When State of Origin is doing its bit to warm up the rugby league winter, the promoters froth about it being the game’s biggest contest.

With respect, crap. The Grand Final is it. Was, is, will be. The choice doesn’t have to be one or the other, but if there’s a preference, I’m for The One.

How can this be claimed when more fans have a direct emotional investment in the Blues and/or the Maroons, and it gets higher TV ratings? How, when most spectators aren’t going to live or die on........

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