NEW SOUTH WALES
1 Brett Stewart (Manly Warringah)
2 Jarryd Hayne (Parramatta), 3 Mark Gasnier (St George Illawarra), 4 Matt Cooper (St George Illawarra), 5 Anthony Quinn (Melbourne)
6 Greg Bird (Cronulla Sutherland), 7 Peter Wallace (Brisbane)
8 Brett White (Melbourne), 9 Danny Buderus (capt, Newcastle), 10 Ben Cross (Newcastle)
11 Ryan Hoffman (Melbourne), 12 Willie Mason (Sydney)
13 Paul Gallen (Cronulla Sutherland)
Interchange - 14 Anthony Laffranchi (Gold Coast), 15 Anthony Tupou (Sydney), 16 Craig Fitzgibbon (Sydney), 17 Ben Hornby (St George Illawarra)
QUEENSLAND
1 Billy Slater (Melbourne)
2 Brent Tate (New Zealand), 3 Greg Inglis (Melbourne), 4 Justin Hodges (Brisbane), 5 Israel Folau (Melbourne)
6 Karmichael Hunt (Brisbane), 7 Johnathon Thurston (North Queensland)
8 Petero Civoniceva (Penrith), 9 Cam Smith (c, Melbourne), 10 Carl Webb (North Queensland)
11 Michael Crocker (Melbourne), 12 Sam Thaiday (Brisbane)
13 Dallas Johnson (Melbourne)
Interchange - 14 PJ Marsh (Brisbane), 15 Ben Hannant (Brisbane), 16 Nate Myles (Sydney), 17 Jacob Lillyman (North Queensland)
Referee
Tony Archer
Sideline Officials: Steve Chiddy & Paul Holland
Video Referees: Bill Harrigan & Tim Mander
Comments on the NSW team:
*The exclusion of Kite is puzzling especially since he played for Australia last week. So basically what the state selectors are saying is that he is good enough to play for Australia yet he isn't good enough to play for his state
*Too many backrowers in this team, there is 3 on the interchange for starters. If one of the front rowers goes down during the game NSW might be in a spot of bother
*Bird at 5/8th is a mistake IMO. He should be played at lock as he is not your traditional ball playing half which means more pressure will be placed on the shoulders of rookie Wallace.
State Of Origin Discussion Thread
State Of Origin Discussion Thread
