other than to annoy the others. The hostel was decked out in blue and drinks on the bar were $2 until half time. It was a good atmosphere and everyone was very excited before the game.
Unfortunalty experience won over youth with some rookie mistakes making trys disallowed. The atmosphere dropped about half way through the first quater when NSW started to lose all hope of winning. Everyone is hopeful for the next game of the three.
