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Line 1: {{Short description\|Australian rugby league series}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox State of Origin series \|name = 2015 State Of Origin Line 5 ⟶ 7: \|imagesize = 150px \|caption = \|winners = [[File:Queensland colours.svg\|16px]] [[Queensland rugby league team\|Queensland]] \|count = ~~21st~~19th \|margin = 2-1 \|points = Line 14 ⟶ 16: \|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 ~~35th~~34th 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 to 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\|~~accessdate~~access-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. Line 23 ⟶ 25: {{rugbyleaguebox \| bg = #eeeeee \| date = Wednesday, 27 May 2015 \| time = 8:05 pm \| team1 = [[New South Wales rugby league team\|New South Wales]] {{leagueicon\|New South Wales\|16}} Line 33 ⟶ 35: \| 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] }} Line 41 ⟶ 43: {{rugbyleaguebox \| bg = #eeeeee \| date = Wednesday, 17 June 2015 \| time = 8:16 pm \| team1 = [[Queensland rugby league team\|Queensland]] {{leagueicon\|Queensland\|16}} Line 59 ⟶ 61: {{rugbyleaguebox \| bg = #eeeeee \| date = Wednesday, 8 July 2015 \| time = 8:00pm \| team1 = [[Queensland rugby league team\|Queensland]] {{leagueicon\|Queensland\|16}} Line 88 ⟶ 90: \|- ! Fullback \| colspan="3" \|{{leagueicon\|St. George Illawarra\|16}} [[Josh ~~the THUG xo~~Dugan]] \|- ! Wing Line 210 ⟶ 212: \|- ! Hooker \| colspan="3" \| {{leagueicon\|Melbourne\|16}} [[Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)\|Cameron Smith]] (c) \|- ! Prop Line 304 ⟶ 306: 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\|accessdate~~access-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\|~~accessdate~~access-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\|~~accessdate~~access-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\|~~accessdate~~access-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>