Like a rock dropped in Lake Burley Griffin, ripples from the 1989 Green Machine are still being felt in State of Origin.
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Not surprising really. Bit of Origin talent that ran out for the Canberra Raiders that day. 178 Origins worth to be precise.
And that's just the playing side. Throw in another 67 as head coaches. On both sides of the Origin coin. Maroon and Blue.
It's about to become 68 on Sunday. In Perth. Where Queensland coach Kevin Walters will carry on the Raiders '89 tradition. Looking to seal the series in straight sets in Perth.
He's looking for his third series win in four. Continuing on the Cane Toad dominance fellow Raider Mal Meninga set up with nine wins in 10 campaigns.
Ricky Stuart, Laurie Daley and Tim Sheens have also thrown their clipboards into the Origin ring.
That last name. That's where Stuart thinks those ripples might've started. The pebble. Maybe boulder would be fairer. Given how long the ripples have been going for.
Thirty years. The anniversary of Canberra's first ever premiership. With Stuart at the helm of the club he helped lead around the Sydney Football Stadium that day.
But Sheens. Coached the Raiders in '89. When the Green Machine ran over the top of the Balmain Tigers. Squashed them flat.
As well as mentoring Canberra for 219 games, he also coached the NSW Blues for the 1991 Origin series.
But his main representative role was leading Australia. 31 Tests for 26 wins, including the 2013 World Cup triumph.
And the Raiders got to experience that coaching knowhow first hand.
But Sheens' ripples haven't just been felt in the top Origin jobs. They're also making waves below the surface as well. In the depths of Burley Griffin.
Steve Walters. Gary Belcher. To name just two who have worked behind the scenes in Origin camps.
They've even gone further up the Molonglo River. To the NRL, the bush and into club land. Steve Jackson. Chris O'Sullivan. Matthew Wood. They've all turned their hands to coaching at some level.
"I don't know what you could put it down to," Stuart said.
"Maybe the education we got under Tim Sheens here as a head coach. We were very fortunate.
"He was a very thorough coach, he was a great innovator and he never stood still, Tim.
"He was always after the next idea or the next innovation and it was something that taught all his players, whether we coached or not.
"There's been a number of coaches, not just at NRL level, who came out of that era.
"He's had a huge footprint on a number of players that came out of that era."
Stuart's assistants Andrew McFadden and Brett White have dropped a line into the Sheens pool.
As part of the 30-year anniversary, Stuart's asked players and coaches to connect with the past and bring it back to the present.
For McFadden and White, that meant giving Sheens a call. Tapping into more than 700 games of coaching experience.
Finding out how me made the Green Machine tick and what they can bring to 2019.
For Stuart, it's been important to plug into that golden past to help try and bring the glory back to today.
So far it's been working. Fourth on the NRL ladder. But still a long way to go. Ten games to cement a spot come finals.
"We've put a huge amount of importance on celebrating the '89 grand final win by a number of different ways," Stuart said.
"We've looked at the values and ethic we had. I've had a number of my players call individuals to talk about that era.
"Brett White and Andrew McFadden had a conference call with Tim Sheens to talk about some of his mannerisms and coaching styles of the Raiders.
"It was about the Canberra Raider way. It's what we're creating here. To do it the Raiders way.
"We want to create it from a little bit of our own coaching innovation and playing patterns. But we also want to use what Tim and the past players used for their successes."
He's got mates and players on both sides. Walters leading the Maroons charge. Raiders prop Josh Papalii charging up in his wake. And Jack Wighton. Front and centre for the Blues.
But if you cut Stuart. Pull out the ultraviolet light. Shine it on his lime green blood. Then you'll see it turn Blue.
Fourteen Origins as a NSW player. Nine as Blues coach. Not to mention Queanbeyan born. It will do that to you.
Even if one of his favourite sons is pulling on the Maroon jersey. Sometimes as the sole Canberra man. Like big "Papa". But he will want Papa to do well. Just not well enough to win.
This current mob? Playing under Brad Fittler. Who Stuart coached when he got the gig at the Sydney Roosters.
The ones heading to Perth to save the series? Can they do it? Can they turn the game one loss around? Even with the seven changes?
Stuart believes. It'll be tough. But he believes.
"We've got a very big challenge ahead of us, the NSW team, but it is very much achievable," he said.
"I believe NSW still has a wonderful opportunity to square the series. I have firm belief the players who have been selected can do the job.
"I think going to Perth and having things settle down for Brad and the team will be a good thing.
"That they get away from the talk and the hype and concentrate on what job they've got at hand.
"But now it comes down to the individuals that have been picked. They've got a responsibility and a job to do and they've got to be accountable for what they deliver."