It remains a defining moment in the history of Australian sport. When Artie Beetson led the Maroons on to Lang Park for the first State of Origin rugby league match, on July 8, 1980, a rugby ...

The legends about State of Origin football leave no doubt that Arthur Beetson’s poleaxing of Mick Cronin in 1980s inaugural game was an act of quite some brutality.

Arthur Beetson set the tone for Queensland, snotting Mick Cronin in 1980. ... State of Origin - 1980s. April 27, 2010 — 3.00am. Save.

The puncher was Artie Beetson, and the punchee was his Parramatta teammate Mick Cronin. In 1980, a man punched another man in the head, and changed the world forever.

State of Origin: The Artie Beetson image inspiring a new generation of Maroons. Not a single current Maroons player was born when Arthur Beetson played in his one and only game for Queensland, but ...

Not all memories are perfect and most of the myths, such as Arthur Beetson (pictured with John Lang) “punching” Parramatta mate Mick Cronin in the 1980 clash, are no more than exaggerations.

The Holden State of Origin series is with us again for another year, and we at NRL.com are celebrating by asking fans to vote on their favourite Origin moment.

You can’t tell the story of State of Origin without mentioning Arthur Beetson in the first sentence and the Immortal prop’s legacy is still going strong today.

The sons of Immortal Arthur Beetson have issued a public plea to find their dad’s most treasured possession – his iconic Queensland jumper worn in the very first State of Origin game 40 years ago.

Wayne Bennett has revealed the dressing-room shrine to Arthur Beetson that is driving Queensland‘s quest to engineer one of Origin’s greatest boilovers in Wednesday night’s series decider at ...