HIGH HOPES: Boyd Cordner and his New South Wales Blues team mates celebrate after he scored a try. Many pundits believe this is New South Wales' year. Picture: Getty Images
"If we cannot win this game, the series is over. This game is it... If we don't win this game it's another series to Queensland,” said Chris Boulous of the first State of Origin match.
This is it. The match we’ve waited for all year. If you don’t want to watch the State of Origin pre-game warm-up, have a listen to our pre-game discussion about the first match.
Conor Hickey, Paul Roberts and Chris Boulous share their thoughts ahead of the most talked about game on the NRL calendar.
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