State of Origin: When is Origin I? Kickoff time and how to watch New South Wales v Queensland in NZ

Game one will be televised on Sky Sport 1 or streamed online via the Sky Sport Now app, with coverage starting from 9pm.

Kickoff between the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland Maroons is at 10.05pm (NZT).

Game one of the series will be held in Sydney at Accor Stadium.

New South Wales Blues squad:

1. James Tedesco (Sydney Roosters)

2. Brian To’o (Penrith Panthers)

3. Stephen Crichton (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)

4. Kotoni Staggs (Brisbane Broncos)

5. Tolutau Koula* (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)

6. Mitchell Moses (Parramatta Eels)

7. Nathan Cleary (Penrith Panthers)

8. Addin Fonua-Blake* (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks)

9. Reece Robson (Sydney Roosters)

10. Mitchell Barnett (New Zealand Warriors)

11. Hudson Young (Canberra Raiders)

12 Haumole Olakau’atu (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)

13. Isaah Yeo (c) (Penrith Panthers)

14. Cameron Murray (South Sydney Rabbitohs)

15. Victor Radley* (Sydney Roosters)

16. Jacob Saifiti (Newcastle Knights)

17. Blayke Brailey* (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks)

18. Ethan Strange* (Canberra Raiders)

19. Casey McLean* (Penrith Panthers)

20. Dylan Lucas* (Newcastle Knights)

Coach: Laurie Daley

* Yet to play for NSW

Queensland Maroons squad

1. Kalyn Ponga (Newcastle Knights)

2. Selwyn Cobbo (Redcliffe Dolphins)

3. Robert Toia (Sydney Roosters)

4. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (Redcliffe Dolphins)

5. Jojo Fifita (Gold Coast Titans)

6. Cameron Munster (Melbourne Storm)

7. Sam Walker (Sydney Roosters)^

8. Thomas Flegler (Redcliffe Dolphins)

9. Harry Grant (Melbourne Storm)

10. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui (Gold Coast Titans)

11. Reuben Cotter (North Queensland Cowboys)

12. Kurt Capewell (New Zealand Warriors)

13. Max Plath (Redcliffe Dolphins)^

14. Briton Nikora (Cronulla Sutherland Sharks)^

15. Lindsay Collins (Sydney Roosters)

16. Patrick Carrigan (Brisbane Broncos)

17. Trent Loiero (Melbourne Storm)

18. Ezra Mam (Brisbane Broncos)^

19. Gehamat Shibasaki (Brisbane Broncos)

20. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki (Redcliffe Dolphins)

^ Potential debutant

Laurie Daley is the head coach of the New South Wales Blues State of Origin team, returning for his second stint.

He originally coached the Blues between 2013 and 2017, winning six of his 15 games in charge.

Billy Slater is head coach of the Queensland Maroons team, having been in charge since taking over in 2022.

Game two will be played on June 17 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Victoria.

Game three will be played on July 8 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland.

Queensland currently hold the State of Origin shield, having overcome an 18-6 defeat in Game one to secure a 2-1 series victory in 2025.

There is still one match left to play in this year’s women’s series.

New South Wales have already claimed the shield after winning game one 11-6 and game two 14-10.

The final dead-rubber match takes place at Robina Stadium in the Gold Coast on May 28.

A State of Origin match will be played at Eden Park in Auckland in 2027, following three years of high-level talks with the NRL and the Australian Rugby League Commission.

It is expected that 50,000 fans will pack the stadium for the Queensland versus New South Wales match.

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