New South Wales rugby league team
Team information | ||||||
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Nicknames | The Blues Cockroaches | |||||
Governing body | New South Wales Rugby League | |||||
Head coach | Michael Maguire | |||||
Captain | James Tedesco | |||||
Most caps | Brad Fittler (31) | |||||
Top try-scorer | Josh Addo-Carr (11) Jarryd Hayne (11) Michael O'Connor (11) | |||||
Top point-scorer | Michael O'Connor (129) | |||||
Home stadium | Stadium Australia (84,000) | |||||
Uniforms | ||||||
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Team results | ||||||
First game | ||||||
New South Wales 8–12 New Zealand (Royal Agricultural Society Ground, Sydney; 1907) | ||||||
First State of Origin game | ||||||
Queensland 20–10 New South Wales (Lang Park, Brisbane; 8 July 1980) | ||||||
Biggest win | ||||||
New South Wales 69–5 Queensland (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney; 4 June 1957) | ||||||
Biggest defeat | ||||||
Queensland 52–6 New South Wales (Suncorp Stadium; 8 July 2015) |
The New South Wales rugby league team, nicknamed the Blues, represents New South Wales in rugby league. It plays against Queensland in the State of Origin series every year.