New South Wales rugby league team
























































New South Wales
Team information
Nicknames The Blues
The Cockroaches
Governing body New South Wales Rugby League
Head coach Brad Fittler
Captain Boyd Cordner
Most caps

Wally Prigg (34)
Top try-scorer
Ken Irvine (28)
Top point-scorer
Michael Cronin (173)
Home stadium
ANZ Stadium (84,000)
Uniforms














First colours



Team results
First game

New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales 8–12 New Zealand 
(Royal Agricultural Society Ground, Sydney; 1907)
First State of Origin game

Queensland colours.svg Queensland 20–10 New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg
(Lang Park, Brisbane; 8 July 1980)
Biggest win

New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales 56-16 Queensland Queensland colours.svg
(Stadium Australia, Sydney; 26 June 2000)
Biggest defeat

Queensland colours.svg Queensland 52-6 New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg
(Suncorp Stadium; 8 July 2015)

The New South Wales rugby league team has represented the Australian state of New South Wales in rugby league football since the sport's beginnings there in 1907. Also known as the Blues due to their sky blue jerseys, the team competes in the annual State of Origin series against neighbouring team, the Queensland rugby league team. This annual event is a series of three games competing for the State of Origin shield. As of 2018, the team is coached by Brad Fittler and captained by Boyd Cordner.


Prior to 1980 when the "state-of-origin" selection criteria were introduced, the New South Wales team, in addition to playing annually against Queensland, played matches against foreign touring sides and occasionally toured overseas themselves. They have played all their home matches at Stadium Australia, New South Wales' largest stadium, since it was built in 1999.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Pre-Origin era (1907–1980)


    • 1.2 State of Origin era (1980 – present)




  • 2 Colours and badge


    • 2.1 Shirt sponsors and manufacturers


    • 2.2 Supporters




  • 3 Players


    • 3.1 Most recent squad


    • 3.2 Team of the Century (1908–2007)


    • 3.3 Hall of Fame


    • 3.4 Origin Greats


    • 3.5 Captains




  • 4 Coaches


  • 5 Selectors


  • 6 Records


  • 7 New South Wales Residents rugby league team


  • 8 New South Wales Women's rugby league team


  • 9 See also


  • 10 References


  • 11 External links





History



Pre-Origin era (1907–1980)




The inaugural 'All Blues' squad of 1907.




The first New South Wales team to go to Queensland in 1910.


The New South Wales rugby league team pre-dates the Australian national team, playing their inaugural match against a rebel New Zealand rugby team on the 1907–08 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain under existing rugby union rules. That inaugural "All Blues" side, the first football team assembled by the newly formed NSWRFL was:


Backs: Charles Hedley · Johnno Stuntz · Ed Fry · Dally Messenger · Frank Cheadle · Albert Rosenfeld · Lou D'Alpuget

Forwards: Harry Hamill · Arthur Hennessy · Bob Mable · Peter Moir · Sid Pearce · Billy Cann · Robert Graves · Herb Brackenreg


Two further matches were played against New Zealand before their tour took them to the Northern Hemisphere, with Jim Devereaux also featuring for the Blues. The visiting All Golds won all three games. However, on the return leg of their tour, almost a year later, with the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership established, the Blues won the first two matches they ever played under 13-a-side rules against New Zealand. Later in 1908 the Queensland team, whose first taste of rugby league football was also against the visiting Kiwis, traveled to Sydney for the first series of games between the two states. New South Wales won all three matches, setting a precedent for interstate dominance that would continue throughout most of the 20th century.


In 1910 New South Wales defeated the touring England team in two of their three games. After that they became the first Blues side to travel to Queensland for the annual interstate series.


In 1912 the New South Wales team first toured New Zealand. They also visited New Zealand in 1913. During the 1913 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia New South Wales played four matches against the Kiwis, winning three of them.


The New South Wales team lost its first game against Queensland in 1922. This year the Blues also toured New Zealand.


During the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand New South Wales played one match against the successful France national rugby league team, a 14-all draw.


In a 1954 tour match between Great Britain and New South Wales the referee left the field in disgust at the players' persistent fighting after 56 minutes so the match was abandoned.[1]



State of Origin era (1980 – present)


New South Wales' dominance over Queensland came to an end with the introduction of 'state of origin' selection rules in the early 1980s.


During the Super League war, in 1997 New South Wales was represented by two teams: one made up of players from clubs that remained loyal to the Australian Rugby League, which competed in the 1997 State of Origin series; another made up of players from clubs that joined the rebel Super League which competed in the one-off Super League Tri-series.


Ricky Stuart, who had previously coached New South Wales in 2005, was announced as the first full-time Blues coach in November 2010. Following the 2012 series, the Blues' seventh consecutive loss, Stuart resigned the role. Stuart took a role as the Parramatta Eels head coach in 2013, citing family reasons for his move. Although the Blues continued their losing streak during Stuart's tenure, he is credited with restoring passion and pride to the NSW jersey and closing the gap between the two states. He was replaced by former Canberra, NSW and Australia teammate Laurie Daley. Daley's appointment as NSW State of Origin coach was announced in August 2012 and effective from season 2013. Daley got job over candidates including Trent Barrett, Brad Fittler and Daniel Anderson. Daley coached the Blues to a series victory in 2014, their first since 2005 and over his coaching rival and long time Canberra & Australian teammate Mal Meninga. Daley ended Meninga's and Queensland's run of eight series wins with victories in Game I and Game II of the 2014 series. In 2015, New South Wales suffered it's biggest origin loss losing 52-6 against Queensland in the decider. In 2016, New South Wales lost the series 2-1 but managed to win the third and final dead rubber game. In 2017, New South Wales were widely tipped to win the series as Queensland had a number of key players injured. In Game 1, New South Wales beat Queensland in convincing fashion 28-4 and in Game 2 were leading the maroons 16-6 at halftime before Queensland won the game in the final two minutes to win 18-16. In Game 3, New South Wales lost the series losing 22-6 in Brisbane. In August 2017, Daley was terminated as coach of New South Wales.[2]
In 2018, Brad Fittler was appointed as the new coach and left out established players such as Aaron Woods, Josh Jackson, Blake Ferguson and Josh Dugan. The Blues went on to win the series 2-1.[3]



Colours and badge


The primary colour of New South Wales Blues is sky blue, which represents the state colour of New South Wales. The secondary colour is navy blue, with additional contrasting colour of white.



Shirt sponsors and manufacturers









































































Period

Kit manufacturer
Major Sponsor
Minor Sponsor
Shorts Sponsor
1980-1990

Classic Sportswear
No major sponsor*
No minor sponsor
No shorts sponsor
1991-1996

Classic Sportswear

Tooheys Blue

Tooheys Blue

Tooheys Blue
1997

Canterbury

Tooheys

Tooheys

Tooheys
1998-2004

Canterbury

Wizard Home Loans

Wizard Home Loans

Wizard Home Loans
2005-2007

Canterbury

Wizard Home Loans

PlayStation 2

Wizard Home Loans
2008

Canterbury

Wizard Home Loans

nib

Wizard Home Loans
2009-2010

Classic Sportswear

Aussie Home Loans

nib

Aussie Home Loans
2011–2017

Classic Sportswear

Victoria Bitter

nib

GIO
2018–

Canterbury

Brydens Lawyers

nib

Tooheys

* HFC Finance sponsored the NSW Orign team for the one off exhibition game in Los Angeles in 1987



Supporters


The official New South Wales rugby league team supporter group is known as "Blatchy's Blues".[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]



Players





Most recent squad






















































































































Position
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Fullback

Eastern Suburbs colours.svg James Tedesco

Eastern Suburbs colours.svg James Tedesco

Eastern Suburbs colours.svg James Tedesco
Wing

Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Tom Trbojevic

Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Tom Trbojevic

Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Tom Trbojevic
Centre

Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Latrell Mitchell

Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Latrell Mitchell

Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Latrell Mitchell
Centre

Brisbane colours.svg James Roberts

Brisbane colours.svg James Roberts

Brisbane colours.svg James Roberts
Wing

Melbourne colours.svg Josh Addo-Carr

Melbourne colours.svg Josh Addo-Carr

Melbourne colours.svg Josh Addo-Carr
Five-eighth

Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg James Maloney

Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg James Maloney

Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg James Maloney
Halfback

Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Nathan Cleary

Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Nathan Cleary

Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Nathan Cleary
Prop

Canterbury colours.svg David Klemmer

Canterbury colours.svg David Klemmer

Canterbury colours.svg David Klemmer
Hooker

South Sydney colours.svg Damien Cook

South Sydney colours.svg Damien Cook

South Sydney colours.svg Damien Cook
Prop

Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Reagan Campbell-Gillard

Cronulla colours.svg Matt Prior

St. George colours.svg Paul Vaughan
Second row

Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Boyd Cordner (c)

Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Boyd Cordner (c)

Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Boyd Cordner (c)
Second row

St. George colours.svg Tyson Frizell

St. George colours.svg Tyson Frizell

St. George colours.svg Tyson Frizell
Lock

St. George colours.svg Jack De Belin

St. George colours.svg Jack De Belin

Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Jake Trbojevic

Interchange

St. George colours.svg Paul Vaughan

St. George colours.svg Paul Vaughan

St. George colours.svg Jack De Belin
Interchange

Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Jake Trbojevic

Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Jake Trbojevic

St. George colours.svg Tariq Sims
Interchange

South Sydney colours.svg Angus Crichton

South Sydney colours.svg Angus Crichton

South Sydney colours.svg Angus Crichton
Interchange

Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Tyrone Peachey

Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Tyrone Peachey

Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Tyrone Peachey

Coach

New South Wales colours.svg Brad Fittler


Team of the Century (1908–2007)


Before Game I of the 2008 State of Origin series, to celebrate the game's centenary that year, New South Wales named their team of the century:[11]




































































No.

Position
Player


Australia

FB

Clive Churchill


Australia

WG

Ken Irvine


Australia

CE

Reg Gasnier


Australia

CE

Graeme Langlands


Australia

WG

Dally Messenger


Australia

FE

Bob Fulton


Australia

HB

Andrew Johns


Australia

PR

Frank Burge


Australia

HK

Sandy Pearce


























































No.

Position
Player


Australia

PR

Glenn Lazarus


Australia

SR

Ron Coote


Australia

SR

Norm Provan


Australia

LK

Johnny Raper


Australia
RE

Wally Prigg


Australia
RE

Dave Brown


Australia
RE

Steve Rogers


Australia
RE

Roy Bull



Hall of Fame


Ahead of the 2017 State of Origin series, NSW named the inaugural inductees to the NSWRL Hall of Fame, joining automatic inductees Dally Messenger and the seven Immortals who represented NSW.[12]














































































Immortal
Year Inducted
Club/s

Dally Messenger
Automatic Selection

Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Roosters

Clive Churchill
Automatic Selection

South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs

Bob Fulton
Automatic Selection

Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Roosters

Reg Gasnier
Automatic Selection

St. George colours.svg St George Dragons

Johnny Raper
Automatic Selection

Newtown colours.svg Newtown Bluebags
St. George colours.svg St George Dragons

Graeme Langlands
Automatic Selection

St. George colours.svg St George Dragons

Arthur Beetson
Automatic Selection

Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Roosters

Andrew Johns
Automatic Selection

Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights

Bradley Clyde
2017

Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Ron Coote
2017

South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Roosters

Laurie Daley
2017

Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders

Brad Fittler
2017

Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City Roosters

Bob McCarthy
2017

South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Norm Provan
2017

St. George colours.svg St George Dragons


Origin Greats


As part of the 25-year celebrations in 2005, New South Wales named 25 legends for each year before that.[13]






















































































No.

Position
Player


Australia

FB

Tim Brasher


Australia

SR

Noel Cleal


Australia

LK

Bradley Clyde


Australia

FE

Laurie Daley


Australia

HK

Benny Elias


Australia

CE

Andrew Ettingshausen


Australia

FE

Brad Fittler


Australia

WG

Eric Grothe Sr.


Australia

PR

Paul Harragon


Australia

FB

Garry Jack


Australia

HB

Andrew Johns


Australia

FE

Brett Kenny
























































































No.

Position
Player


Australia

PR

Glenn Lazarus


Australia

CE

Paul McGregor


Australia

HB

Steve Mortimer


Australia

WG

Michael O'Connor


Australia

LK

Wayne Pearce


Australia

LK

Ray Price


Australia

PR

Steve Roach


Australia

PR

Ian Roberts


Australia

SR

Paul Sironen


Australia

HB

Peter Sterling


Australia

HB

Ricky Stuart


Australia

HB

Geoff Toovey


Australia

WG

Rod Wishart



Captains







































































































Player
Occasions
Game(s) as Captain

Tommy Raudonikis
1
1980

Steve Rogers
1
1981

Max Krilich
5
1982, Games 1 & 3 1983

Ray Price
3
Game 2 1983, Games 1 & 2 1984

Steve Mortimer
3
Game 3 1984, Games 1 & 2 1985

Wayne Pearce
10
Game 3 1985, 1986–1988

Peter Sterling
1
Game 4 1987

Gavin Miller
3
1989

Ben Elias
6
1990, 1991

Laurie Daley
10
1992, 1993, 1998, Game 3 1999

Brad Fittler
17
1994–1996, Games 1 & 2 1999, 2000, 2001

Geoff Toovey
3
1997

Andrew Johns
6
2002, 2003

Danny Buderus
15
2004–2008

Kurt Gidley
5
2009, Game 1 & 2 2010

Trent Barrett
1
Game 3 2010

Paul Gallen
16
2011, 2012, Game 1 & 2 2013, 2014-2016

Robbie Farah
2
Game 3 2013, Game 1 2015

Boyd Cordner
6
2017, 2018


Coaches


New South Wales have had a total of thirteen different coaches at State of Origin level, eight of which have previously played for the Blues. The list also includes the known coaches from the pre-Origin era and only counts games against Queensland. Games against touring teams from New Zealand, Great Britain and France are not included. Ted Glossop, Frank Stanton and Terry Fearnley are the only coaches to have coached NSW in both State of Residence and State of Origin formats.


NSWRL Hall of Fame inductee and Immortal Brad Fittler is the coach for the 2018 blues team and he has chosen 11 players to debut in game 1 of the 2018 series.[14]


















































































































































































Coach
Era
Games
Wins
Success %

Dick Dunn
1961
4
2
50%

Harry Bath
1962, 1968–1972
11
10
91%

Eddie Burns
1963–1964
2
2
100%

Ian Walsh
1965
1
1
100%

Paul Quinn
1965
1
1
100%

Noel Kelly
1966
3
3
100%

Reg Gasnier
1967
2
1
50%

Ron Saddler
1967
1
1
100%

Graeme Langlands
1973–1976
12
9
75%

Ted Glossop
1980–1981, 1983
9
5
55%

Frank Stanton
1978–1979, 1982, 1984
11
7
64%

Terry Fearnley
1985
5
4
80%

Ron Willey
1986–1987
7
5
71%

John Peard
1988
3
0
0%

Jack Gibson
1989–1990
6
2
33%

Tim Sheens
1991
3
1
33%

Phil Gould
1992–1996; 2002–2004
24
14
58%

Tommy Raudonikis
1997–1998
6
3
50%

Wayne Pearce
1999–2001
9
5
56%

Ricky Stuart
2005; 2011–2012
9
4
44%

Graham Murray
2006–2007
6
2
33%

Craig Bellamy
2008–2010
9
2
22%

Laurie Daley
2013–2017
15
6
40%

Brad Fittler
2018-
2
2
100%


Selectors


As of 2018 the current New South Wales State of Origin side's selection panel consists of Danny Buderus, Andrew Johns and Greg Alexander.



Records




New South Wales Residents rugby league team




New South Wales Women's rugby league team




See also




References





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