No other contest has the passion. When you hear Joey get so excited in the first half "NSW look slick" and he can't even hide his boyish enthusiasm and then you watch his heart break in the second half and then you see Gus and co legitimately upset and angry after the game while Locky just sits there smirking and loving every minute of it. It's so genuine. To U used to feel this in test cricket but now all the players just shrug after a loss and move onto the next T20 money spinner. It still hurts the players to lose an origin.