Green call for Origin move

“As a code we have to trust in how good the game is going to be.”

The ARL Commission was considering retaining the Anzac Test as part of the code’s $1.8 billion broadcasting deal, starting next season.

But Friday night’s clash will be the final instalment of the mid-season Test.

An Australia-New Zealand showdown next year will be rebranded and staged after the NRL grand final.

An NRL spokesman confirmed the trans-Tasman shake-up but insisted the ARL Commission would not relegate Origin to a post-season series.