NRLCEO STATE OF ORIGIN – Game II

Every rugby league fan loves the State of Origin rivalry, now we are bringing it to NRLCEO. A three match series to be played in the full NRL rounds prior to the big bye rounds, so our series will be the prelude to the real State Of Origin. The matches will be played in NRL Rounds 12, 15 and 18. The top scoring player in each position that is eligible to play State Of Origin will be selected to play. If a player is not selected to play in that coming round, or is ruled out due to injury prior to the round starting, will be replaced by the next highest scoring player eligible to play Origin. Players from the team that has the bye in those 3 rounds will not be considered for selection. Teams will be announced on the Wednesday prior to the start of the nominated NRL round. Scores will be updated in this post during the Round.

GAME 1 – NRL Round 12 (23rd – 26th May) QLD 122 – NSW 113

QLD take out Game I of the series, winning 122-113. Valentine Holmes was the standout performer for QLD with 28pts, whilst James Tedesco scored 21pts off the bench for the Blues. It was a disappointing match for Nicho Hynes who may find himself dropped for Game II.

GAME 2 – NRL Round 15 (13th – 16th June) NSW 116 – QLD 99

NSW bounces back with a commanding 116-99 win in Game II. The Blues forwards outscored their opponents 55-35 which laid the platform for Hynes (12) and Drinkwater (11) to pile on the points. Daly Cherry-Evans (15) led a valiant fightback for QLD but they were out muscled in the middle. We now look forward to a decider in Game III.

SCORE PLAYER POSITION
PLAYER SCORE
11Scott Drinkwater FULLBACKHamiso Tabuai-Fidow9
3Sunia Turuva WINGAlofiana Khan-Pereira0
0Tommy Talau CENTREValentine Holmes (K)16
5Zac Lomax CENTRESelwyn Cobbo5
9Brian To'o WINGXavier Coates6
4
Cody Walker FIVE EIGHTHEzra Mam3
12Nicho Hynes (K) HALFBACKBen Hunt5
12Mitchell Barnett FRONT ROWReuben Cotter7
10Reece Robson HOOKER
Harry Grant7
0Jack De Belin FRONT ROWCorey Jensen0
5Hudson Young BACK ROWBeau Fermor6
9Angus Crichton BACK ROWJeremiah Nanai6
7Isaah Yeo LOCKPatrick Carrigan6
5Adam Elliott BENCH FORWARDJayden Su'a0
7Jackson Ford BENCH FORWARDJordan Riki3
9James Tedesco BENCH BACKDaly Cherry-Evans15
8Dylan Edwards BENCH BACKThomas Dearden5
116 TOTAL SCORE99

GAME 3 – NRL Round 18 (4th – 7th July)

Can the NSW Blues square the series and force a decider?

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