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Coxy
International Captain
- Mar 4, 2008
- 31,212
- 1,886
- children have been born and will attend school for the first time who have never seen NSW win an Origin series;
- high school students have commenced high school and will graduate without NSW winning an Origin series;
- Two Soccer World Cups have been played;
- The Commonwealth Games have been held twice;
- Roger Federer has won 11 Grand Slam titles and been runner up 6 other times;
Back when New South Wales last won a series:
- George W Bush was US president;
- John Howard was our PM;
- Tony Blair was British PM;
- Saddam Hussein was still alive;
- Peter Beattie was premier of QLD;
- Kevin Rudd was best known for appearing on Sunrise;
- Cronulla hadn’t won a premiership… oh, wait…
- Eddie McGuire was popular;
- We only had one Gateway Bridge;
(Thanks to Barry Dick's column for most of these).
- high school students have commenced high school and will graduate without NSW winning an Origin series;
- Two Soccer World Cups have been played;
- The Commonwealth Games have been held twice;
- Roger Federer has won 11 Grand Slam titles and been runner up 6 other times;
Back when New South Wales last won a series:
- George W Bush was US president;
- John Howard was our PM;
- Tony Blair was British PM;
- Saddam Hussein was still alive;
- Peter Beattie was premier of QLD;
- Kevin Rudd was best known for appearing on Sunrise;
- Cronulla hadn’t won a premiership… oh, wait…
- Eddie McGuire was popular;
- We only had one Gateway Bridge;
(Thanks to Barry Dick's column for most of these).