New TV deal could see Origin moved to Sunday

After agreeing a colossal new free-to-air TV deal over the weekend to showcase the NRL, the governing body has also revealed that its flagship event, State of Origin, is set to move days. NRL CEO Dave Smith revealed that as part of the new deal to show NRL on Channel Nine, Origin II is going to be switched to a standalone weekend and played on a

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