Emergency department presentations during the State of Origin rugby league series: a retrospective statewide analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of the State of Origin rugby league series on the number of emergency department (ED) presentations in Queensland.

Design And Setting: Retrospective analysis of Emergency Department Information System data from 25 Queensland EDs for game 10s and matched control 10s during the annual State of Origin series from 2005 to 2012. The Queensland team won seven of the eight series in this period.