The King's Birthday match (from 2015 to 2022, the Queen's Birthday match) is an annual

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match held on the

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Holiday in Australia between the

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and the St. George Illawarra Dragons or

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. It is traditionally played at

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. The

won the first three clashes, but St. George Illawarra won the following two. The

however won the two following encounters. The game was the first of two on the holiday when it started, but due to the scrapping of Monday night football it is now the centrepiece event on the King's Birthday Holiday. The match traditionally kicks off at 4pm. The game is the centrepiece of the long weekend's big lineup each year. In 2020, due to the

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, the match was moved to

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and played behind closed doors.

Head to head

Canterbury-Bankstown v St George Illawarra (2015–2021)

Canterbury-Bankstown v Parramatta (since 2022)

Results

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

References

External links

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