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The 2009 State of Origin series is to be the 30th in the series' history. At its commencement Queensland had won thirteen series and New South Wales had won twelve series with two series drawn.
Game One
The stakes were high for New South Wales in the face of the genuine possibility of a four consecutive series defeat - never yet suffered since the introduction of the three match series format. Blues selectors opted for eight debutantes, dropping fourteen of the seventeen players who appeared in game I of 2008. The new faces were McManus, Jennings, Stewart, Campese, Farah, Creagh, Weyman and Poore.[1] With abundant talent and experience to choose from, Queensland selectors opted for the international backline who had represented Australia in April against New Zealand, meaning Slater at fullback dislodged incumbent Maroon fullback Hunt to the interchange bench. The entire Queensland squad had previous Origin experience with thirteen of them having represented on six or more occasions.
| Queensland | 28 - 18 | New South Wales |
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| Tries: Greg Inglis 15', 43' Billy Slater 10' Johnathan Thurston 18' Darius Boyd 80' Goals: Johnathan Thurston (4/5) |
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Tries: Ben Creagh 33' Craig Wing 61' Jarryd Hayne 69' Goals: Kurt Gidley (3/4) |
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne[3]
Attendance: 50,967 Referee: Shayne Hayne, Tony Archer Player of the Match: Johnathan Thurston |
New South Wales took a 2-0 lead after an early penalty goal but then in the eighth minute an apparent try to their winger Hayne was disallowed after a long video-referee deliberation. This appeared to rock the confidence of the young Blues squad and soon after Queensland took an commanding lead with a succession of tries to Slater, Inglis and then Thurston. Creagh crossed for the Blues before half-time picking up a "hail mary" pass from Hayne after he had chased a kick. The scoreline was 18-6 at the break.
As the second half kicked off, Inglis struck quickly with a spectacular try from long range to take the score to 24-6 and his tally to two. New South Wales from that point found some structure and the game played more like the traditional origin arm wrestle till Craig Wing made his entrance from the Blues interchange bench at the 53 minute mark. Two minutes later, off a deflected kick, Wing scored to bring New South Wales within twelve and the Blues dummy halves - Wing and Farah double tagging in the role - began to find gaps in amongst the tiring Queensland forwards. In the 69th minute, another lucky kick deflection, this time off Maroons prop Steve Price and into the hands of Farah which was then passed to Hayne, resulted in Hayne's second try and a 24-18 scoreline with 10 minutes to go. However, in the 78th minute, following a handling error from Blues fullback Kurt Gidley, Darius Boyd crossed in the corner after the scrum, to seal Queensland a 28-18 victory and first blood in the series.
Tha game was watched by a national audience of 3.48 million people which was a record.[4]
Game Two
Although the media speculated immediately after game I that New South Wales selectors would stick firm with the initial squad, by the time the game II team was announced on June 15th a number of injuries paved the way for numerous changes including the selection of shadow players to cover some players in doubt: Barrett was recalled in his first season back in the NRL since 2007 replacing Campese (dropped); Gallen was selected at lock, replacing Laffranchi (dropped); Stewart and Watmough were moved onto the interchange bench replacing the injured Lewis and Bailey; Williams was picked on the wing to replace the injured McManus. Blues selectors also named three shadow players - Learoyd-Lahrs, Monaghan and Morris to cover injuries doubts over Jennings, Lyon and Wing.[5]
For Queensland Willie Tonga was selected to replace the injured Hodges and to make his first Origin appearance since 2004. Costigan was put on stand-by as 18th man instead of Scott.
Within the 24 hours prior to the match kicking-off, the broadcaster holding exclusive rights to show the series in the United Kingdom, Setanta Sports GB, entered administration and ceased trading immediately.[8][9] In response to this, the Internet service provider BigPond announced it would show the game for free over the Internet to users in England, Scotland and Wales, regardless of whether they were previously subscribed to Setanta or not.[10]
Game Three
Teams
New South Wales Blues
| Position | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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| Fullback |  Kurt Gidley (C)
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| Wing |  Jarryd Hayne
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| Centre |  Michael Jennings
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 Joel Monaghan 4
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| Centre |  Jamie Lyon
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| Wing | James McManus
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David Williams
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| Five-Eighth | Terry Campese
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 Trent Barrett
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| Halfback |  Peter Wallace
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| Prop | Brent Kite
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| Hooker |  Robbie Farah
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| Prop |  Luke Bailey
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 Michael Weyman
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| Second Row |  Luke O'Donnell
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| Second Row | Ben Creagh
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| Lock | Anthony Laffranchi 3
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Paul Gallen
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| Interchange |  Craig Wing
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 Josh Morris 5
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| Interchange | Justin Poore
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| Interchange | Michael Weyman
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Anthony Watmough
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| Interchange | Luke Lewis 2
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Glenn Stewart
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| 18th Man 1 | Anthony Watmough
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Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
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| Coach | Craig Bellamy | ||
1 - 18th man is a cover for any injuries that might happen and does not actually play. Three shadow players in total were named by the Blues for game II
2 - Glenn Stewart was originally selected for Game I, but subsequently forced to withdraw following suspension for a dangerous tackle. He was replaced by Luke Lewis in game I.
3 - Paul Gallen was originally selected to play for Game I, but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Anthony Laffranchi.
4 - Michael Jennings was originally selected to play, but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Joel Monaghan.
4 - Craig Wing was originally selected to play, but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Josh Morris.
Queensland Maroons
| Position | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | |
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| Fullback |  Billy Slater
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| Wing | Darius Boyd
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| Centre | Greg Inglis
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| Centre | Justin Hodges
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Willie Tonga
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| Wing | Israel Folau
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| Five-Eighth | Darren Lockyer (C)
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| Halfback | Johnathan Thurston
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| Prop |  Steve Price
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| Hooker | Cameron Smith
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| Prop | Petero Civoniceva
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| Second Row | Ashley Harrison
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| Second Row | Sam Thaiday
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| Lock | Dallas Johnson
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| Interchange | Karmichael Hunt
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| Interchange | Ben Hannant
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| Interchange |  Nate Myles
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| Interchange | Michael Crocker
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| 18th man 1 | Matthew Scott
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Neville Costigan
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| Coach | Mal Meninga | |||
1 - 18th man is a cover for any injuries that might happen and does not actually play.
Preliminary squads
New South Wales
Players named in the 40-man preliminary squad (21 April 2009) who did not play nor list as shadow players in games I or II were:[13]
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Queensland
Players named on 28 April 2009, in Queensland's 25-man preliminary side who did not make the game I team were:[14]
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See also
References
- ^ Blues Game I selection
- ^ http://www.stateoforigin.com.au/games.asp
- ^ http://www.stateoforigin.com.au/games.asp
- ^ NRL splits assets in search of TV gold
- ^ Blues game II selection
- ^ http://www.stateoforigin.com.au/games.asp
- ^ http://www.stateoforigin.com.au/games.asp
- ^ "Setanta Sports goes into administration". www.ibtimes.co.uk (International Business Times). Retrieved 2009-06-24.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Davoudi, Salamander. "Setanta switched off in the UK". www.ft.com (Financial Times). Retrieved 2009-06-24.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Watch Origin LIVE on NRL.com". www.nrl.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ http://www.stateoforigin.com.au/games.asp
- ^ http://www.stateoforigin.com.au/games.asp
- ^ "NSW State of Origin induction squad named". The Daily Telegraph. 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- ^ "Four new players in Maroons Origin squad". 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2009-04-28.