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NSW 10 Queensland 16
NSW - Wighton & Murray tries; Cleary conversion
Queensland - Gagai, Holmes & Cherry-Evans tries; HOlmes 2 conversions
Fulltime
40th minute - NSW find touch near the Queensland 40 and tap. Cleary is wrapped up in midfield, but Yeo dashes towards the posts and spins, but falls short.
The siren sounds and Queensland have stolen the Origin opener.
39th minute - Hunt finds a gap on halfway and dashes to the 20, where he finds HOlmes, but when Queensland shift right, Cobbo is tackled on the last.
Murray heads upfield and Klein penalises Queensland.
38th minute - Cleary runs on the last, but Munster is there to cover a speculative kick from To'o.
37th minute - Carrigan carries to halfway and Munster chips downfield, where Munster hits Tedesco hard.
Haas offloads on halfway to Martin.
36th minute - Cleary puts up a bomb, Crichton knocks the ball back and Cook splits the defence, but his kick flies to DCE.
35th minute - Blues have the ball in their own half, but To'o takes them towards halfway.
34th minute - Crichton shows Munster the ball 10 metres out and Munster steals the ball - huge play.
33rd minute - Campbell-Gillard takes the hit-up from the kickoff and Haas rumbles towards halfway. Luai and Wighton have the Maroons stretched down the left.
32nd minute - TRY to Murray
The penalty puts NSW into Marrons territory and Wighton dashes forward. When the ball shifts left, Luai puts Murray through a gap between DCE and Gagai to score.
Cleary converts to put NSW within a converted try, QLD 16-10
31st minute - Munster kicks high and Tupou is safe underneath. Klein penalises Cotter in the ruck and Tupou is holding his head.
30th minute - Cook finds a gap on halfway and sends Tedesco away, but he kicks ahead and Holmes retreats quickly to smother the threat.
29th minute - DCE kicks on the last and Cobbo bats it back infield for Gagai, but Campbell-Gillard makes a big tackle
28th minute - Maroons shift left, but Munster cuts back infield.
27th minute - Cleary bombs, but Ponga takes a spectacular aerial catch. Hunt has replaced Grant.
DCE kicks deep and Tedesco is trapped near his own line, where he drops the ball. Munster picks up and almost scores.
26th minute - Tupou dashes forward to take a high kick on his 40 and the BLues will have field position again here.
25th minute - NSW spill the ball again on attack and DCE dives on it relieve pressure.
24th minute - Munster gathers a loose NSW pass and dashes towards halfway, but Kaufusi can't handle a long pass and the chance goes begging.
23rd minute - Matterson reaches halfway for NSW and Haas carries the ball deep into Maroons territory. Nanai rocks Matterson in a tackle.
22nd minute - Grant runs and goes again, Queensland shift right and give Cobbo some space. Wighton brings him down and somehow he stays in the field of play.
21st minute - Yeo and Cleary pick up momentum in midfield, but HOlmes knocks Tedesco over.
20th minute - Clearly kicks aimlessly on the last and HOlmes rises hight to take the ball. DCE tries to kick a 40-20, but the ball rolls into touch a couple of metres short.
Nanai returns to the field, after being carried off by teammates.
19th minute - DCE kicks from his 30 and Tedesco runs it back towards his 40, almost losing his shorts in the tackle. Haas makes post-contact metres for NSW.
18th minute - Cook puts Cleary through a hole and the ball shifts left, then right on the last tackle. Eventually, Cleary kicks towards the posts and DCE is there to cover the danger.
17th minute - ON the last tackle, Munster's kick is shallow and Crichton has the ball near the 40.
16th minute - Collins takes another hit-up from the kickoff.
14th minute - TRY to Holmes
Queensland on the NSW 30 and on attack. From dummy half, Grant puts the defence in two minds and finds Ponga, who throws a long pass to his winger on the sideline for an overlap.
HOlmes slices his conversion right, QLD 16-4
13th minute - Crichton has replaced Staggs at centre for NSW. Collins reaches halfway for Queensland, but Munster is upended by Crichton on halfway and is put on report.
12th minute - Munster kicks to the corner and Cobbo chases, offloading to Cotter, but he can't find Munster in support.
Carrigan reels out of a tackle, so more trouble brewing for the Maroons.
11th minute - DCE takes the kickoff and Collins takes the hit-up. Grant darts across halfway from dummy half and Queensland are on attack.
Ninth minute - TRY to Cherry-Evans
From the scrum on the 10m, DCE receives the ball and props off his right foot, through a channel that opens up to the posts. Blues forwards protest they are held in the scrum, but the try is confirmed.
HOlmes converts from in front of the posts, QLD 12-4
Eighth minute - Munster cuts the Blues to ribbons up the middle, with Ponga on his shoulder, but a marker on his back. He takes the tackle and Ponga's pass is batted away by Tupou, who saves a try.
Seventh minute - Cleary kicks high and Wighton chases, but the ball goes dead. Klein initially rules a Maroons dropout, but he's corrected by the bunker.
Sixth minute - Tedesco runs towards halfway and the Blues enter Queensland half, but the Maroons rush out of their line to drive them back.
Fifth minute - Luai kicks high and Cobbo bobbles it, but controls the ball.
Grant offloads and Gagai reaches halfway, DCE kicks and Tedesco is safe.
Fourth minute - DCE kicks early, but To'o is safe and busts a tackle to head upfield. Behind him, Nanai is still on the ground, grabbing a leg in agony - he's turned an ankle in the tackle.
Nanai is helped off the field, replaced by Fa'asuamaleaui. MUrray reaches halfway and Staggs is hit by Holmes out wide.
Third minute - Cleary kicks and is hit at the same time, maybe Cotter.
Second minute - Collins bursts into NSW half and DCE kicks high, but Tedesco is safe.
First minute - Holmes kicks off and Paulo takes the first hit-up of the second half. Sims carries towards halfway and Cleary kicks high, but HOlmes runs onto it.
Halftime
40th minute - Collins plays the ball quickly near halfway, as Queensland go on the front foot. Munster attempts a field goal on the last tackle, but misses.
As the siren sounds, NSW cross halfway and Staggs kicks ahead, but Holmes bats it dead.
39th minute - NSW pour towards the Queensland line and from dummy half, Cook finds Paulo cutting behind him to the posts to score, but a review shows Carrigan was impeded in the defensive line and the try is disallowed.
38th minute - From the scrum, NSW shift right and Capewell makes an important tackle on Tupou. Blues have a set restart...
37th minute - From the kickoff, Collins takes the hit-up and Carrigan follows, but Cotter knocks on and NSW will have field position in the Maroons half.
35th minute - TRY to Gagai
DCE reaches halfway for Queensland, Ponga throws a marginal long pass along the ground to Cobbo, who kicks towards the goal-line and Gagai gathers to score his 12th Origin try. Holmes converts to put his side ahead, QLD 6-4
34th minute - Grant can't find a way out of dummy half and eventually throws a loose pass, but Martin has knocked it out of his hands.
33rd minute - Munster kicks toward the sideline and Tupou cuts it off. Cooks darts up the centre and Cleary kicks high, Tupou is underneath, but his pass to Tedesco was forward with the line at his mercy.
32nd minute - Cleary kicks high and Holmes leaps to catch. Wighton smashes Collins in a tackle.
31st minute - Paulo offloads to Lauai, who takes it second grab. Martin reaches halfway.
30th minute - Kaufusi reaches halfway for Queensland, who shift left, but the touch pass from Capewell to Holmes is ruled forward.
29th minute - Matterson is on for NSW.
28th minute - Ponga runs back a long kick and Coates has a carry, after struggling for a few minutes. ON the last tackle, Queensland shift right and DCE slips over.
The bunker is reviewing a possible high tackle by Wighton on DCE, but it's ruled out. Coates is gone, so Nanai comes on for debut, Capewell shifts to centre and Holmes to the wing.
27th minute - ON the last tackle, DCE kicks high across the field and NSW gather the loose ball. Gagai drives Sims back in a tackle.
26th minute - NSW are penalised near their line and Queensland tap. Collins charges towards the posts, Grant runs from dummy half and is held up over the line.
Maroons go left, where Holmes juggles.
25th minute - From the scrum, Munster's pass to DCE floats flat. Queensland get a set restart.
24th minute - Paulo loses the ball in a tackle in his own half and Queensland will have prime attacking opportunity.
23rd minute - STaggs dashes across halfway, Cleary puts up a high kick and Cobbo does well to cover it. Coates is struggling.
Grant and Collins come on for Maroons for Hunt and Fa'asuamaleaui.
22nd minute - Munster kicks early for a 40-20, but he doesn't have the angle. It still goes to the goal-line and Tedesco is tackled a couple of metres out.
21st minute - Wighton and To'o make good metres from the scrum. NSW swap Paulo for Campbell-Gillard.
Cleary kicks high to Ponga, who does well under pressure.
20th minute - DCE throws a hard pass to Gagai, who can't take the ball and it's ruled forward.
19th minute - Carrigan rocks Wighton with a big tackle, but NSW reach halfway and Cleary kicks high to Ponga. Maroons get a set restart...
18th minute - Maroons into NSW half, Munster runs across field and finds Fa'asuamaleaui running straight. DCE kicks to To'o, but he hasn't dropped one yet.
17th minute - NSW don't make halfway from the kickoff and Cleary kicks high from deep in his half.
16th minute - Queensland have brought Carrigan on for Papalii.
15th minute - TRY to Wighton
From dummy half, Cook looks left and Luai puts Wighton between the last two defenders to score his third Origin try. Cleary hits the left upright with his conversion, NSW 4-0
14th minute - From a scrum on the 10, NSW go on attack, with Campbell-Gillard charging towards the posts.
13th minute - HOlmes drops the ball near his own 20 and NSW shift left. When they go right, Coates almost plucks an intercept, but can't hold it.
12th minute - Tupou carries again to get NSW away from their line. Yeo makes good metres and Sims makes halfway.
11th minute - DCE fakes left and darts right. He tries to put Fa'asuamaleaui into a gap towards the posts, but the Gold Coast captain can't handle the pass.
10th minute - Yeo crosses halfway and drops the ball. Queensland shift right and Cobbo is dragged into touch, but Klein had called held and penalises NSW.
Ninth minute - Fa'asuamaleaui crosses halfway and is dumped in a tackle.
Eighth minute - Blues shift left, but To'o cuts infield. Cleary kicks to the corner, Tupou and Coates leap high, but the ball goes forward off Tupou.
Seventh minute - NSW get another set restart, as they cross halfway.
Sixth minute - Cleary kicks high to Ponga, who catches in the goal area for a seven-tackle set. DCE makes a break in the NSW half, HUnt puts a kick to the goal area, but Tedesco lets it roll dead.
Fifth minute - Yeo seems OK to carry on, after being checked by trainers. DCE kicks high to Tedesco. Wingers To'o and Tupou carrying often early for NSW.
Fourth minute - Tedesco reaches halfway and Cleary kicks high to Coates, who is monstered by three tacklers.
Third minute - Cleary finds Martin running off his shoulder, but his Penrith teammate can't handle the pass behind him.
Maroons on attack and Munster kicks high to To'o, who is safe again.
Second minute - Big run from Haas gets NSW to the 40 and Cook darts from dummy half to halfway. NSW get a set restart.
First minute - Ashley Klein has the whistle for this match. The Aussie anthem is done and Nathan Cleary is about to kick off for the Blues... the first hit-up is always memorable.
DCE catches the kickoff and Papalii brings the ball up. Yeo reels from the tackle and could be gone already.
Capewell makes halfway and Munster kicks high to To'o.
9:37pm - A couple of late changes to the Blues, with Fittler promoting Campbell-Gillard and Martin from the bench for Paulo and Murray. Maroons appear unchanged, as named.
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Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of State of Origin I between New South Wales and Queensland at Sydney's Accor Stadium.
Last year, COVID-19 meant the three-match series was played entirely north of the border, but that made little difference to the Blues, who inflicted a 50-6 hammering in Game One at Townsville and held their rivals scoreless (26-0) in Game Two at Brisbane.
The Maroons reclaimed some credibility with a narrow 20-18 win in the third encounter at Gold Coast, but their period of domination through the 2000s and 2010s was well and truly over.
They've responded by appointing Queensland legend Billy Slater as coach, hoping his passion and mana can restore them to their glory days.
He's named four debutants in his gameday squad, with Brisbane winger Selwyn Cobbo and North Queensland lock Reuben Cotter in the starting line-up, and Broncos forward Patrick Carrigan and Cowboys forward Jeremiah Nanai coming off the bench.
NZ Warriors fullback Reece Walsh, who suffered a hamstring injury on the verge of a rookie debut last year, could not force his way into a full-strength squad this time.
NSW coach Brad Fittler has selected three first-timers, with Broncos centre Kotoni Staggs in the starting line-up, and Penrith back Stephen Crichton and Parramatta forward Ryan Matterson on the interchange.
TAB Odds: NSW $1.63, Queensland $2.23
NSW: 1-James Tedesco, 2-Brian To'o, 3-Kotoni Staggs, 4-Jack Wighton, 5-Daniel Tupou, 6-Jarome Luai, 7-Nathan Cleary, 8-Payne Haas, 9-Damien Cook, 10-Junior Paulo, 11-Cameron Murray, 12-Tariq Sims, 13-Isaah Yeo
Interchange: 14-Stephen Crichton, 15-Liam Martin, 16-Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 17-Ryan Matterson
Queensland: 1-Kalyn Ponga, 2-Selwyn Cobbo, 3-Valentine Holmes, 4-Dane Gagai, 5-Xavier Coates, 6-Cameron Munster, 7-Daly Cherry-Evans, 8-Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, 9-Ben Hunt, 10-Josh Papalii, 11-Kurt Capewell, 12-Felise Kaufusi, 13-Reuben Cotter
Interchange: 14-Harry Grant, 15-Lindsay Collins, 16-Patrick Carrigan, 17-Jeremiah Nanai
Watch Origin I live and free-to-air on Three at 10:10pm
