OFFICIAL: Brad Fittler Names The NSW Blues Origin Side For Game 1
TRIPLE M FOOTY
NSWRL
Brad Fittler has named the official NSW Blues Origin side to take on Queensland in Game 1 of the State of Origin series.
A whopping 11 debutants headline Freddy's first-ever Origin side as a coach, with four of those set to line-up in the backline.
There's only six survivors from the 2017 Origin squad that lost the decider at Suncorp Stadium; James Tedesco, James Maloney, David Kelmmer, Boyd Cordner, Tyson Frizell and Jake Trbojevic have all been included.
The entire NSW team picked for Game 1 has a combined Origin experience of 40 games, compared to Queensland's 110-game experience.
NSW Blues For Game 1:
- James Tedesco (Sydney Roosters)
- Tom Trbojevic (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
- Latrell Mitchell (Sydney Roosters)
- James Roberts (Brisbane Broncos)
- Josh Addo-Carr (Melbourne Storm)
- James Maloney (Penrith Panthers)
- Nathan Cleary (Penrith Panthers)
- David Klemmer (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
- Damien Cook (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
- Reagan Campbell-Gillard (Penrith Panthers)
- Boyd Cordner (c) (Sydney Roosters)
- Tyson Frizell (St George Illawarra Dragons)
- Jack de Belin (St George Illawarra Dragons)
- Paul Vaughan (St George Illawarra Dragons)
- Jake Trbojevic (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
- Angus Crichton (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
- Tyrone Peachey (Penrith Panthers)
- Tariq Sims (St George Illawarra Dragons)
- Nick Cotric (Canberra Raiders)