when is the 1st game ? is it this wed or next

First game is 25th May

thank you

Purely awesome! Love origin footy!

sky plus cleansed ready!!

come on the bluess!!

your loosing popularity in our house love

Clean sweep for the Marrooooons, can't wait.

Hayne can't get a game for NSW at the moment.

Scary sh*t!!!

Bizarre in my opinion. Similair to leaving out Idris. I'll bet they lose the first test them recall the pair of them.

They just don't have the depth over there anymore do they



We'll be leaving out Tony Clubb and Jamie Jones Buchanan against the Exiles...........now thats what I call depth

Come on you Blues!

I was actually having a debate the other day about Origin players at Wigan. I could only name four Queenslanders who've also pulled on the Cherry and White: Gene Miles, Steve Renouf, Adrian Lam and Brett Dallas. Any I've missed? Was just for laughs because I said Wigan have had more Blues than Maroons so thats why I support NSW

Craig Smith?

Think he was a blue

Edit - a quick google says he was a maroon

Edit 2

- Matty johns

Jamie Ainscough played for NSW and was pretty decent. Trent also played for NSW.

And Matthew Johns played for NSW.

Ian Roberts was an Origin player i think?. Defo played for the Roos


Not forgetting the legend that was Greg Florimo - Defo a blue

Phil Bailey and Hoffman for NSW.

Downling and Danny Moore were Maroons. Finch, Farrar a blue too. Im sure there are loads more.

Finch was a blue aswell

I thought Craig Smith was a New Zealander

Adrian Lam is from PNG, a few have played who arent aussies.

yeah it's not where they are born, just the state where they play their first game in

Bryan Fletcher....Blues?

Yeah he was a Blue

Under State of Origin rules players are selected for the state in which they first played senior (or registered) rugby league.[19 Players must also be eligible to represent Australia at international level. This has proved controversial as players, such as Karmichael Hunt, who are eligible for more than one country have chosen to be available for Australia in order to play State of Origin.[20 Because State of Origin football is so highly esteemed, players eligible to represent Australia as well as another country often choose Australia, not only to play for the national side, but also to play State of Origin (as was the case with Tonie Carroll and Karmichael Hunt).

Another issue of contention has been the selection of players such as Peter Sterling, Ken Nagas, James McManus, Israel Folau and Greg Inglis. Folau was born and raised in New South Wales but is eligible to play for Queensland as he played his first senior Rugby League match in Queensland. Greg Inglis was born and raised in New South Wales and also played his first senior game in New South Wales (Newcastle Hunter) then shortly after playing in Queensland in the same competition.[citation needed Ken Nagas was born and raised in Queensland but played for New South Wales, Peter Sterling was born in Toowoomba, Queensland and raised in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, while McManus was born in Scotland and was raised in the Northern Territory, but has been ruled eligible to play for New South Wales in the 2009 series.

In 1995 and 1997 Super League players were made ineligible for the ARL state of origin selection. This included most of Queensland's usual team, who now played for the Super League affiliated Brisbane Broncos. The ARL hence decided to relax the rules in those years, allowing Queensland to select Adrian Lam who had previously played for Papua New Guinea.

off google lol makes more sense than what i previously wrote