NSW coach Brad Fittler has named his 17-man squad for the State of Origin series opener at Suncorp Stadium on June 5.

Fittler has named five debutants, with Canberra's Nick Cotric and Jack Wighton, South Sydney pair Cody Walker and Cameron Murray, and Brisbane's Payne Haas all set for their Blues' debut.

Boyd Cordner has been named and will captain the side once again, after leading them to a winning series last year.

NSW Blues squad for Origin I

  1. James Tedesco
  2. Nick Cotric
  3. Latrell Mitchell
  4. Josh Morris
  5. Josh Addo-Carr
  6. Cody Walker
  7. Nathan Cleary
  8. David Klemmer
  9. Damien Cook
  10. Paul Vaughan
  11. Boyd Cordner (c)
  12. Tyson Frizell
  13. Jake Trbojevic
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  14. Jack Wighton
  15. Payne Haas
  16. Cameron Murray
  17. Angus Crichton

61 COMMENTS

  1. Wow.
    very average squad.
    Qld should win game 1 pretty easily.
    How the hell Cleary gets to represent his state after the woeful form he has displayed this season is beyond me.
    Weak bench and weak halves.
    Toads 28 NSW 6

  3. I remeber being told off on here by lots when I said I promise you all ferguson doesn’t make the team

  4. Queensland will win Game One just because Blues decided to pick Nathan Cleary over Adam Reynolds. My prediction QLD 22 – NSW 12. Kalyn Ponga will dominate!!!!

  6. Woodsook, you must be shocked your prediction Aubisson not selected after his eye catching blinder against the Knights.
    What is Fittler thinking?

  8. he got cleared today buddy. Nothing serious. It’s a win for me as im a souths and qld fan. Lets go. Nsw gonna struggle big time with Cleary the CLOWN hahahah

  10. Joeseph of bethlaham of Lakemba🐫🐪🐫🐫🐪 As hopeless as Reynolds is the out of form dud Cleary will play at least twice as good as that souffffffffffs girl who went down crying like a bag of p.oop.oo💩💩 when there was not much wrong with the souffffffs girly CLOWN🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡👍

    I’m a lot worried about the 5/8 Walker who I feel will struggle in the packed house of Donkeyvale Stadium, he will hog the ball….

    It pains me to say it but Qld win this game. One question needs to be answered by Fittler is why Keary is ruled out when Fizzel is picked….. both failed the head knock test😂🤣😃🤣🤣😁

  11. Hahahaha Wooduck Adam Reynolds is at the top of the ladder and Nathan Cleary is on the bottom. Fittler picked the wrong man but doesn’t worry me as im a Queenslander. Just vouching for the best number 7 in the game this year.

  12. Lover boys Syd 💕and 😿 Stevey, The only thing that I can say is that Freddy 🥂🍻🍻 needs to be tested for too many head knocks. You know and I know Aubusson will win the Dally M Utility of the year😁👍

  13. What!!!!!!!!!!!!!. You must be a real fairdinkum deadset no bull or error souffffffffffffs CLOWN living it up in Bananabender country🍌🤡🍌🤡🍌🤡🍌🤡🍌🤡🍌

  14. I remember bobby…. it was Redv13 and the drunk Shadow giving you su h a hard time then pnz0 the soufffffs clown came flying in with uppercuts saying Cam Graham will get picked because Trobovich was injured😁😂🤣😃😄😅😄😃🤣

  15. Walker is my 6 Genius.
    Reynolds deserved the 7 jumper as he is miles ahead of Cleary this season.
    Also with Walker at 6 and Cook at 9, it makes more sense to have Reynolds at 7.
    Club combos are the way to go as proven by Queensland’s dominance with the big three.
    Another one who doesn’t deserve to be there is Crichton.
    Loyalty is great but to win you pick the form players and Fitler has failed to do that.
    Cleary is one of the most overrated halves in the game and does not deserve to hold his spot in the Blues squad.
    When the Toads put us under pressure he will fold and go missing.
    Last year when we were under the pump he went missing and Maloney got us over the line.
    Walker isn’t a dominant halve so if we are under the pump, Cleary will go missing and Walker won’t be able to pull us out of the fire like Reynolds could.
    1st game WILL be won by the Toads and Cleary will be shown to be the dud he is.
    I thought Fitler had a smarter footy brain than this.

  17. Don’t pay to much attention little stevie, she doesn’t watch footy.

    And she thinks there is an “a” in the word loud hahaha

  20. For now let’s stick with this.
    All jokes aside Aubisson is just delusional as you if he thought was a chance.
    Maybe we all just missed he was just taking the p..s.

  21. He mentioned nothing about the 5/8 position but you had to ope. Your “load” mouth like you always do and ask him “who’s your 6”

  22. He mentioned nothing about the 5/8 position but you had to open your “load” mouth like you always do and ask him “who’s your 6”

    Why ask him that when he was saying why did they pick Cleary?

  23. Josh Morris is a waste of space. He doesn’t offer a thing on attack at all and granted he is good at tackling he’s also a lot slower. Ferguson must be feeling pretty dishearted. The halves look very weak. Walker is an awesome player for the bunnies but most his magic comes from nothing and he has some luck or try’s a mismatch. Origin is more about structure and pressure. He also doesn’t have the best kicking game which will put more pressure of Cleary for the long kicks.
    But where Freddy looks to have completely gone wrong is the bench Wighton is someone I have liked so far this year but where exactly does he come into play. Cook plays 80 mins and he doesn’t cover hooker, Tedesco will play 80. Wighton isn’t a origin level half yet, he is a big body and quick and tackles well but Munster will run a muck against him if he goes in there. Haas is very young and inexperienced which is also a big risk, especially considering he is the only prop on the bench. Murray was always going to get in and can’t fault that decision. Crichton hasn’t exactly done much this year and doesn’t offer much versatility or impact.

    Would’ve much rather seen Finucane or McLean on the bench over Crichton, which would also give you another prop. As for Wighton, I think going with 4 forwards, 1 with versatility would’ve been better, with either Peachey or Radley there.
    As for five-eight it’s much harder due to injuries but I think you have to run with either Maloney/Cleary or Walker/Reynolds not a mix.

  27. It’s actually a decent team all things considered.
    Yes Cleary is lucky, but he isn’t the reason panthers aren’t winning, yes Reynolds is cleared of injury but also can’t don contact until atleast next weekend and not really running until Thursday or so, so that’s not ideal and it’s not like he was a 100% certainty and been around origin forever anyways.
    With who is available cotric was a certainty for a wing spot and whilst going back to Morris isn’t ideal there isn’t a lot left really.
    Forwards pretty much pick themselves and well Wighton is in really good form and is definetely big enough to run as a forward if required but also covers 1-6
    I feel how injuries have now happened the qlds have gotten over their injury concerns pretty much whilst nsw is just getting theirs.
    If nsw pack can really dominate like they should out backs may be good enough to get them home, but if we don’t really roll through the middle the qld 1/6/7 will rip nsw to pieces

  28. I heard this all year last year from all you toothless rabbits fans. Last year the rabbits beat us in round 6 and none of you shut up for the rest of the year untill we eliminated your stain in the semis. Then all these mouthy fans disappeared and reappeared with new usernames.

    I can’t wait for the excuses this time.

  30. Speaking of name changing Back2Crack19, weren’t you once Back2Back14?
    Feel free to remind us what happened?

  35. Hey Back to Front.
    You’re saying to Stevesyd , you genius.
    When you keep typing ‘ Load ‘ , when you mean ‘ Loud ‘! Once is a mistake. Over & over again is Der, what day is it?

  37. Keary has had a concussion this season and the NRL rules stipulate that any player diagnosed with two concussions in one season is required to be formally assessed by an independent doctor under NRL return to play rules..
    So he is ineligible to play until cleared by an independent doctor, which would obviously disrupt his preparation for game 1.
    Frizell hasn’t had any concussion concerns this year, hence he is fine to play.

  38. I’m worried about the bench to be honest. I am happy for Haas and Murray to be there, but I would have McLean in the team for another big body middle forward. I’m not sold on Wighton either, not sure what his role will be, although he is in better form than Peachey.

    I would have gone with Reynolds and Walker in the halves too, but I understand sticking with Cleary. What worries me though is last year Cleary had Maloney there to run the team and Cleary’s job essentially was to be a link man and defend. When it came to crunch time, Maloney took full control. Now he is partnered with Walker, who is a runner, not an organiser, and Cleary will have to do it all himself, which he hasn’t really shown the capability for this year (or last for that matter).

  40. Woodsook’s worst fear, Reynolds will be fine. Rather than eating humble pie over his team’s gutless effort and keeping a low profile, he slags off everyone else to hide his supersized failings as a human.

    As for the NSW team, I’ll wait and see what QLD offers before writing them off. Cleary will play a lot better for NSW than Penrith. Cody Walker can attack but in State of Origin they’ll hammer him and test his defense, of which he has none. Still QLD without Slater, Ingliss, Cronk, Smith looks vulnerable and the QLD teams have been pretty cr@p all year. It’ll be closer than Kev says.

  41. Fittler said about not choosing Reynolds this morning. He said Reynolds & Walker we’re going to be the halves pairing. However, South’s were worried about Reynolds going into the SOO & SOO camp with the injury he suffered the other night.
    While we’re here, Pearce suffered an injury against the Nuggets.
    I agree that Cleary hasn’t played well this year & wasn’t that good last year. Especially in attack.
    I wonder why Townsend never gets a mention?
    He’s consistent & mostly comes up with the right plays.

  42. No reason to pick Wighton if he is going to be used in the exact role Cam Murray is going to be used for. You could of definitely used that on another prop like McLean or Twal. I don’t understand how Chrichton keeps getting his spot, his best season was two years ago and has been on the decline ever since(not saying he can’t turn it around though). I would much rather a Josh Jackson or Tariq Sims, both can not only play the edge as good Chrichton they can also go in the middle if needed.

    I can understand why they picked Cleary after Reynolds injury scare maybe someone like Luke Brooks or Townsend probably deserved it over him but Reynolds will be back by game two anyway. Kind of what you expected from the rest of the team, Josh Morris doesn’t really deserve his spot but the ball isn’t going to go down his side of the field that often as the blues attack is more left side heavy where Latrell and JAC are, so really all he will have to do is run when needed and tackle which is really all he does now for club.

  43. Who f#&king cares origin has lost it’s aura over the last 5yrs it don’t feel like origin anymore I’d wish they would scrap the concept as it ruins the NRL competition

  44. Totally agree unless you’re the rorters who every year get a dream draw through it which propels them up the ladder.
    Take a look to see what I mean.
    Always look forward to when it’s over and getting back to where it matters.

  46. We have THE 3 AMIGOS on here.
    Someone else in another forum refers to them as the MO, LARRY and CURLY so that’s his accolade.
    Steve- AMIGO 1
    Steves Lover Syd -AMIGO 2
    Shadow- AMIGO 3
    They sit in front of their pc every day wearing Russell Crowe sombreros they received with their free soufffffffffffs “TRANSIT LOUNGE” membership pack.
    AMIGO 1 Steve 😇🌈is a soufffffffs N1TW1T who downplays club Average Home Crowd numbers as sign of a club’s credibility. Guess why. Because the Sydney Roosters out muscle them in crowd figures 23k-17k💪🐔👍🐓🐓🐓🐓
    AMIGO 2 Syd 😇🌈prides himself on what ever his lover Steve say’s and then hyperventilating with every 1D10T remark.
    AMIGO 3 Shadow is very obsessed about soufffffffffffs ancient history when the unlimited tackle rule was when souffffffffffs won all their premierships except the one that Russell Crowe bought them in 2014. He is always offering colourful descriptives of Souths to try and compete with the Roosters modern day supremacy to help soufffffffffs supporters out of a lifelong envy.💪🐔👉🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓
    🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣……….. 3 CLOWNS ………🤡🤡🤡

  51. That prize has been wrapped up by souffffffffffffs captain Gregory Inglis🍂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👍

  52. Daffy Duck ya Goose 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 Just because Saint Illawarra Steelers are just about done for this season You go and attack people. Rather than eating humble pie over Saints Steelers gutless effort and keeping a low profile, You slags off everyone else to hide your supersized failings as a human. CLOWN 🥴🤪😕😖🤓🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡………….🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👍 ………wHAT AND 1d10t……..

  53. Syd and Stevey 😇🌈😇❤ ya loverboys… No prize for 2nd CLOWNS 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 Olla tu el pito Cabeza 🤓

  54. I’d say you two clowns😇🌈🤡 know all about cracks.🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 souffffffffffffffs are about to crack open against Parra and Stevie will crack open against Syd.🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 ya Mooffvies

  55. Chocolate Soldier Of The Great Divide on the east side…….. Will you finally admit now that Pearce as I stated earlier in the year before it kicked off, that he would out perform Cleary come the Origin time of the year. By the way Pearce should be this weeks Dally M leader when this weeks tally is added up. 💪🐔👍

  56. Overrated Cleary will be replaced by Reynolds after NSW lose Origin 1.
    Latrell one step closer coming to Souths after experiencing playing with his brother Cody Walker.

  57. Dream on loverboys Syd 😇🌈 & ❤😇 Stevey ….. After the spasmatic greedy ball hogger Walker bombs tries looking after himself trying to score Mitchell will want Keary back in the side instantly. See you don’t have to BE of the same ancestry to be a brother. If you treat people equal as they do at the Roosters. then everybody is a brother…..ya CLOWN🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 ..… Time to grow a brain 🧠 peanut 🥜

  58. Let’s add to that. Ponga coming in & making so many plays for Newcastle, makes Pearces job so much easier. Watson made it easier with his plays against your Nuggets.
    Unfortunately , Ponga will be playing for Queensland.

  59. I said the same thing with Townsend. Every week Townsend does a good job for Cronulla.. In attack & defence.

  60. I know what Queensland selectors would hate to see in future series.
    A centre pairing of Mitchell & Xerri for NSW . With a more experienced Ryan Papenhausen off the bench perhaps?
    Express pace , added to James Tedesco at fullback & a fit Tom Trbojevic on the wing. Maybe even Kotoni Staggs added in somewhere there?
    A backline Queensland can’t match . Just need some decent halves & a pack of forwards that do their job.

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