State of Origin results and statistics


State of Origin results and statistics have been accumulating since the 1980 State of Origin game. Every game played under State of Origin selection rules, including the additional 1987 exhibition match and the matches played between New South Wales and Queensland for the Super League Tri-series are detailed below unless stated otherwise.

Results

Series matches

Queensland have won 21 series. NSW have won 15.
DateDetailsRefereeGroundCrowdMan of the Match
Tuesday, June 1, 1982New South Wales 20
Queensland 16
Kevin RobertsLang Park27,326Mal Meninga
Tuesday, June 8, 1982Queensland 11
New South Wales 7
Barry GomersallLang Park19,435Rod Morris
Tuesday, June 22, 1982Queensland 10
New South Wales 5
Don WilsonSydney Cricket Ground20,242Wally Lewis
Tuesday, June 7, 1983Queensland 24
New South Wales 12
Barry GomersallLang Park29,412Wally Lewis
Tuesday, June 21, 1983New South Wales 10
Queensland 6
John GocherSydney Cricket Ground21,620Peter Sterling
Tuesday, June 28, 1983Queensland 43
New South Wales 22
Robin WhitfieldLang Park26,084Wally Lewis
Tuesday, May 29, 1984Queensland 29
New South Wales 12
Kevin RobertsLang Park33,662Wally Lewis
Tuesday, June 19, 1984Queensland 14
New South Wales 2
Barry GomersallSydney Cricket Ground29,088Wally Lewis
Tuesday, July 17, 1984New South Wales 22
Queensland 12
Kevin RobertsLang Park16,559Steve Mortimer
Tuesday, May 28, 1985New South Wales 18 )
Queensland 2
Kevin RobertsLang Park33,011Peter Wynn
Tuesday, June 11, 1985New South Wales 21
Queensland 14
Barry GomersallSydney Cricket Ground39,068Wally Lewis
Tuesday, July 23, 1985Queensland 20
New South Wales 6
Barry GomersallLang Park18,825Wally Fullerton-Smith
Tuesday, May 27, 1986New South Wales 22
Queensland 16
Kevin RobertsLang Park33,066Royce Simmons
Tuesday, June 10, 1986New South Wales 24
Queensland 20
Barry GomersallSydney Cricket Ground40,707Peter Sterling
Tuesday, July 1, 1986New South Wales 18
Queensland 16
Kevin RobertsLang Park21,097Brett Kenny
Tuesday, June 2, 1987New South Wales 20
Queensland 16
Mick StoneLang Park33,411Les Davidson
Tuesday, June 16, 1987Queensland 12
New South Wales 6
Barry GomersallSydney Cricket Ground42,048Peter Sterling
Wednesday, July 15, 1987Queensland 10
New South Wales 8
Barry GomersallLang Park32,602Allan Langer
Tuesday, May 17, 1988Queensland 26
New South Wales 18
Barry GomersallSydney Football Stadium26,441Allan Langer
Tuesday, May 31, 1988Queensland 16
New South Wales 6
Mick StoneLang Park31,817Sam Backo
Tuesday, June 21, 1988Queensland 38
New South Wales 22
Greg McCallumSydney Football Stadium16,910Sam Backo
Tuesday, May 23, 1989Queensland 36
New South Wales 6
Mick StoneLang Park33,088Martin Bella
Wednesday, June 14, 1989Queensland 16
New South Wales 12
David MansonSydney Football Stadium40,000Wally Lewis
Wednesday, June 28, 1989Queensland 36
New South Wales 16
Greg McCallumLang Park33,260Kerrod Walters
Wednesday, May 9, 1990New South Wales 8
Queensland 0
David MansonSydney Football Stadium41,235Ben Elias
Wednesday, May 30, 1990New South Wales 12
Queensland 6
Greg McCallumOlympic Park, Melbourne25,800Ricky Stuart
Wednesday, June 13, 1990Queensland 14
New South Wales 10
David MansonLang Park31,416Bob Linder
Wednesday, May 8, 1991Queensland 6
New South Wales 4
Bill HarriganLang Park32,400Wally Lewis
Wednesday, May 29, 1991New South Wales 14
Queensland 12
David MansonSydney Football Stadium41,520Steve Walters
Wednesday, June 12, 1991Queensland 14
New South Wales 12
Bill HarriganLang Park33,226Martin Bella
Wednesday, May 6, 1992New South Wales 14
Queensland 6
David MansonSydney Football Stadium40,039Ben Elias
Wednesday, May 20, 1992Queensland 5
New South Wales 4
Bill HarriganLang Park31,500Bob Linder
Wednesday, June 3, 1992New South Wales 16
Queensland 4
Eddie WardSydney Football Stadium41,878Ricky Stuart
Monday, May 3, 1993New South Wales 14
Queensland 10
Greg McCallumLang Park33,000Ricky Stuart
Monday, May 17, 1993New South Wales 16
Queensland 12
Eddie WardSydney Football Stadium41,895Tim Brasher
Monday, May 31, 1993Queensland 24
New South Wales 12
Greg McCallumLang Park31,500Dale Shearer
Monday, May 23, 1994Queensland 16
New South Wales 12
Bill HarriganSydney Football Stadium41,859Willie Carne
Wednesday, June 8, 1994New South Wales 14
Queensland 0
Graham AnnesleyMelbourne Cricket Ground87,161Paul Harragon
Monday, June 20, 1994New South Wales 27
Queensland 12
Bill HarriganLang Park40,665Ben Elias
Monday, May 15, 1995Queensland 2
New South Wales 0
Eddie WardSydney Football Stadium39,841Gary Larson
Wednesday, May 31, 1995Queensland 20
New South Wales 12
Eddie WardMelbourne Cricket Ground52,994Jason Smith
Monday, June 12, 1995Queensland 24
New South Wales 16
David MansonLang Park40,189Adrian Lam
Monday, May 20, 1996New South Wales 14
Queensland 6
David MansonLang Park39,348Geoff Toovey
Monday, June 3, 1996New South Wales 18
Queensland 6
David MansonSydney Football Stadium41,955Andrew Johns
Monday, June 17, 1996New South Wales 15
Queensland 14
David MansonLang Park38,217Steve Menzies
Wednesday, May 28, 1997New South Wales 8
Queensland 6
Kelvin JeffesLang Park28,222Geoff Toovey
Wednesday, June 11, 1997New South Wales 15
Queensland 14
David MansonMelbourne Cricket Ground25,105Paul McGregor
Wednesday, June 25, 1997Queensland 18
New South Wales 12
Eddie WardSydney Football Stadium33,241Gary Larson
Friday, May 22, 1998Queensland 24
New South Wales 23
Bill HarriganSydney Football Stadium36,070Allan Langer
Friday, June 5, 1998New South Wales 26
Queensland 10
Bill HarriganLang Park40,447Rodney Howe
Friday, June 19, 1998Queensland 19
New South Wales 4
Bill HarriganSydney Football Stadium38,952Shane Webcke
Wednesday, May 26, 1999Queensland 9
New South Wales 8
Bill HarriganLang Park38,093Jason Hetherington
Wednesday, June 9, 1999New South Wales 12
Queensland 8
Steve ClarkStadium Australia88,336Laurie Daley
Wednesday, June 23, 1999Queensland 10 drew
New South Wales 10
Steve ClarkLang Park39,371Wendell Sailor
Wednesday, May 10, 2000New South Wales 20
Queensland 16
Bill HarriganStadium Australia61,511Adam MacDougall
Wednesday, May 24, 2000New South Wales 28
Queensland 10
Bill HarriganLang Park38,796Tim Brasher
Wednesday, June 7, 2000New South Wales 56
Queensland 16
Bill HarriganStadium Australia58,767Ryan Girdler
Sunday, May 6, 2001Queensland 34
New South Wales 16
Bill HarriganLang Park38,909Gorden Tallis
Sunday, June 10, 2001New South Wales 26
Queensland 8
Bill HarriganStadium Australia70,249Trent Barrett
Sunday, July 1, 2001Queensland 40
New South Wales 14
Bill HarriganANZ Stadium, Brisbane49,441Darren Lockyer
Wednesday, May 22, 2002New South Wales 32
Queensland 4
Bill HarriganStadium Australia55,421Andrew Johns
Wednesday, June 5, 2002Queensland 26
New South Wales 18
Bill HarriganANZ Stadium, Brisbane47,989Chris McKenna
Wednesday, June 26, 2002Queensland 18 drew
New South Wales 18
Bill HarriganStadium Australia74,842Allan Langer
Wednesday, June 11, 2003New South Wales 25
Queensland 12
Bill HarriganLang Park52,429Luke Bailey
Wednesday, June 25, 2003New South Wales 27
Queensland 4
Bill HarriganStadium Australia79,132Andrew Johns
Wednesday, July 16, 2003Queensland 36
New South Wales 6
Bill HarriganLang Park52,130Matt Sing
Wednesday, May 26, 2004New South Wales 9
Queensland 8
Sean HampsteadStadium Australia68,344Shaun Timmons
Wednesday, June 16, 2004Queensland 22
New South Wales 18
Sean HampsteadLang Park52,478Billy Slater
Wednesday, July 7, 2004New South Wales 36
Queensland 14
Paul SimpkinsStadium Australia82,487Craig Fitzgibbon
Wednesday, May 25, 2005Queensland 24
New South Wales 20
Paul SimpkinsLang Park52,484Steve Price
Wednesday, June 15, 2005New South Wales 32
Queensland 22
Steve ClarkStadium Australia82,389Andrew Johns
Wednesday, July 6, 2005New South Wales 32
Queensland 10
Paul SimpkinsLang Park52,436Anthony Minichiello
Wednesday, May 24, 2006New South Wales 17
Queensland 16
Sean HampsteadStadium Australia72,773Willie Mason
Wednesday, June 14, 2006Queensland 30
New South Wales 6
Steve ClarkLang Park52,468Darren Lockyer
Wednesday, July 5, 2006Queensland 16
New South Wales 14
Steve ClarkDocklands Stadium54,833Brent Tate
Wednesday, May 23, 2007Queensland 25
New South Wales 18
Paul SimpkinsLang Park52,498Johnathan Thurston
Wednesday, June 13, 2007Queensland 10
New South Wales 6
Shayne HayneStadium Australia76,924Cameron Smith
Wednesday, July 4, 2007New South Wales 18
Queensland 4
Paul SimpkinsLang Park52,469Greg Bird
Wednesday, May 21, 2008New South Wales 18
Queesnland 10
Tony ArcherStadium Australia67,620Greg Bird
Wednesday, June 11, 2008Queensland 30
New South Wales 0
Tony ArcherLang Park52,476Greg Inglis
Wednesday, July 2, 2008Queensland 16
New South Wales 10
Tony ArcherStadium Australia78,751Israel Folau
Wednesday, June 3, 2009Queensland 28
New South Wales 18
Tony Archer and Shayne HayneDocklands Stadium50,967Johnathan Thurston
Wednesday, June 24, 2009Queensland 24
New South Wales 14
Tony Archer and Shayne HayneStadium Australia80,459Sam Thaiday
Wednesday, July 15, 2009New South Wales 28
Queensland 16
Tony Archer and Shayne HayneLang Park52,439Anthony Watmough
Wednesday, May 26, 2010Queensland 28
New South Wales 24
Tony Archer and Shayne HayneStadium Australia68,753Johnathan Thurston
Wednesday, June 16, 2010Queensland 34
New South Wales 6
Tony Archer and Shayne HayneLang Park52,452Darren Lockyer
Wednesday, July 7, 2010Queensland 23
New South Wales 18
Tony Archer and Shayne HayneStadium Australia61,259Billy Slater
Wednesday, May 25, 2011Queensland 16
New South Wales 12
Tony Archer and Jared MaxwellLang Park52,144Cameron Smith
Wednesday, June 15, 2011New South Wales 18
Queensland 8
Ben Cummins and Shayne HayneStadium Australia81,965Paul Gallen
Wednesday, July 6, 2011Queensland 34
New South Wales 24
Tony Archer and Shayne HayneLang Park52,498Cameron Smith
Wednesday, May 23, 2012Queensland 18
New South Wales 10
Ben Cummins and Matt CecchinDocklands Stadium56,021Nate Myles
Wednesday, June 13, 2012New South Wales 16
Queensland 12
Tony Archer and Ben CumminsStadium Australia83,110Greg Bird
Wednesday, July 4, 2012Queensland 21
New South Wales 20
Ben Cummins and Tony ArcherLang Park52,437Johnathan Thurston
Wednesday, June 5, 2013New South Wales 14
Queensland 6
Shayne Hayne and Ashley KleinStadium Australia80,380Luke Lewis
Wednesday, June 26, 2013Queensland 26
New South Wales 6
Shayne Hayne and Ashley KleinLang Park51,690Cameron Smith
Wednesday, July 17, 2013Queensland 12
New South Wales 10
Shanye Hayne and Ben CumminsStadium Australia83,813Brent Tate
Wednesday, May 28, 2014New South Wales 12
Queensland 8
Shayne Hayne and Ben CumminsLang Park52,111Jarryd Hayne
Wednesday, June 18, 2014New South Wales 6
Queensland 4
Shayne Hayne and Ben CumminsStadium Australia83,421Paul Gallen
Wednesday, July 9, 2014Queensland 32
New South Wales 8
Ben Cummins and Gerard SuttonLang Park50,155Corey Parker
Wednesday, May 27, 2015Queensland 11
New South Wales 10
Gerard Sutton and Ben CumminsStadium Australia80,122Cameron Smith
Wednesday, June 17, 2015New South Wales 26
Queensland 18
Gerard Sutton and Ben CumminsMelbourne Cricket Ground91,513Michael Jennings
Wednesday, July 8, 2015Queensland 52
New South Wales 6
Gerard Sutton and Ben CumminsLang Park52,500Jonathan Thurston
Wednesday, June 1, 2016Queensland 6
New South Wales 4
Gerard Sutton and Ben CumminsStadium Australia80,251Matt Gillett
Wednesday, June 22, 2016Queensland 26
New South Wales 16
Gerard Sutton and Ben CumminsLang Park52,293Cameron Smith
Wednesday, July 13, 2016New South Wales 18
Queensland 14
Gerard Sutton and Ben CumminsStadium Australia61,267James Maloney
Wednesday, May 31, 2017New South Wales 28
Queensland 4
Matt Cecchin and Gerard SuttonLang Park50,390Andrew Fifita
Wednesday, June 21, 2017Queensland 18
New South Wales 16
Matt Cecchin and Gerard SuttonStadium Australia82,259Josh Jackson
Wednesday, July 12, 2017Queensland 22
New South Wales 6
Matt Cecchin and Gerard SuttonLang Park52,540Cameron Smith
Wednesday, June 6, 2018New South Wales 22
Queensland 12
Gerard Sutton and Ashley KleinMelbourne Cricket Ground87,122James Tedesco
Sunday, June 24, 2018New South Wales 18
Queensland 14
Gerard Sutton and Ashley KleinStadium Australia82,223Boyd Cordner
Wednesday, July 11, 2018Queensland 18
New South Wales 12
Gerard Sutton and Ashley KleinLang Park51,214Billy Slater
Wednesday, June 5, 2019Queensland 18
New South Wales 14
Gerard Sutton and Ashley KleinLang Park52,191Dane Gagai
Sunday, June 23, 2019New South Wales 38
Queensland 6
Gerard Sutton and Ashley KleinPerth Stadium59,721Jake Trbojevic
Wednesday, July 10, 2019New South Wales 26
Queensland 20
Gerard Sutton and Ashley KleinStadium Australia82,565James Tedesco

One off matches

The matches in 1980 and 1981 were one off experimental matches after New South Wales had already won the interstate series in both years. Both games count toward official statistics, but are not considered series.
After Queensland had won the 1987 State of Origin series 2-1, a further game was played in Long Beach, California to showcase rugby league to the American public. On 15 July 2003 the Australian Rugby League announced that this game was to be classified as an "official match" and that the match would count towards the players' individual statistics and overall match win-loss-draw records. However, the match has not counted towards series win-loss-draw records and the 1987 series still remains a 2-1 win to Queensland.
DateDetailsRefereeGroundCrowdMan of the Match
Tuesday, 8 July 1980Queensland 20
New South Wales 10
Billy ThompsonLang Park33,210Chris Close
Tuesday, 28 July 1981Queensland 22
New South Wales 15
Kevin SteeleLang Park25,613Chris Close
Thursday, 6 August 1987New South Wales 30
Queensland 18
Mick StoneVeterans Memorial Stadium12,432Peter Sterling

Super League

New South Wales and Queensland played two matches against each other under State of Origin selection rules using players from the Super League competition. These matches were not sanctioned by the Australian Rugby League and are not counted as official State of Origin series matches. The Tri-series also included both sides playing a game against New Zealand.
DateDetailsRefereeGroundCrowdMan of the Match
Friday, 11 April 1997New South Wales 38
Queensland 10
Bill HarriganSydney Football Stadium26,731Greg Alexander
Monday, 19 May 1997New South Wales 23
Queensland 22
Bill HarriganANZ Stadium, Brisbane35,570

Statistics

Series

Since 1988 either New South Wales or Queensland usually hosts two of the three matches on a rotational basis. Prior to this Queensland hosted two matches every year. In 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015 one of the matches was played in Melbourne. The following venues have hosted State of Origin matches since 1980.
VenueCityNumber of GamesHighest CrowdLowest Crowd
Lang ParkBrisbane5452,54016,559
Stadium AustraliaSydney2688,33655,421
Sydney Football StadiumSydney1441,95516,910
Sydney Cricket GroundSydney642,04820,242
Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne491,51325,105
Docklands StadiumMelbourne356,02150,967
ANZ StadiumBrisbane249,44147,989
Perth StadiumPerth159,721
Olympic Park StadiumMelbourne125,800
Veterans Memorial StadiumLong Beach, California112,439

Players

Individual records

Most tries in a match: 3 – Chris Anderson, Kerry Boustead, Ryan Girdler, Lote Tuqiri, Matt Sing, Matt King, Dane Gagai, Valentine Holmes, Tom Trbojevic.
Most goals in a match: 10 – Ryan Girdler
Most field goals in a match: 2 – Ben Elias
Most points in a match: 32 – Ryan Girdler
Most appearances: 42 – Cameron Smith
Most consecutive matches: 36 – Johnathan Thurston
Most tries in State of Origin career: 18 – Greg Inglis
Most points in State of Origin career: 212 – Johnathan Thurston
Oldest player: Petero Civoniceva
Youngest player: Ben Ikin
Most wins as a player: Cameron Smith 27 games to Game III 2017

Most Appearances

Queensland
New South Wales

Wally Lewis Medal

From 1992 to 2003 the Wally Lewis Medal was awarded by the Queensland Rugby League for the Queensland player of the series. Since 2004 it has been awarded to the player of the series, irrespective of state. The following players have been awarded the Wally Lewis Medal for player of the series.1
YearPlayerState
2004Craig FitzgibbonNew South Wales
2005Anthony MinichielloNew South Wales
2006Darren LockyerQueensland
2007Cameron SmithQueensland
2008Johnathan ThurstonQueensland
2009Greg InglisQueensland
2010Billy SlaterQueensland
2011Cameron SmithQueensland
2012Nate MylesQueensland
2013Cameron SmithQueensland
2014Paul GallenNew South Wales
2015Corey ParkerQueensland
2016Cameron SmithQueensland
2017Dane GagaiQueensland
2018Billy SlaterQueensland
2019James TedescoNew South Wales

Ron McAuliffe Medal

The following players have been awarded the Ron McAuliffe Medal for Queensland player of the series. From 1992 to 2003, the award was the "Wally Lewis Medal", however after 2003, this medal was dedicated to the player of the series from both teams, and thus the award for Queensland Player of the Series was awarded with the "Ron McAuliffe" Medal.
YearPlayer
1992Allan Langer
1993Bob Lindner
1994Billy Moore
1995Gary Larson
1996Allan Langer
1997Robbie O'Davis
1998Allan Langer
1999Jason Hetherington
2000Darren Smith
2001Darren Lockyer
2002Shane Webcke
2003Darren Lockyer
2004Steve Price
2005Cameron Smith
2006Darren Lockyer
2007Cameron Smith
2008Petero Civoniceva
2009Greg Inglis
2010Sam Thaiday
2011Petero Civoniceva
2012Nate Myles
2013Cameron Smith
2014Nate Myles
2015Cameron Smith
2016Darius Boyd
2017Josh McGuire

Brad Fittler Medal

The following players have been awarded the Brad Fittler Medal for New South Wales player of the series.
YearPlayer
2005Matt King
2006Steve Menzies
2007Jarryd Hayne
2008Danny Buderus
2009Jarryd Hayne
2010Kurt Gidley
2011Paul Gallen
2012Robbie Farah
2013Greg Bird
2014Jarryd Hayne & Ryan Hoffman
2015Josh Dugan
2016Josh Jackson
2017David Klemmer
2018James Tedesco
2019James Tedesco

New South Wales captains

Queensland captains

Coaches

New South Wales

Queensland

Referees

The following referees have controlled State of Origin series matches.
NameState/CountryGamesNSW winsQld winsDrawn
Bill Harrigan1New South Wales219111
Ben CumminsNew South Wales14680
David MansonQueensland and New South Wales and Victoria10730
Tony ArcherNew South Wales10280
Shayne HayneNew South Wales10280
Barry GomersallQueensland9270
Gerard SuttonNew South Wales7340
Kevin RobertsNew South Wales6510
Greg McCallumNew South Wales5230
Eddie WardQueensland5230
Steven ClarkNew South Wales5221
Paul SimpkinsNew South Wales4220
Michael Stone2New South Wales3120
Sean HampsteadNew South Wales3210
Matt CecchinNew South Wales2110
Graham AnnesleyNew South Wales1100
John GocherNew South Wales1100
Kelvin JeffesNew South Wales1100
Kevin SteelNew Zealand1010
Billy ThompsonGreat Britain1010
Robin WhitfieldGreat Britain1010
Don WilsonNew Zealand1010
Jared MaxwellNew South Wales1010

  1. Bill Harrigan also refereed both matches between New South Wales and Queensland in the Super League Tri-series.