The footy and cricket seasons of 2014 will long be remembered by anyone with blue blood coursing through their veins as the year success reigned.

After eight years of blood, sweat and heartache Laurie Daley's men finally seized an Origin series from Queensland; the Waratahs broke through to win the Super 15 title; the NSW men's cricket team won their state's 46th Sheffield Shield while the women cricketers continued a similar dominance the St George rugby league team enjoyed during the 1950s and 60s with their ninth straight WNCL triumph.

Incredibly, four priceless jewels that re-enforced the state's status as champions were kept in the safe, the Asian Championship trophy won by the Western Wanderers; the Sydney Swans AFL minor premiership crown; the NRL Provan-Summons trophy won by the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the J.J. Giltinan Shield that was presented to the Sydney Roosters as their code's minor premiers.

"Whenever a footballer plays in a State of Origin match they want to win it as much for their state as they do for themselves," said former NSW forward Nathan Hindmarsh. "The drought has been broken, at last, and it's great to be holding this shield again but the hard thing is we have to do it again next year.

"Queensland will always have the eight years and they'll have the wood on us until we replicate what they did. And we have a lot of ground to make up. It never ceases to amaze me in my job for the NRL when I ask the kids who goes for Queensland and all the hands go up - we have to change that, but having this trophy back is a very important first step towards achieving that."

NSW Waratahs assistant coach Daryl Gibson, a former All Black who was recruited from the Crusaders two-years-ago, knows first-hand that the sky blue jumper was a prized target.

"It's the biggest rugby base in Australia and the Waratahs have tried very hard to create an identity around running rugby -that is something Michael Cheika is very particular about," he said. "I think we've succeeded in winning fans with the way we play the game but also the passion and pride the boys have in their jumper has resonated."

NSW cricketers Ben Rohrer and Rachael Haynes were thrilled to think the efforts of the state's footy and cricketer stars would allow for children and their family from the bush, through the Royal Far West, to attend the January Test thanks to the funds that will be raised at a lunch being hosted by the SCG Cricket through the SCG Trust on December 4 to celebrate the Blues.

"We're part of a brotherhood as representatives of the NSW sporting teams," said Rohrer. "It's about the fans, I remember coming to the Shield final when I was nine and I was inspired by the Waughs. Anything that can be put back into sport to inspire kids to play - or come to the city to watch a Test - is well worthwhile."