The 2019 State of Origin series was the 38th
annual best-of-three series between the
Queensland
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and
New South Wales
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rugby league teams. Before this series, Queensland had won 21 times, NSW 14 times, with two series drawn.
For just the second time, a game was played away from Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne, with Game 2 played at
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
’s
Optus Stadium.
Game I
Game II
Game III
Player Debuts
Game 1
* Cap no.
281
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Nick Cotric
* Cap no.
282
Year 282 ( CCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Probus and Victorinus (or, less frequently, year 1035 '' Ab urbe ...
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Cody Walker
* Cap no.
283,
Payne Haas
Payne Haas (born 2 December 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level.
He has played for the New South Wales in ...
* Cap no.
284
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Cameron Murray
* Cap no.
285,
Jack Wighton
Jack Wighton (born 4 February 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL and Australia at international level.
He has played at representative level for the Indigenous All ...
* Cap no.
198
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Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab u ...
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Moses Mbye
* Cap no.
199
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Joe Ofahengaue
* Cap no.
200
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David Fifita
Game 2
* Cap no.
286,
Daniel Saifiti
Daniel Saifiti (born 1 May 1996) is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.
He has played for New South Wales in the State of Origin series.
Background
Saifiti was born in Newcastle ...
* Cap no.
287,
Dale Finucane
Dale Finucane (born 7 September 1991), is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL.
Finucane previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Melbourne Stor ...
Game 3
* Cap no.
201
Year 201 ( CCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Fabianus and Arrius (or, less frequently, year 954 ''Ab urbe condit ...
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Corey Norman
Corey Norman (born 3 February 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as and for FC Lézignan XIII in the Elite One Championship.
Norman previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, the Parramatta Eels and St. ...
* Cap no.
202
Year 202 ( CCII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Antoninus (or, less frequently, year 955 '' Ab urbe condi ...
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Christian Welch
Christian Welch (born 19 July 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL.
He is a NRL premiership winning player of 2020 and played for Queensland in the 2019 State of Origin ...
* Cap no.
203,
Ethan Lowe
Ethan Lowe (born 20 March 1991) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a goal kicking for the North Queensland Cowboys and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.
Lowe was a member of the North Queensland Cowboy ...
Residents
Source(s):
Under 20s
Under 18s
The Under-18s State of Origin match was played as a curtain raiser to Game I of State of Origin 2019.
Source(s):
Universities Interstate Challenge
Source(s):
Women's State of Origin
References
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2019 in Australian rugby league
State of Origin series