The 2020 State of Origin series was the 39th annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams. Before this series, Queensland has won 21 times, NSW 15 times, with two series drawn.
Originally, the series was to have been played in the traditional mid-season slot; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic which caused the season to be suspended after round two, the series was moved to November, with the three matches to be played on consecutive Wednesday nights.[1] On 15 May, the NRL announced that the matches would be played on three consecutive Wednesdays after the season's end, these being 4, 11 and 18 November.[2]
For just the third time, a game was played away from Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne, with Game 1 played at Adelaide’s Adelaide Oval.[3][4]
Before the start of the series, Daily Telegraph journalist Dean Ritchie described the Queensland team as the worst ever Maroons side. Queensland would go on to upset a highly fancied New South Wales side and win the series 2–1.[5]
1 - As the series was to be played after the Grand Final due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the NSW team was announced in a unique fashion, with players named on the Blues twitter page after their team was eliminated from the NRL finals series.
2 - Boyd Cordner suffered a concussion in Game 1, eventually leading to him announcing his retirement in 2021. It paved the way for James Tedesco to take over the captaincy from Game 2.
^Whittaker, Troy (21 May 2020). "Breaking new ground: Origin series and women's game in November". National Rugby League. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^"Revealed — State of Origin dates locked in, venues still to be finalised". Fox Sports. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
^"2020 State of Origin scheduled announced". National Rugby League. 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
^Badel, Peter; Meyn, Travis (3 April 2020). "Coronavirus pandemic will stop State of Origin from heading to South Australia in 2020". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^"'I'll be ducking Freddy': Journo eats humble pie over 'worst team' call... but doesn't regret it". www.foxsports.com.au.
April 27, 2024
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The 2020 State of Origin series was the 39th annual best of three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams Before this series Queensland has won 21 times NSW 15 times with two series drawn 2020 State of Origin seriesWon byQueensland 22nd title Series margin2 1Points scored110Attendance110 585 ave 36 862 per match Player of the seriesCameron MunsterTop points scorer s Nathan Cleary 18 Top try scorer s Josh Addo Carr 4 2019 State of Origin series 2021 Originally the series was to have been played in the traditional mid season slot however due to the COVID 19 pandemic which caused the season to be suspended after round two the series was moved to November with the three matches to be played on consecutive Wednesday nights 1 On 15 May the NRL announced that the matches would be played on three consecutive Wednesdays after the season s end these being 4 11 and 18 November 2 For just the third time a game was played away from Sydney Brisbane or Melbourne with Game 1 played at Adelaide s Adelaide Oval 3 4 Before the start of the series Daily Telegraph journalist Dean Ritchie described the Queensland team as the worst ever Maroons side Queensland would go on to upset a highly fancied New South Wales side and win the series 2 1 5 Contents 1 Game I 2 Game II 3 Game III 4 Teams 4 1 New South Wales Blues 4 2 Queensland Maroons 5 Player debuts 5 1 Game 1 5 2 Game 2 5 3 Game 3 6 Teams 6 1 New South Wales Blues 6 2 Queensland Maroons 7 Women s State of Origin 8 ReferencesGame I editWednesday 4 November 20207 40pm ACDT New South Wales nbsp 14 18 nbsp Queensland Tries Josh Addo Carr 20 75 2Damien Cook 15 1Goals Nathan Cleary 1 3 16 Report1st 10 02nd 4 18 Tries 1 49 Alexander Brimson1 53 Xavier Coates1 65 Cameron MunsterGoals 3 4 Daly Cherry Evans 51 55 66 Sin Bin 80 Felise Kaufusi Adelaide Oval AdelaideAttendance 25 218Referee Gerard SuttonPlayer of the Match nbsp Daly Cherry EvansGame II editWednesday 11 November 20208 10pm AEDT New South Wales nbsp 34 10 nbsp Queensland Tries Josh Addo Carr 37 64 2Cody Walker 16 1James Tedesco 22 1Jack Wighton 42 1Daniel Tupou 53 1Goals Nathan Cleary 5 7 18 23 38 44 57 Sin Bin Payne Haas 56 Report1st 18 42nd 16 6 Tries 1 7 Xavier Coates1 62 Josh PapaliiGoals 1 2 Valentine Holmes 63 Sin Bin 56 Tino Fa asuamaleaui ANZ Stadium SydneyAttendance 36 212Referee Gerard SuttonPlayer of the Match nbsp Nathan ClearyGame III editWednesday 18 November 20207 10pm AEST Queensland nbsp 20 14 nbsp New South Wales Tries Valentine Holmes 3 1Edrick Lee 36 1Harry Grant 62 1Goals Valentine Holmes 4 4 5 38 57 pen 63 Sin Bin Corey Allan 76 Report1st 12 62nd 8 8 Tries 1 8 James Tedesco1 65 Daniel TupouGoals 3 3 Nathan Cleary 9 66 72 pen Suncorp Stadium BrisbaneAttendance 49 155Referee Gerard SuttonPlayer of the Match nbsp Cameron MunsterTeams editNew South Wales Blues edit Position Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Fullback nbsp James Tedesco nbsp James Tedesco c Wing nbsp Daniel Tupou Centre nbsp Clinton Gutherson Centre nbsp Jack Wighton Wing nbsp Josh Addo Carr Five eighth nbsp Luke Keary nbsp Cody Walker Halfback nbsp Nathan Cleary Prop nbsp Daniel Saifiti Hooker nbsp Damien Cook Prop nbsp Junior Paulo nbsp Payne Haas Second row nbsp Boyd Cordner c nbsp Angus Crichton Second row nbsp Tyson Frizell Lock nbsp Jake Trbojevic Interchange nbsp Cody Walker nbsp Dale Finucane Interchange nbsp Payne Haas nbsp Junior Paulo Interchange nbsp Cameron Murray nbsp Nathan Brown Interchange nbsp Angus Crichton nbsp Isaah Yeo Coach nbsp Brad Fittler 1 As the series was to be played after the Grand Final due to the Covid 19 Pandemic the NSW team was announced in a unique fashion with players named on the Blues twitter page after their team was eliminated from the NRL finals series 2 Boyd Cordner suffered a concussion in Game 1 eventually leading to him announcing his retirement in 2021 It paved the way for James Tedesco to take over the captaincy from Game 2 Queensland Maroons edit Position Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Fullback nbsp AJ Brimson nbsp Valentine Holmes nbsp Corey Allan Wing nbsp Xavier Coates nbsp Valentine Holmes Centre nbsp Dane Gagai nbsp Kurt Capewell nbsp Dane Gagai Centre nbsp Kurt Capewell nbsp Dane Gagai nbsp Brenko Lee Wing nbsp Phillip Sami nbsp Edrick Lee Five eighth nbsp Cameron Munster Halfback nbsp Daly Cherry Evans c Prop nbsp Christian Welch nbsp Dunamis Lui nbsp Christian Welch Hooker nbsp Jake Friend Prop nbsp Josh Papalii Second row nbsp Felise Kaufusi nbsp Kurt Capewell Second row nbsp Coen Hess nbsp Jaydn Su A nbsp Felise Kaufusi Lock nbsp Tino Fa asuamaleaui Interchange nbsp Ben Hunt nbsp Jaydn Su A Interchange nbsp Lindsay Collins nbsp Harry Grant Interchange nbsp Jai Arrow nbsp Lindsay Collins Interchange nbsp Jaydn Su A nbsp Moeaki Fotuaika nbsp Jai Arrow Coach nbsp Wayne Bennett 1 Kalyn Ponga was originally selected in the squad but was subsequently forced to withdraw due to injury Player debuts editGame 1 edit nbsp Cap no 288 Clinton Gutherson nbsp Cap no 289 Luke Keary nbsp Cap no 290 Junior Paulo nbsp Cap no 204 AJ Brimson nbsp Cap no 205 Xavier Coates nbsp Cap no 206 Phillip Sami nbsp Cap no 207 Jake Friend nbsp Cap no 208 Tino Fa asuamaleaui nbsp Cap no 209 Lindsay Collins nbsp Cap no 210 Jaydn Su A nbsp Cap no 211 Kurt Capewell Game 2 edit nbsp Cap no 291 Nathan Brown nbsp Cap no 292 Isaah Yeo nbsp Cap no 212 Dunamis Lui nbsp Cap no 213 Moeaki Fotuaika Game 3 edit nbsp Cap no 214 Corey Allan nbsp Cap no 215 Edrick Lee nbsp Cap no 216 Brenko Lee nbsp Cap no 217 Harry GrantTeams editNew South Wales Blues edit Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Pts Club Wing Josh Addo Carr 1995 07 28 28 July 1995 age 28 6 16 nbsp Melbourne Storm Lock Nathan Brown 1993 03 01 1 March 1993 age 31 0 0 nbsp Parramatta Eels Prop Reagan Campbell Gillard 1993 07 27 27 July 1993 age 30 1 0 nbsp Parramatta Eels Halfback Nathan Cleary 1997 11 14 14 November 1997 age 26 5 14 nbsp Penrith Panthers Hooker Damien Cook 1991 06 23 23 June 1991 age 32 6 4 nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Second row Boyd Cordner c 1992 06 09 9 June 1992 age 31 15 8 nbsp Sydney Roosters Wing Nick Cotric 1998 11 18 18 November 1998 age 25 1 0 nbsp Canberra Raiders Second row Angus Crichton 1996 02 05 5 February 1996 age 28 4 0 nbsp Sydney Roosters Centre Stephen Crichton 2000 09 22 22 September 2000 age 23 0 0 nbsp Penrith Panthers Lock Dale Finucane 1991 09 07 7 September 1991 age 32 2 0 nbsp Melbourne Storm Second row Tyson Frizell 1991 10 09 9 October 1991 age 32 11 12 nbsp St George Illawarra Dragons Fullback Clinton Gutherson 1994 09 09 9 September 1994 age 29 0 0 nbsp Parramatta Eels Prop Payne Haas 1999 12 02 2 December 1999 age 24 1 0 nbsp Brisbane Broncos Five eighth Luke Keary 1992 02 03 3 February 1992 age 32 0 0 nbsp Sydney Roosters Centre Zac Lomax 1 1999 09 24 24 September 1999 age 24 0 0 nbsp St George Illawarra Dragons Five eighth Jarome Luai 1997 01 16 16 January 1997 age 27 0 0 nbsp Penrith Panthers Hooker Cameron McInnes 1994 02 01 1 February 1994 age 30 0 0 nbsp St George Illawarra Dragons Lock Cameron Murray 1998 01 16 16 January 1998 age 26 3 0 nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen 1998 06 10 10 June 1998 age 25 0 0 nbsp Melbourne Storm Prop Junior Paulo 1993 11 20 20 November 1993 age 30 0 0 nbsp Parramatta Eels Prop Daniel Saifiti 1996 05 01 1 May 1996 age 27 2 0 nbsp Newcastle Knights Fullback James Tedesco 1993 01 08 8 January 1993 age 31 10 20 nbsp Sydney Roosters Lock Jake Trbojevic 1994 02 18 18 February 1994 age 30 9 4 nbsp Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Wing Daniel Tupou 1991 06 17 17 June 1991 age 32 4 0 nbsp Sydney Roosters Five eighth Cody Walker 1990 01 10 10 January 1990 age 34 1 0 nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Five eighth Jack Wighton 1993 02 04 4 February 1993 age 31 3 0 nbsp Canberra Raiders Lock Isaah Yeo 1994 11 06 6 November 1994 age 29 0 0 nbsp Penrith Panthers 1 Tom Trbojevic was originally selected in the squad but was subsequently forced to withdraw due to injury He was replaced by Zac Lomax Queensland Maroons edit Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Pts Club Fullback Corey Allan 1998 04 19 19 April 1998 age 26 0 0 nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Lock Jai Arrow 1995 07 12 12 July 1995 age 28 4 0 nbsp Gold Coast Titans Fullback AJ Brimson 1998 09 09 9 September 1998 age 25 0 0 nbsp Gold Coast Titans Second row Kurt Capewell 1993 07 12 12 July 1993 age 30 0 0 nbsp Penrith Panthers Lock Patrick Carrigan 1998 01 01 1 January 1998 age 26 0 0 nbsp Brisbane Broncos Halfback Daly Cherry Evans c 1989 02 20 20 February 1989 age 35 10 4 nbsp Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Wing Xavier Coates 2001 03 12 12 March 2001 age 23 0 0 nbsp Brisbane Broncos Prop Lindsay Collins 1996 04 17 17 April 1996 age 28 0 0 nbsp Sydney Roosters Lock Tino Fa asuamaleaui 2000 02 16 16 February 2000 age 24 0 0 nbsp Melbourne Storm Prop Moeaki Fotuaika 1999 11 16 16 November 1999 age 24 0 0 nbsp Gold Coast Titans Hooker Jake Friend 1990 02 04 4 February 1990 age 34 0 0 nbsp Sydney Roosters Wing Dane Gagai 1991 01 03 3 January 1991 age 33 13 44 nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Hooker Harry Grant 1998 02 17 17 February 1998 age 26 0 0 nbsp Melbourne Storm Second row Coen Hess 1996 08 14 14 August 1996 age 27 5 0 nbsp North Queensland Cowboys Fullback Valentine Holmes 1995 07 24 24 July 1995 age 28 5 44 nbsp North Queensland Cowboys Halfback Ben Hunt 1990 03 27 27 March 1990 age 34 7 0 nbsp St George Illawarra Dragons Wing Hymel Hunt 1993 11 14 14 November 1993 age 30 0 0 nbsp Newcastle Knights Second row Felise Kaufusi 1992 05 19 19 May 1992 age 31 6 4 nbsp Melbourne Storm Prop Josh Kerr 1996 02 11 11 February 1996 age 28 0 0 nbsp St George Illawarra Dragons Centre Brenko Lee 1995 10 10 10 October 1995 age 28 0 0 nbsp Melbourne Storm Wing Edrick Lee 1992 09 18 18 September 1992 age 31 0 0 nbsp Newcastle Knights Prop Dunamis Lui 1990 02 16 16 February 1990 age 34 0 0 nbsp Canberra Raiders Five eighth Cameron Munster 1994 09 13 13 September 1994 age 29 7 0 nbsp Melbourne Storm Prop Josh Papalii 1992 05 13 13 May 1992 age 31 15 8 nbsp Canberra Raiders Wing Phillip Sami 1997 08 02 2 August 1997 age 26 0 0 nbsp Gold Coast Titans Second row Jaydn Su A 1997 10 23 23 October 1997 age 26 0 0 nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Prop Christian Welch 1994 07 19 19 July 1994 age 29 1 0 nbsp Melbourne Storm 1 Kalyn Ponga was originally selected in the squad but was subsequently forced to withdraw due to injury Women s State of Origin editMain article 2020 Women s State of Origin Friday 13 November7 45 pm AEDT Queensland nbsp 24 18 nbsp New South Wales Tries Tamika Upton 14 43 2Tarryn Aiken 51 1Steph Hancock 57 1Goals Lauren Brown 4 4 15 44 52 58 Report1st 6 62nd 18 12 Tries 1 24 Kezie Apps1 59 Tiana Penitani1 67 Filomina Hanisi1 69 Botille Vette WelshGoals 1 1 Melanie Howard 26 0 2 Quincy Dodd 0 1 Hannah Southwell Sunshine Coast StadiumAttendance 4 833 Nellie Doherty Medal Tarryn AikenReferee Belinda SharpeReferences edit Whittaker Troy 21 May 2020 Breaking new ground Origin series and women s game in November National Rugby League Retrieved 21 May 2020 Revealed State of Origin dates locked in venues still to be finalised Fox Sports 2020 05 15 Retrieved 2020 05 15 2020 State of Origin scheduled announced National Rugby League 2019 08 19 Retrieved 2020 02 04 Badel Peter Meyn Travis 3 April 2020 Coronavirus pandemic will stop State of Origin from heading to South Australia in 2020 The Courier Mail Retrieved 5 April 2020 I ll be ducking Freddy Journo eats humble pie over worst team call but doesn t regret it www foxsports com au Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2020 State of Origin series amp oldid 1165092590, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
