Welcome to the another installment of a series of 2023 NRL Stats in depth, where we take a certain NRL stat or event and take a deep dive into the relative performance of the NRL teams and players. This edition looks into the form of teams in and around and during the State of Origin period with our NRL State of Origin Form Statistics.
Are teams better or worse before State of Origin? Do sides completely collapse while State of Origin is on? What about the Broncos during Origin?Why does the NRL ruin their own competition every year with Origin byes and such?
Those questions and more will be answered, along with some accompanying visuals.
Note: Origin period includes the game before the first State of Origin clash where players go into camp.
NRL State of Origin Form Statistics Key Points of Interest
- Roosters, Gold Coast and Wests Tigers all failed to win during Origin period last season.
- The top three sides on the ladder last season all had a 100% win record during Origin period.
- Warriors and Manly actually score more points on average during Origin period than before or after.
- Queensland teams do noticeably worse in Origin period than before or after. Whcih isn’t a surprise.
- Sydney teams do better during Origin than post or pre Origin series.
2022 NRL State of Origin Form Statistics
Here’s how each team last season during the Origin period and beyond.
NRL State of Origin Form Statistics Win % Last Ten Seasons
Here are the stats and winning % from the last ten seasons. Which in this case goes back to 2012 as we excluded the end-of-season 2020 series.
NRL State of Origin Form Statistics Point Scoring Comparisons Last Ten Seasons
Onto whether teams score more or less points during and after Origin.
