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Report: State of Origin at Eden Park confirmed
Sport Nation • February 4th, 2026 4:59 pm
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State of Origin is coming to New Zealand according to The Australian and Code Sports.
News came out in October last year that the NZ Government were in discussions to bring a game of the three match series between Queensland and New South Wales, The Australian are now reporting it is a done deal.
The News Corp Australia publications report that the deal, worth in the vicinity of $5 million, will see game two of rugby league's iconic representative series be held at Eden Park.
While an agreement was reached in principal back in December, the initial report by Peter Badel states: "Code Sports can reveal the New Zealand government has formally backed plans to host State of Origin in 2027 as part of a $70 million funding project to bring marquee events to the Shaky Isles."
That project includes the 'Events Attraction Package' which recently helped to secure Raglan as the fourth stop of the World Surf League's 2026 Championship Tour, along with the FIFA Series at Eden Park, a Wellington music festival, plus Linkin Park's sold-out Spark Arena concert.
More to come.
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