Wallaby Man
Nev Cottrell (35)
QLDer here that lived in Victoria for a decade. Origin is comfortably the largest rivalry for what it means to the average person and “water cooler” talk. Some of the AFL rivalries are large but not in same space as origin. Bringing to conversation back to rugby, QLD v NSW was always the one where you knew a biff or genuine hatred existed in both sides but now it’s all buddy buddy. Tahs v Brums also good but always felt it was more meaningful to the Brums than the Tahs. We had a perfect scenario with Force v Rebels to build something but there is almost no media hatred allowed in rugby and the players way to friendly on field with each other to classify it as spicy.