New South Wales rugby league team
The New South Wales rugby league team has represented the Australian state of New South Wales in rugby league football since the sport's beginnings there in 1907. Also known as the Blues due to their sky blue jerseys. This annual event is a series of three games competing for the State of Origin shield. As of 2023, the team is coached by Michael Maguire and captained by James Tedesco.
The inaugural 'All Blues' squad of 1907.
The first New South Wales team to go to Queensland in 1910.
Sky blue refers to a collection of shades comparable to that of a clear daytime sky. Typically it is a shade of cyan or light teal, though some iterations are closer to light blue. The term is attested from 1681. A 1585 translation of Nicolas de Nicolay's 1576 Les navigations, peregrinations et voyages faicts en la Turquie includes "the tulbant [turban] of the merchant must be skie coloured".
Bright blue sky with clouds
Pure Celeste between Spadafora and Torregrotta, Sicily in September; the color of the ideal sky is shown with a perfectly or near-perfectly weather, especially close to the horizon, where the cyan is more evident.
Pure Celeste between Spadafora and Torregrotta, Sicily, with a perfectly clear, serene and sunny weather in September. Note that the pure celeste is more evident close to the horizon, where the cyan is more intense.
Pure celeste at the horizon of Messina, Sicily, in February; in this part of the year, with a relatively low sun, the pure celeste is shown only at the horizon and around noon.