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State of Origin I

NSW 10
QLD 11
Fulltime

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:22:17 AM

3rd & 7 37yd

Welcome to live updates of State of Origin I, 2015. I'm Cameron McMillan and I'll be joined by Herald league writer David Skipwith who will provide his thoughts throughout the game.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:35:04 AM
They've just had the coin toss and the winner is....and Queensland won. WOW. Big upset there. Cam Smith decides to kick off. Make a New South Welshman to run up the first hit-up of the match.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:37:18 AM
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by Cameron McMillan via YouTube 5/27/2015 9:41:32 AM
Is tonight going to be a classic? NSW head into the match as defending champions for the first time in eight years after finally securing a series win last year. But not Jaryd Hayne this season and he tries to make a break in the NFL. Josh Dugan instead will wear the number one jersey for the Blues. Big shoes to fill.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:43:48 AM
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by Cameron McMillan via YouTube 5/27/2015 9:46:22 AM
So what do the stats say ahead of this opening clash?

Series Wins:
Queensland: 20
New South Wales: 14
Drawn: 2

Overall Wins:
Queensland: 53
New South Wales: 46
Draws: 2

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:48:21 AM
Callin into the office sick tomorrow if QLD wins, will not be able to look those who support QLD in the eye after what I said to all of them today lol Cmon Blues, get em!

by Russell Wilson 5/27/2015 9:48:25 AM
42 games in NSW - Blues 24, Maroons 17, Drawn 1

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:48:57 AM
16 of last 19 have been decided by 12 points or less
24 out of 33 Game 1 winners have gone on to win the series

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:49:16 AM
Cameron Smith will play his 34th game for Queensland. He ties Alfie Langer for second most Origin games. Should be refrain from kicking out at rival number nines and play all three games this year he'll match Darren Lockyer for most games on 36.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:51:16 AM
Here is the NSW team:
New South Wales
1 Josh Dugan, 2 Daniel Tupou, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Michael Jennings, 5 Will Hopoate, 6 Mitchell Pearce, 7 Trent Hodkinson, 8 Aaron Woods, 9 Robbie Farah, 10 James Tamou, 11 Ryan Hoffman, 12 Beau Scott, 13 Josh Jackson.

Interchange: 14 Trent Merrin, 15 Boyd Cordner, 16 David Klemmer, 17 Andrew Fifita

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:52:12 AM
Jackson and Klemmer are playing Origin for the first time. A pretty impressive interchange in terms of size.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:52:51 AM
Of course for Warriors fans Ryan Hoffman is starting in the 11 jersey once again.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:54:14 AM
The Queensland team:

1 Billy Slater, 2 Darius Boyd, 3 Greg Inglis, 4 Justin Hodges, 5 Will Chambers, 6 Johnathan Thurston, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Matt Scott, 9 Cameron Smith (c), 10 Nate Myles, 11 Aidan Guerra, 12 Sam Thaiday, 13 Corey Parker.

Interchange: 14 Michael Morgan, 15 Josh McGuire, 16 Matt Gillett ,1 7 Jacob Lillyman

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:54:42 AM
Hi guys, thanks for joining us.
I’m having trouble picking a winner out of tonight’s match but am leaning towards the Blues by four points, simply because games at ANZ Stadium have tended to be tight affairs and Queensland have managed only one win in their past five trips to Sydney.
Who are you guys backing?

by David.Skipwith 5/27/2015 9:54:42 AM
Queensland by 2

by Carl 5/27/2015 9:57:40 AM
Blues by 22

by Jacko 5/27/2015 9:57:45 AM
Blues by 1

by Steve 5/27/2015 9:57:48 AM
When Shannon Noll is singing you know something big is about to happen. Thankfully he's left the ground and the players are going through final warm-ups.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:58:21 AM
Wet conditions at ANZ Stadium tonight. Going to make the forward play vital.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 9:59:16 AM
The efforts of halves Trent Hodkinson and Mitchell Pearce will be vital to the Blues’ cause but out wide Josh Morris again has the equally important assignment of taking care of his opposite Greg Inglis.
Morris handled the job brilliantly in game one of last year’s series which went a long way to helping NSW get the first-up win and he’ll need to produce another big performance tonight.
The Maroons are certain to aim plenty of their attack down their left side through Johnathan Thurston, Inglis and winger Darius Boyd, so Morris’ communication and defensive work with NSW right wing Will Hopoate will need to be on-song.

by David.Skipwith 5/27/2015 10:00:04 AM
Queensland by 4!

by Deb 5/27/2015 10:01:26 AM
blues by 8

by jonny hair 5/27/2015 10:01:26 AM
QLD 22-18

by Hamish 5/27/2015 10:03:17 AM
when do they kick off?

by pete 5/27/2015 10:03:25 AM
That's harder to pick than the result. Channel 9 like to get as much hype as possible. But at a guess I'd say 10.18pm.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:04:29 AM
Not long now...

Nervous? Excited?

#Origin http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGARm8EUoAIc--C.jpg

by NRL via twitter 5/27/2015 10:06:12 AM
Queensland have plenty of game-breakers in their line-up but Billy Slater’s shoulder injury must be a concern, with the huge NSW forwards sure to put his fitness under thorough inspection.
How the Maroons handle things up front – they concede 40kgs to the Blues’ big men - will be crucial to their hopes and the work of Nate Myles, Matt Scott and Corey Parker will go along way to determining how much space the likes of Cooper Cronk and Johnathan Thurston get to work with.

by David.Skipwith 5/27/2015 10:07:36 AM
Not far away now. It's one of the biggest rivalries in Australia - up there with Ford v Holden, Neighbours v Home and Away and Kangaroos v Koalas.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:10:33 AM
The players are getting ready to make it out to the middle.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:11:15 AM
David, who will be the KFC Impact Player?

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:11:40 AM
Amazing atmosphere at ANZ stadium. Can't wait to see the biggest Rugby league game of the year ???????? State Of Origin http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGAS9MPUsAEKsFa.jpg

by Francois Hougaard via twitter 5/27/2015 10:12:55 AM
Should be live-blogging the Fifa scandal. More brutal than anything that's gonna happen in the game.

by sam 5/27/2015 10:17:36 AM
Just under 80,000 fans at ANZ Stadium. Sea of blue. Here come the Queensland team.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:17:43 AM
And here come the Blues.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:18:26 AM
The Australian national anthem first and then kick off. It's a man from Cats the musical singing it (Not dressed as a cat).

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:20:21 AM
For the record one Queenslander has black boots - Aidan Guerra.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:21:15 AM
OK let's do this. Feel free to comment during the game. I'll try and accept as many as possible. Queensland to kick off.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:22:07 AM
Woods wit the first hit-up of the game and not as fierce as usual Origin opening hit-ups.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:22:52 AM
NSW get up to halfway with first set and Pearce kicks a high deep ball and Slater makes the catch and runs it back to his own 8m line.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:23:38 AM
Good start from the Blues with Aaron Woods looking for work and Mitchell Pearce getting a great long kick away. Queensland have to kick from their 30m line.

by David.Skipwith 5/27/2015 10:24:09 AM
Queensland kick early and Dugan with his first touch of the night. They have the ball on their own 40m. 3rd tackle.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:24:24 AM
Trent Hodkinson kicks high and Will Chambers makes the catch and runs free down the right-hand touch.

by Cameron McMillan 5/27/2015 10:25:37 AM