State of Origin 2017

Mate vs Mate!

It's that time of year again, where mates become enemies and enemies become team mates! Watch as club team mates go head to head against each other in a clash of the borders. The 2017 State of Origin Game 2 will be played at ANZ Stadium on the Wednesday the 21.06.17.
Kick off is at 8pm

Game 1 Score -- 28 - 4 BLUES WAY

Origin Quick Facts...

Before we head into Game 1 of the 2017 Origin Series, we thought we could have a look at the history of the State if Origin to see if we can find any trends. Queensland are coming of a 2 series win and going for the trifecta!

In recent years the there have been significant series winning streaks from both teams. Between 2003 to 2005 New South Wales won three series in a row while Queensland, between 2006 to 2013, won eight series straight. The last time a winning streak was stopped at one was back in 2001.
There have been 50 State of Origin games played at the the ground (Suncorp Stadium or Lang park). Queensland have won 31 matches, New South Wales 18. One match has been tied.
The ground has hosted the final game of the series on 21 occasions. Queensland has won 13 of these games and lost 8. New South Wales last won a series-deciding game three in 2005. Blues Fans beware.
The winner of game one has gone on to take the series 24 times. Only seven times has loser of game one come back to win the series.

Game 2 Breakdown

State of Origin Game II will kick off in on the 21.06.17 with Game 2 to be hosted by NSW at ANZ Stadium. The BLUES will be all fired up after winning comfortably in Game 1 up at Suncorp. The Queenslander's have named a new squad with some top name players like Sam Thiaday missing out on a start. Billy the kid and Thurston will return for Game 2, so expect a bold showing from the Mighty Maroons!

In Game I the Maroons had made 6 errors or the Blues 4 and the blues doubled the amount of Line Breaks thanks to Andrew Fifita. Queensland will need to win this game to keep the series alive and I think they have picked the squad that can knock the Blues young fresh legs over.