{"id":698144,"date":"2026-05-27T15:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/698144\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:53:39","slug":"state-of-origin-game-1-live-updates-nsw-blues-vs-queensland-maroons-daley-slater-name-strong-squads-with-kick-off-at-8-05pm-from-accor-stadium-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/698144\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Origin Game 1 LIVE updates: NSW Blues vs Queensland Maroons; Daley, Slater name strong squads with kick off at 8.05pm from Accor Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maroons coach Billy Slater was very calm as he headed into the post-match press conference following his team\u2019s shocking loss after Kalyn Ponga\u2019s send off. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is what it is,\u201d Slater said. \u201cI haven\u2019t got any problems with it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe feels he\u2019s let his team down, but those things happen in games. They happen really quick. I\u2019ve been in his position, I know how hard it is. Spur of the moment, it\u2019s wet out there, things happen. I thought it was a courageous effort from our players. I\u2019m heartbroken for them \u2013 the effort they put in. They played with so much heart.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Referee Ashley Klein sends Kalyn Ponga from the field.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8c57b69254a189eef8eb01c78e89b4caa05e9645.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Referee Ashley Klein sends Kalyn Ponga from the field.Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Queensland captain Cameron Munster said he initially thought it was head-on-head contact, but that he had to accept referee Ashley Klein\u2019s decision. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it might have been head-on-head obviously with the split on KP\u2019s ear, but the referee in the bunker saw it differently so at the end of the day, the rules are rules and unfortunately, there\u2019s a bit of force to his head so I\u2019m not too sure,\u201d Munster said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fought our best and unfortunately, it wasn\u2019t enough tonight&#8230; When you have 12 men, it takes the gas out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maroons coach Billy Slater was very calm as he headed into the post-match press conference following his team\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-698144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698144","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=698144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}