2016 State of Origin series

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2016 State of Origin series
Won byFile:Queensland colours.svg Queensland (20th title)
Series margin2-1
Attendance193,811 (ave. 64,604 per match)
Player of the seriesFile:Queensland colours.svg Cameron Smith
Top points scorer(s)File:Queensland colours.svg Dane Gagai (16)
Top try scorer(s)File:Queensland colours.svg Dane Gagai (4)

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

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016
8:15 pm
New South Wales File:New South Wales colours.svg 4 – 6 File:Queensland colours.svg Queensland
Tries:
Cordner 1
Goals:
Reynolds 0/1 		Report
 Tries:
1 Gagai
Goals:
1/2 Thurston
ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 80,251
Referee: Gerard Sutton, Ben Cummins
Player of the Match: Matt Gillett

Game II

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Wednesday, 22 June 2016
8:15 pm
Queensland File:Queensland colours.svg 26 – 16 File:New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales
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

Game III

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Wednesday, 13 July 2016
8:15pm
New South Wales File:New South Wales colours.svg 18 – 14 File:Queensland colours.svg Queensland
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
ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 61,267
Referee: Gerard Sutton, Ben Cummins
Player of the Match: James Maloney

Teams

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New South Wales Blues

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Position Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Fullback File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Matt Moylan File:Wests Tigers colours.svg James Tedesco
Wing File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Blake Ferguson
Centre File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Michael Jennings
Centre File:Canterbury colours.svg Josh Morris File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dylan Walker File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg Josh Dugan
Wing File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Josh Mansour
Five-eighth File:Cronulla colours.svg James Maloney File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Matt Moylan
Halfback File:South Sydney colours.svg Adam Reynolds File:Cronulla colours.svg James Maloney
Prop File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Aaron Woods
Hooker File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Robbie Farah
Prop File:Cronulla colours.svg Paul Gallen (c) File:North Queensland colours.svg James Tamou File:Cronulla colours.svg Paul Gallen (c)
Second row File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Boyd Cordner File:Canterbury colours.svg Josh Jackson File:Cronulla colours.svg Wade Graham
Second row File:Canterbury colours.svg Josh Jackson File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg Tyson Frizell File:Canterbury colours.svg Josh Jackson
Lock File:North Queensland colours.svg James Tamou File:Cronulla colours.svg Paul Gallen (c) File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg Tyson Frizell
Interchange File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Greg Bird File:Cronulla colours.svg Jack Bird
Interchange File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dylan Walker File:Canterbury colours.svg David Klemmer File:North Queensland colours.svg James Tamou
Interchange File:Canterbury colours.svg David Klemmer File:Cronulla colours.svg Andrew Fifita File:Canterbury colours.svg David Klemmer
Interchange File:Cronulla colours.svg Andrew Fifita File:Cronulla colours.svg Jack Bird File:Cronulla colours.svg Andrew Fifita
Coach File:New South Wales colours.svg Laurie Daley

Queensland Maroons

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Position Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Fullback File:Brisbane colours.svg Darius Boyd
Wing File:Brisbane colours.svg Corey Oates
Centre File:South Sydney colours.svg Greg Inglis
Centre File:North Queensland colours.svg Justin O'Neill
Wing File:Newcastle colours.svg Dane Gagai
Five-eighth File:North Queensland colours.svg Johnathan Thurston
Halfback File:Melbourne colours.svg Cooper Cronk
Prop File:North Queensland colours.svg Matt Scott
Hooker File:Melbourne colours.svg Cameron Smith (c)
Prop File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Nate Myles File:Brisbane colours.svg Josh McGuire File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Nate Myles
Second row File:Brisbane colours.svg Matt Gillett
Second row File:Brisbane colours.svg Sam Thaiday
Lock File:Brisbane colours.svg Corey Parker
Interchange File:North Queensland colours.svg Michael Morgan File:North Queensland colours.svg Gavin Cooper
Interchange File:Brisbane colours.svg Josh McGuire File:New Zealand colours.svg Jacob Lillyman File:Brisbane colours.svg Josh McGuire
Interchange File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Aidan Guerra
Interchange File:Canberra colours.svg Josh Papalii File:New Zealand colours.svg Jacob Lillyman
Coach File:Queensland colours.svg Kevin Walters

1 - Darius Boyd in his 24th appearance for Queensland made his first origin start at fullback after playing his previous 23 matches on the wing. This was because Billy Slater was sidelined for 8 months in March after a shoulder surgery.

2 - For the first time since 2006, the Maroons had a new coach, with Kevin Walters taking over from Mal Meninga, who famously oversaw the 8 consecutive series victories during his time in charge.

Player Debuts

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Game 1

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Game 2

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Game 3

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Residents

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8 May 2016
New South Wales File:New South Wales colours.svg 30 - 16 File:Queensland colours.svg Queensland

Under-20s

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13 July 2016
New South Wales File:New South Wales colours.svg 36-22 File:Queensland colours.svg Queensland

Women's Interstate Challenge

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23 July 2016
New South Wales File:New South Wales colours.svg 8 - 4 File:Queensland colours.svg Queensland

References

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