2024 State of Origin series

2024 State of Origin series
2024 State of Origin series
	The Game II of the series in Melbourne
Won by	New South Wales (17th title)
Series margin	2–1
Player of the series	Angus Crichton ; (Wally Lewis Medal)
Top points scorer(s)	Zac Lomax (28)
Top try scorer(s)	Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (4)
	← 2023; State of Origin series; ;

The 2024 State of Origin series is the 43rd annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams. Before this series, Queensland had won 24 times, NSW 16 times, with two series drawn.

Game I

Game I was held at Accor Stadium in Sydney.

Michael Maguire made his Origin coaching debut for New South Wales.^[1]^[2]

After initially missing selection, former New South Wales captain James Tedesco was a late inclusion after an injury to fullback Dylan Edwards.^[3]^[4]

The result was a foregone conclusion when Joseph Sua'ali'i was sent off in the 8th minute^[5] for a high hit on Reece Walsh. Sua'ali'i's shoulder made direct contact with Walsh's head knocking him out and ruling him out of the match with a HIA 1 concussion. Sua'ali'i was subsequently charged with a grade two reckless high tackle offence.^[6]

The 38–10 score was Queensland's biggest ever win in Sydney. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow scored a hat-trick of tries, the first Queenslander to do this since Valentine Holmes in Game 1 of 2017.

5 June 2024
20:05 AEST

New South Wales	10–38	Queensland
Tries: 2 Tedesco 13' Lomax 43' Goals: 1 Hynes 1/2 15' Sent off: Sua'ali'i 8'	1st: 6–20 2nd: 4–18 Report	Tries: 6 Hunt 4', 66' Tabuai-Fidow 18', 23', 78' Coates 70' Goals: 7 Holmes 7/7 6', pen 9', 19', 24', 67', 71', 79'

Accor Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 77,214
Referee: Ashley Klein
Player of the Match:

Daly Cherry-Evans

Game II

Game II was at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. NSW burst out of the blocks going to a 34–0 half time lead. Queensland bounced back in the second half, but the result was a foregone conclusion.

26 June 2024
20:05 AEST

New South Wales	38–18	Queensland
Tries: 7 Martin 10' To'o 17', 26' Lomax 23', 38' Mitchell 32' Edwards 61' Goals: 5 Lomax 5/7 12', 19', 27', 33', 39' Sin bin: Martin 50' to 60'	1st: 34–0 2nd: 4–18 Report	Tries: 3 Nanai 53' Tabuai-Fidow 58' Taulagi 67' Goals: 3 Holmes 3/3 54', 59', 68' Sin bin: Carrigan 50' to 60'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 90,084
Referee: Ashley Klein
Player of the Match:

Mitchell Moses

Game III

Game III was held at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. The first half was a low-scoring affair with Queensland going into half time with a 2-0 lead courtesy of a successful penalty taken by Valentine Holmes. In the second half the close scoring game continued until New South Wales broke the game open with two converted tries scored in quick succession by Bradman Best and Mitchell Moses. With a two games to one finish to the series, New South Wales lifted the 2024 State of Origin Shield, the first series-deciding win by New South Wales in Queensland since 2005. Angus Crichton was named the recipient of the Wally Lewis Medal.

A melee near the Queensland bench area in the 30th minute resulted in Jeremiah Nanai (Queensland) and Cameron Murray (New South Wales) being sent to the sin bin by referee Ashley Klein. Both players were later charged with grade two contrary conduct charges by the NRL Judiciary. Additionally, New South Wales reserve player Haumole Olakau'atu was sent off after entering the field of play to engage in the melee.^[7] Olakau'atu was charged with a grade three contrary conduct charge for his part in the melee. In total nine players were charged with offences from the melee, while Kurt Capewell (Queensland) was charged following two separate incidents in the first half.^[8]^[9]^[10]

17 July 2024
20:05 AEST

Queensland	4–14	New South Wales
Tries: 0 Goals: 2 Holmes 2/2 pen 40', pen 61' Sin bin: Nanai 30' to 40'	1st: 2–0 2nd: 2–14 Report	Tries: 2 Best 64' Moses 67' Goals: 3 Lomax 3/3 pen 45', 66', 69' Sin bin: Murray 30' to 40'

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 52,457
Referee: Ashley Klein
Player of the Match:

Dylan Edwards

Teams

New South Wales Blues

Position	Game 1^[11]	Game 2^[12]	Game 3^[13]
Fullback	James Tedesco	Dylan Edwards
Wing	Brian To'o
Centre	Stephen Crichton	Latrell Mitchell	Bradman Best
Centre	Joseph Sua'ali'i	Stephen Crichton
Wing	Zac Lomax
Five-eighth	Jarome Luai
Halfback	Nicho Hynes	Mitchell Moses
Prop	Jake Trbojevic (c)
Hooker	Reece Robson
Prop	Payne Haas
Second row	Liam Martin
Second row	Angus Crichton
Lock	Cameron McInnes	Cameron Murray

Interchange	Isaah Yeo	Connor Watson
Interchange	Haumole Olakau'atu	Isaah Yeo
Interchange	Spencer Leniu	Haumole Olakau'atu	Mitchell Barnett
Interchange	Hudson Young	Spencer Leniu

Replacement	Matt Burton	Mitchell Barnett	Matt Burton
Reserve	Luke Keary	Cameron McInnes	Haumole Olakau'atu
Reserve	Mitchell Barnett	Luke Keary	Joseph Sua'ali'i

Coach	Michael Maguire

Queensland Maroons

Position	Game 1^[14]	Game 2^[15]	Game 3^[16]
Fullback	Reece Walsh
Wing	Xavier Coates		Selwyn Cobbo
Centre	Valentine Holmes		Dane Gagai
Centre	Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
Wing	Murray Taulagi		Valentine Holmes
Five-eighth	Tom Dearden
Halfback	Daly Cherry-Evans (c)
Prop	Reuben Cotter		Moeaki Fotuaika
Hooker	Ben Hunt		Harry Grant
Prop	Lindsay Collins		Felise Kaufusi
Second row	Jaydn Su'a		Reuben Cotter
Second row	Jeremiah Nanai		Kurt Capewell
Lock	Patrick Carrigan

Interchange	Harry Grant		Ben Hunt
Interchange	Moeaki Fotuaika		Lindsay Collins
Interchange	J'maine Hopgood	Felise Kaufusi	Jeremiah Nanai
Interchange	Selwyn Cobbo	Kurt Capewell	Kalyn Ponga

Replacement	Felise Kaufusi	Dane Gagai	Trent Loiero
Reserve	Brendan Piakura	Heilum Luki	Brendan Piakura
Reserve	Ezra Mam	Trent Loiero	Reed Mahoney

Coach	Billy Slater

Debutants

Game I

Cap no. 311, Joseph Sua'ali'i
Cap no. 312, Zac Lomax
Cap no. 313, Cameron McInnes
Cap no. 314, Haumole Olakau'atu
Cap no. 315, Spencer Leniu
Cap no. 231, J'maine Hopgood

Game II

Cap no. 316, Dylan Edwards
Cap no. 317, Connor Watson

Game III

Cap no. 318, Mitchell Barnett

Women's State of Origin

Game 1

16 May 2024
19:45 AEST

Queensland	12–22	New South Wales
Tries: 2 Upton 53' Bass 67' Goals: 2 Temara 2/2 53', 68'	1st: 0–14 2nd: 12–8 Report	Tries: 3 Tonegato 5' Chapman 9' Johnston 64' Goals: 5 Pearson 5/5 6', 10', pen 18', pen 37', 65'

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 25,492
Referee: Kasey Badger
Player of the Match:

Yasmin Clydsdale

Game 2

6 June 2024
19:45 AEST

New South Wales	10–11	Queensland
Tries: 2 Davis 24' Penitani 58' Goals: 1 Pearson 1/2 25'	1st: 6–0 2nd: 4–11 Report	Tries: 2 Ciesiolka 54' Aiken 61' Goals: 1 Brown 1/2 63' Field goals: Brown 68'

McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 25,782
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Player of the Match:

Shannon Mato

Game 3

27 June 2024
19:45 AEST

Queensland	22–6	New South Wales
Tries: 3 Pelite 1' Robinson 29' Gray 67' Goals: 5 Brown 4/4 3', pen 8', 31', 68' Teitzel 1/1 pen 38'	1st: 14–0 2nd: 8–6 Report	Tries: 1 Chapman 58' Goals: 1 Pearson 1/1 59'

Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 22,819
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Player of the Match:

Evania Pelite

Men's Under 19 State of Origin

20 June 2024
19:45 AEST

New South Wales	14–10	Queensland
Tries: 3 Stewart 6' Votano 29' Arthur 58' Goals: 1 Elliott 1/3 7'	1st: 10–6 2nd: 4–4 Report	Tries: 2 Armstrong 21' Tait 44' Goals: 1 Black 1/2 23'

Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
Attendance: 5,268
Referee: Wyatt Raymond
Player of the Match:

Chevy Stewart

Team details^[17]


FB	1	Chevy Stewart
WG	2	Jesse McLean
CE	3	Casey McLean
CE	4	Hayden Buchanan
WG	5	Michael Gabrael
FE	6	Jake Elliott
HB	7	Mitchell Woods
PR	8	Loko Jnr Pasifiki Tonga
HK	9	Matthew Arthur
PR	10	Fanafou Seve
SR	11	Jermaine McEwen
SR	12	Noah Martin
LF	19	Cody Hopwood
Interchange:
IN	15	Jacob Halangahu
IN	16	Kaiden Lahrs
IN	17	Sam Tuivaiti
IN	18	Connor Votano
CS	14	Zane Harrison
Coach: Andrew Ryan


FB	1	Jaxon Purdue
WG	2	Israel Leota
CE	3	LJ Nonu
CE	4	Sam Stephenson
WG	5	Tyreece Tait
FE	6	Stanley Huen
HB	7	Coby Black
PR	15	Beni Allen
HK	9	Cameron Bukowski
PR	10	De La Salle Va'a
SR	11	Zac Garton
SR	12	Jamal Shibasaki
LK	13	Mason Kira
Interchange:
IN	14	Mutua Brown
IN	16	Lewis Symonds
IN	17	Harry Armstrong
IN	19	Amare Milford
CS	20	Reece Foley
Coach: Ben Te'o

Women's Under 19 State of Origin

20 June 2024
17:45 AEST

New South Wales	46–4	Queensland
Tries: 9 Reh 6' Tui 18' Savill 23' McEwen 27' Wilson 33' Paseka 39' McGrath 41' Alo 48' Bostock 50' Goals: 5 Savill 3/5 24', 49', 51' Basham 2/4 28', 34'	1st: 20–4 2nd: 26–0 Report	Tries: 1 Raftstrand-Smith 14' Goals: 0 Hudson 0/1

Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
Attendance: 3,182
Referee: Karra-Lee Nolan
Natalie Dwyer Medal:

Kasey Reh

Team details^[18]


FB	1	Lilly-Ann White
WG	2	Tia-Jordyn Vasilovski
CE	3	Indie Bostock
CE	4	Lindsay Tui
WG	5	Maria Paseka
FE	6	Evie McGrath
HB	7	Kasey Reh
PR	8	Manilita Takapautolo
HK	9	Chelsea Savill
PR	10	Hope Millard
SR	11	Evah McEwen
SR	12	Charlotte Basham
LK	13	Ryvrr-Lee Alo
Interchange:
IN	14	Evie Jones
IN	15	Ella Koster
IN	16	Claudia Brown
IN	17	Bronte Wilson
CS	18	Abby Aros
Coach: Kate Mullaly


FB	1	Montaya Hudson
WG	2	Kiarah Siauane
CE	3	Mercedez Taulelei-Siala
CE	4	Mariah Brown
WG	5	Ebony Raftstrand-Smith
FE	6	Caitlin Tanner
HB	7	Skyla Adams
PR	8	Matekino Kahukoti-Gray
HK	9	Imogen Hei
PR	15	Shaylee Joseph
SR	10	Lily Peacock
SR	11	Reegan Hicks
LK	13	Tiresa Leasuasu
Interchange:
IN	12	Jaydah Tofae
IN	14	Shauna Barnham
IN	16	Malaela Sua
IN	17	Relna Wuriki-Hosea
CS	18	Paityne Johns
Coach: Deanna Turner

Wheelchair State Challenge

13 July 2024
15:00 AEST

Queensland	42–36	New South Wales
Tries: 7 Schumacher 42', 51', 57' Anstey 1 Bazley 1 Gawthorne 1 McKenna 1 Goals: 7 McKenna 6 Schumacher 1	1st: 14–26 2nd: 28–10 Report	Tries: 7 2 Grove 2 Karim 1 Chemaissem 1 Engles 1 Popple Goals: 4 3 Karim 1 Chemaissem

South Pine Sports Centre, Brisbane
Player of the Match: Zac Schumacher

References

^ "Michael Maguire officially announced as Blues Origin coach". NRL. 6 June 2024.
^ Tedeschi, Nick (5 June 2024). "New coach, new captain, new look team: can NSW halt Queensland's one-way traffic?". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ "Tedesco called in as Edwards ruled out". NRL.com. 2024-06-02. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
^ "James Tedesco to replace injured Dylan Edwards for the Blues in State of Origin opener". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ Proszenko, Adrian (2024-06-05). "Suaalii sent off eight minutes into Origin debut for high shot on Walsh". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
^ Walter, Brad (5 June 2024). "Sua'ali'i earns unwanted record after eighth minute send-off". NRL.com. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ Noakes, Cameron (18 July 2024). "Haumole Olakau'atu forced to watch on as NSW Blues teammates celebrate State of Origin win". 7news.com.au. Seven West Media. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
^ "NRL Judiciary Report: Two Blues face bans as nine charged after melee". NRL.com. 18 July 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "NRL Judiciary Report - State of Origin 3" (PDF). NRL.com. 18 July 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ Talintyre, Ben (18 July 2024). "Haumole Olakau'atu and Cameron Murray hit with bans by NRL after ugly State of Origin melee". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "Blues name six rookies, new captain for Origin opener". NRL.com. 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
^ "Blues call in fresh faces for Game Two Origin team". NRL.com. 2024-06-16. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
^ "Barnett, Best called up for Blues". NRL.com. 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
^ "Slater backs Hopgood after edging Fifita for Maroons spot". NRL.com. 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
^ "Walsh named to return as Maroons unveil Game Two team". NRL.com. 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
^ "Slater recalls Ponga, Gagai for Origin decider". NRL.com. 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
^ "U19's State of Origin Team Lists: New South Wales v Queensland". NRL.com. 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
^ "U19's State of Origin Team Lists: New South Wales v Queensland". NRL.com. 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

[1] "Michael Maguire officially announced as Blues Origin coach". NRL. 6 June 2024.

[2] Tedeschi, Nick (5 June 2024). "New coach, new captain, new look team: can NSW halt Queensland's one-way traffic?". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[3] "Tedesco called in as Edwards ruled out". NRL.com. 2024-06-02. Retrieved 2024-06-02.

[4] "James Tedesco to replace injured Dylan Edwards for the Blues in State of Origin opener". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[5] Proszenko, Adrian (2024-06-05). "Suaalii sent off eight minutes into Origin debut for high shot on Walsh". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-06-05.

[6] Walter, Brad (5 June 2024). "Sua'ali'i earns unwanted record after eighth minute send-off". NRL.com. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[7] Noakes, Cameron (18 July 2024). "Haumole Olakau'atu forced to watch on as NSW Blues teammates celebrate State of Origin win". 7news.com.au. Seven West Media. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

[8] "NRL Judiciary Report: Two Blues face bans as nine charged after melee". NRL.com. 18 July 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[9] "NRL Judiciary Report - State of Origin 3" (PDF). NRL.com. 18 July 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[10] Talintyre, Ben (18 July 2024). "Haumole Olakau'atu and Cameron Murray hit with bans by NRL after ugly State of Origin melee". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[11] "Blues name six rookies, new captain for Origin opener". NRL.com. 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-05-27.

[12] "Blues call in fresh faces for Game Two Origin team". NRL.com. 2024-06-16. Retrieved 2024-06-16.

[13] "Barnett, Best called up for Blues". NRL.com. 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-07.

[14] "Slater backs Hopgood after edging Fifita for Maroons spot". NRL.com. 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2024-05-27.

[15] "Walsh named to return as Maroons unveil Game Two team". NRL.com. 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-06-17.

[16] "Slater recalls Ponga, Gagai for Origin decider". NRL.com. 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-08.

[17] "U19's State of Origin Team Lists: New South Wales v Queensland". NRL.com. 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

[18] "U19's State of Origin Team Lists: New South Wales v Queensland". NRL.com. 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

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