The 100th Origin game will feature the two sides below. XXXX Queensland Maroons 1.Billy Slater 2.Darius Boyd 3.Greg Inglis 4.Justin Hodges 5.Brent Tate 6.Johnathan Thurston 7.Cooper Cronk 8.Matt Scott 9.Cameron Smith (c) 10.Nate Myles 11.Chris McQueen 12.Matt Gillett 13.Corey Parker 14.Daly Cherry-Evans 15.Ben Te'o 16.Aidan Guerra 17.Josh Papalii Coach - Mal Meninga vs VB New South Wales Blues 1.Jarryd Hayne 2.Brett Morris 3.Josh Morris 4.Michael Jennings 5.Daniel Tupou 6.Josh Reynolds 7.Trent Hodkinson 8.James Tamou 9.Robbie Farah 10.Aaron Woods 11.Ryan Hoffman 12.Beau Scott 13.Paul Gallen (c) 14.Luke Lewis 15.Anthony Watmough 16.Trent Merrin 17.Tony Williams Coach - Laurie Daley
The starting 13 is 100% spot on. That's the team. I'm yet to have the bench confirmed but it's rumoured to be that.
We need an inspiring post from Jimmy about the last time we won origin. I'll start us off. The first match we won in the 2005 series was the day before my 10th birthday. I'm now in my second year of uni.
Bird & Cordner going down made me realise just how highly I actually rate Cordner and how little depth we actually have on the edges. Fucking Josh Jackson is contention. I don't know if that side is a chance of winning, I think a lot is going to rely on Woods replicating his club form and Tamou stepping his game up a level.
The last time NSW won a series, telling people random facts and stories about the last time NSW won a series wasn't a thing.