{"id":742005,"date":"2026-06-17T08:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/742005\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T08:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:57:14","slug":"state-of-origin-2026-game-2-live-updates-score-nsw-blues-v-queensland-maroons-teams-start-time-at-mcg-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/742005\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Origin 2026 Game 2 live updates, score, NSW Blues v Queensland Maroons teams, start time at MCG, blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

NSW are one win away from winning the 2026 Origin series \u2014 but a secret injury has handed Queensland a huge boost in their bid to take it to a decider.<\/p>\n

Nathan Cleary is reportedly battling a hip pointer suffered in Game I, and is \u201cbound to\u201d have traffic pointed his way according to Maroons assistant Matt Ballin.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Laurie Daley\u2019s slip of the tounge has revealed his plan surrounding a rising star, while the Maroons have remained tight-lipped surrounding Reece Walsh\u2019s role.<\/p>\n

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 16: NSW Blues Cameron Murray, captain Isaah Yeo and coach Laurie Daley speaks to the media during a Men’s State Of Origin Media Opportunity at Queensbridge Square on June 16, 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NSW are one win away from winning the 2026 Origin series \u2014 but a secret injury has handed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-742005","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\/742005","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=742005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}