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| Nickname | The Blues / The Cockroaches | ||||||||||||||||
| Association | New South Wales Rugby League | ||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Graham Murray |
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| Captain | Danny Buderus |
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| Most caps | Brad Fittler (31) | ||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Michael O'Connor (129) | ||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Telstra Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
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| Most recent series 2007 State of Origin: LOST Queensland 2 - New South Wales 1 |
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Biggest win New South Wales 56 - 16 Queensland  (Stadium Australia, Sydney; 7 June 2000) |
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| Biggest defeat Queensland 36 - 6 New South Wales (Lang Park, Brisbane; 23 May 1989) |
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The New South Wales Rugby League team represents the state of New South Wales annually in the Rugby League State of Origin competition against arch-rivals Queensland. They are known as The Blues (because of their sky-blue jerseys) or The Cockroaches.
Current Team
Team for Game Three, 2007.
| No. | Position | Player | Current Club (2007) |
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| 1. | Fullback | Brett Stewart | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
| 2. | Winger | Hazem El Masri | Canterbury Bulldogs |
| 3. | Centre | Matt King | Melbourne Storm |
| 4. | Centre | Matt Cooper | St George Illawarra Dragons |
| 5. | Winger | Jarryd Hayne | Parramatta Eels |
| 6. | Five-Eighth | Greg Bird | Cronulla Sharks |
| 7. | Half-Back | Brett Kimmorley | Cronulla Sharks |
| 8. | Prop | Brent Kite | Manly Sea Eagles |
| 9. | Hooker | Danny Buderus (c) | Newcastle Knights |
| 10. | Prop | Willie Mason | Canterbury Bulldogs |
| 11. | Second Row | Nathan Hindmarsh | Parramatta Eels |
| 12. | Second row | Andrew Ryan | Canterbury Bulldogs |
| 13. | Lock | Paul Gallen | Cronulla Sharks |
| 14. | Interchange | Luke Bailey | Gold Coast Titans |
| 15. | Interchange | Steve Simpson | Newcastle Knights |
| 16. | Interchange | Ryan Hoffman | Melbourne Storm |
| 17. | Interchange | Kurt Gidley | Newcastle Knights |
| - | Coach | Graham Murray | North Queensland Cowboys |
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| New South Wales | Queensland |
| The Team Players • History Records • Scorers Captains and Coaches |
The Team Players • History Records • Scorers Captains and Coaches |
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| 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 |
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| Results & Statistics • Roy and HG's commentary Super League Tri-Series |
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| Australian Rugby League New South Wales Rugby League • Queensland Rugby League |
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New South Wales Origin · City Origin · Country Origin |
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Group Competitions: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 20 · 21 |
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Auckland Lions · Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers · Bulldogs · Central Coast Storm · Cronulla-Sutherland Cobras · Manly Warringah Sea Eagles · Newtown Jets · North Sydney Bears · Wests Magpies · Windsor Wolves |
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Asquith Magpies · Belrose Eagles · Cabramatta Two-Blues · Chester Hill Rhinos · Erina Eagles · Mt Pritchard Mounties · Seven Hills Demons · Shellharbour City Marlins · Sydney Bulls · The Entrance Tigers · WA Reds · Wentworthville Magpies · Windsor Wolves |
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National Teams: Australian Kangaroos · Australian Schoolboys • Prime Minister's XIII |
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Country Rugby League |
Group Competitions: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 20 · 21 |
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Divisions: Central · Northern · South East Queensland · South West · Wide Bay |
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