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{{Short description|Australian rugby league series}}
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{{Infobox State of Origin series
|name = 2015 State Of Origin
|year = 2015
|image = State of Origin Logo.png
|imagesize = 150px
|caption =
|winners = [[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Queensland rugby league team|Queensland]]
|count = 19th
|margin = 2-1
|points =
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|player of series = [[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Corey Parker (rugby league)|Corey Parker]]
|top points scorer = [[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Johnathan Thurston]] – '''26'''
|top try scorer = [[File:New South Wales colours.svg|16px]] [[Josh Morris (rugby league)|Josh Morris]]<br>[[File:New South Wales colours.svg|16px]] [[Michael Jennings (rugby league)|Michael Jennings]]<br>[[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Greg Inglis]]<br>[[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Will Chambers]]<br>[[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Matt Gillett]]<br>'''(All 2 Tries Each)'''
}}
The '''2015 State of Origin series''' was the 35th34th time the [[State of Origin series|annual best-of-three series]] between the [[Queensland rugby league team|Queensland]] and [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] rugby league teams isto be played entirely under [[State of Origin rules|'state of origin' rules]] (1980 and 1981 were only one game series). It was the third series to be administered by the [[Australian Rugby League Commission]] which was created in a major restructure of the sport's administration in Australia.
 
This series had one game played in each of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, with Game I played at the 83,500 capacity [[ANZ Stadium]], Game II played at the 100,024 capacity [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], and Game III played at the 52,500 capacity [[Lang Park|Suncorp Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrl.com/origin-venues-locked-in-for-5-years/tabid/10874/newsid/70413/default.aspx|title=Origin venues locked-in for 5 years |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=20 November 2012|accessdateaccess-date=22 July 2014}}</ref>
 
Former Canberra, Queensland and Australian captain [[Mal Meninga]] was coach of the Queensland side, whose eight-year State of Origin series winning streak was ended by New South Wales [[2014 State of Origin series|in 2014]]. The Blues were coached by former Canberra, NSW and Australia captain [[Laurie Daley]] for a third consecutive year.
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{{rugbyleaguebox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = Wednesday, 27 May 2015
| time = 8:0005 pm
| team1 = [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] {{leagueicon|New South Wales|16}}
| score = 10 – 11
| team2 = {{leagueicon|Queensland|16}} [[Queensland rugby league team|Queensland]]
| points1 = '''Tries:'''<br/>[[Josh Morris (rugby league)|Morris]] (21') '''1'''<br/>[[Beau Scott|Scott]] (27') '''1'''<br/>'''Goals:'''<br/>[[Trent Hodkinson|Hodkinson]] (28') '''1/2'''
| points2 = '''Tries:'''<br/>'''1''' (14') [[Cooper Cronk|Cronk]]<br/>'''1''' (55') [[Will Chambers|Chambers]]<br/>'''Goals:'''<br/>'''1/3''' (15') [[Johnathan Thurston|Thurston]]<br/>'''Field goals:'''<br/>'''1''' (74') [[Cooper Cronk|Cronk]]
| stadium = [[ANZ Stadium]]
| attendance= 80,122
| referee = Gerard Sutton, [[Ben Cummins]]
| manofmatch= [[Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)|Cameron Smith]]
| report = [http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-match-report/state-of-origin-queensland-maroons-edge-out-nsw-blues-in-onepoint-thriller-20150527-ghb6jt.html Report]
}}
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{{rugbyleaguebox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = Wednesday, 17 June 2015
| time = 8:16 pm
| team1 = [[Queensland rugby league team|Queensland]] {{leagueicon|Queensland|16}}
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| team2 = {{leagueicon|New South Wales|16}} [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]]
| points1 = '''Tries:'''<br/>[[Matthew Scott (rugby league)|Scott]] (11') '''1'''<br/>[[Greg Inglis|Inglis]] (33') '''1'''<br/>[[Matt Gillett|Gillett]] (48') '''1'''<br/>'''Goals:'''<br/>[[Johnathan Thurston|Thurston]] '''3/4'''<br/>(12', 48', 57' pen)
| points2 = '''Tries:'''<br/>'''1''' (4') [[Michael Jennings (rugby league)|Jennings]]<br/>'''1''' (27') [[Josh Morris (rugby league)|J Morris]]<br/>'''1''' (62') [[Aaron Woods|Woods]]<br/>'''1''' (71') [[Josh Dugan|Dugan]]<br/>'''Goals:'''<br/>'''5/5''' [[Trent Hodkinson|Hodkinson]]<br/>(6', 28', 39' pen, 64', 72')
| stadium = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]
| attendance= 91,513
| referee = Gerard Sutton, [[Ben Cummins ]]
| manofmatch= [[Michael Jennings (rugby league)|Michael Jennings]]
}}
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{{rugbyleaguebox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = Wednesday, 8 July 2015
| time = 8:00pm
| team1 = [[Queensland rugby league team|Queensland]] {{leagueicon|Queensland|16}}
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| stadium = [[Lang Park|Suncorp Stadium]]
| attendance= 52,500
| referee = Gerard Sutton, [[Ben Cummins]]
| manofmatch= [[Johnathan Thurston]]
}}
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! Centre
| colspan="3" |{{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} [[Josh Morris (rugby league)|Josh Morris]]
|-
! Centre
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! Hooker
| colspan="3" | {{leagueicon|Melbourne|16}} [[Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)|Cameron Smith]] (c)
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! Prop
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1 - [[Daly Cherry-Evans]] was originally selected to play in game one but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by [[Michael Morgan (rugby league born 1991)|Michael Morgan]], then Morgan retained his spot on the bench in Game II and III.
 
== Residents ==
{{Rugbyleaguebox|team1={{leagueicon|queensland|17}} [[Queensland Residents rugby league team|Queensland]]|date=TBD|team2={{leagueicon|new south wales|17}} [[New South Wales Residents rugby league team|New South Wales]]|bg=#eeeeee|time=|stadium=TBD|points1=|points2=|manofmatch=|referee=|score=|report=}}
 
==Under-20s==
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Game II achieved the highest ever attendance for a State of Origin Game, with a crowd of 91,513 people in attendance.
 
Game III saw numerous records broken:<ref>{{cite web|title=Queensland break State of Origin records with 52-6 win|url=http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/07/08/queensland-break-state-of-origin-records-with-52-6-win/|website=The Roar|publisher=The Roar|accessdateaccess-date=8 July 2015}}</ref>
*Game III achieved the highest ever attendance for a match at Suncorp Stadium, with a crowd of 52,500 people in attendance.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Badel|first1=Peter|title=State of Origin: Maroons maul NSW to clinch decider|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/state-of-origin-maroons-maul-nsw-to-clinch-decider/story-fniablkr-1227433865663|website=The Courier Mail|publisher=News Corporation|accessdateaccess-date=8 July 2015}}</ref>
*Queensland captain [[Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)|Cameron Smith]] made his 36th Queensland appearance, drawing level with [[Darren Lockyer]] for most appearances for Queensland.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tomarchio|first1=Cameron|title=The big State of Origin talking points|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/the-big-state-of-origin-talking-points/story-fni3fqyp-1227434349034|website=Herald Sun|publisher=News Corporation|accessdateaccess-date=8 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Johnathan Thurston]] scored 18 points, equalling [[Lote Tuqiri (rugby, born 1979)|Lote Tuqiri]]'s for most points in a single match by a Queenslander.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Webeck|first1=Tony|title=State of Origin III: Five key points|url=http://www.nrl.com/state-of-origin-iii-five-key-points/tabid/10874/newsid/87761/default.aspx|website=nrl.com|date=8 July 2015 |publisher=National Rugby League|accessdateaccess-date=8 July 2015}}</ref> In addition, Thurston kicked 9 goals from 9 attempts, an Origin record.
*With a 52-6 victory, Queensland equaled their record for highest State of Origin score, and broke the record for largest winning margin in State of Origin history, with a 46 -point winning margin.<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Origin decider: Queensland vs NSW at Suncorp Stadium|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/state-of-origin-decider-queensland-vs-nsw-at-suncorp-stadium/story-fndv2twz-1227433993729|website=News.com|publisher=News Corporation}}</ref>
 
==References==
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[[2016 State of Origin series]]
 
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