The fiercest rivalry in Australian rugby league returns to the field on Wednesday as the men’s State of Origin series begins.<\/p>\n
Queensland holds the shield after a remarkable series victory in 2025, when they overcame a Game I defeat in Brisbane to win a Game III decider in Sydney.<\/p>\n
Here is what you need to know before kick-off of Game I this Wednesday, May 27.<\/p>\n
Where can I watch State of Origin Game I?<\/p>\n
The Nine Network has the broadcast rights to the State of Origin series.<\/p>\n
Game I will be televised on Channel Nine and streamed online via 9Now.<\/p>\n
You can follow the action wherever you are on the ABC Sport live blog.<\/p>\n
You can listen to the ABC Sport live call<\/a> with commentator Andrew Moore, with expert analysis by Luke Lewis, Matthew Elliot and John Gibbs.<\/p>\n What time is State of Origin Game I kick-off?<\/p>\n Here is when the kick-off is scheduled in your location.<\/p>\n 8:05pm: NSW, Queensland, ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, Papua New Guinea7:35pm: South Australia, Northern Territory6:05pm: Western Australia10:05pm: New Zealand, Fiji11:05pm: Samoa, Tonga12:05am: Cook IslandsWhere is State of Origin Game I being played?<\/p>\n Game I of the series will be held in Sydney at Stadium Australia.<\/p>\n Queensland has enjoyed recent success playing in enemy territory.<\/p>\n The Maroons have won the previous two State of Origin matches at Stadium Australia, a 38-10 win in Game I of 2024 and a famous 24-12 win in the 2025 decider to claim the shield.<\/p>\n Who is playing for the Blues and Maroons?State of Origin I teamsNSW\u00a0QLDJames Tedesco1Kalyn PongaBrian To’o2Selwyn CobboStephen Crichton3Rob ToiaKotoni Staggs4Hamiso Tabuai-FidowTolutau Koula^5Jojo Fifita^Mitchell Moses6Cameron Munster (C)Nathan Cleary7Sam Walker^Addin Fonua-Blake^8Tom FleglerReece Robson9Harry GrantMitch Barnett10Tino Fa’asuamaleauiHudson Young11Reuben CotterHaumole Olakau’atu12Kurt CapewellIsaah Yeo (C)13Max Plath^Cameron Murray14Briton Nikora^Victor Radley^15Lindsay CollinsJacob Saifiti16Pat CarriganBlayke Brailey17Trent LoieroEthan Strange18Ezra Mam^Casey McLean19Gehamat Shibasaki<\/p>\n * Reserves: NSW \u2014 Dylan Lucas; QLD \u2014 Kulikefu Finefeuiaki<\/p>\n ^ Potential debutant<\/p>\n When and where are the other matches?<\/p>\n Game II: Wednesday, June 17, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria<\/p>\n Game III: Wednesday, July 8, Lang Park, Brisbane, Queensland<\/p>\n When is the Women’s State of Origin?<\/p>\n There is still one match left to play in this year’s Women’s State of Origin series.<\/p>\n NSW has already claimed the shield after two nail-biting wins.<\/p>\n Game I: New South Wales 11-6 Queensland<\/a>Game II: New South Wales 14-10 Queensland<\/a><\/p>\n The final match of the series will be played at Robina Stadium on Queensland’s Gold Coast on Thursday, May 28, from 7:45pm AEST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fiercest rivalry in Australian rugby league returns to the field on Wednesday as the men’s State of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,3925,337877,100801,23423,2733,701,159,85,6405],"class_list":["post-692446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-blues","tag-game-i","tag-kick-off","tag-maroons","tag-nsw","tag-queensland","tag-rugby-league","tag-sports","tag-state-of-origin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}