2016 State of Origin series
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Series margin | 2-1 |
Attendance | 193,811 (ave. 64,604 per match) |
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The 2016 State of Origin series was the 35th time the annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams to be played entirely under 'state of origin' rules (1980 and 1981 were only one game series).[1]
The Maroons were the defending champions, but had a new coach in Kevin Walters, following the appointment of Mal Meninga to the position of Australian head coach.
Game I
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
8:15 pm |
New South Wales ![]() |
4 – 6 | ![]() |
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Tries: Cordner 1 Goals: Reynolds 0/1 |
Bericht |
Tries: 1 Gagai Goals: 1/2 Thurston |
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Game II
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
8:15 pm |
Queensland ![]() |
26 – 16 | ![]() |
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Tries: Gagai 3 Oates 1 Goals: Thurston 5/6 |
Tries: 1 Frizell 1 Maloney Goals: 3/3 Reynolds 1/1 Maloney |
Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 52,293 Referee: Gerard Sutton, Ben Cummins[2] Player of the Match: Cameron Smith |
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Game III
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
8:15pm |
New South Wales ![]() |
18 – 14 | ![]() |
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Tries: Frizell 1 Fifita 1 Jennings 1 Goals: Maloney 2/2 Gallen 1/1 Sin Bin: Fifita 1 |
Tries: 1 Inglis 1 Cooper 1 Boyd Goals: 1/3 Thurston Sin Bin: 1 Cronk |
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New South Wales Blues
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1 - Gallen retained the captaincy role from Farah in Game II.
2 - Robbie Farah was originally chosen to play in Game lll but withdrew due to a hand injury, he was replaced by Michael Ennis on game day.
Queensland Maroons
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Lock | ![]() | ||
Interchange | ![]() | ||
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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, then Morgan retained his spot on the bench in Game II and III.
Player Debuts
Game 1
Cap no. 258 Josh Mansour
Cap no. 259 Matt Moylan
Cap no. 260 Adam Reynolds
Cap no. 261 Dylan Walker
Cap no. 183 Corey Oates
Cap no. 184 Justin O'Neill
Game 2
Cap no. 262 Jack Bird
Cap no. 263 Tyson Frizell
Game 3
Cap no. 264 James Tedesco
Cap no. 265 Wade Graham
Cap no. 185 Gavin Cooper
Residents
Under-20s
Women's Interstate Challenge
References
- ^ "2016 State of Origin Dates, Teams, Crowds, TV Times and Fixtures". rugbyleagueplanet.com. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Referees confirmed for Origin II". 14 June 2016.