New South Wales rugby league team

The **New South Wales rugby league team**, nicknamed the **Blues**, represents New South Wales in rugby league. It plays against Queensland in the State of Origin series every year.

### Current squad

|width="10%"||width="21%"|Player|width="22%"|Date of birth (age)|width="8%"|Caps|width="8%"|Pts|width="24%"|Club|
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|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|40|Canterbury Bulldogs||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|2|style="text-align:center;"|4|Canterbury Bulldogs||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|84|Penrith Panthers||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|16|style="text-align:center;"|12|South Sydney Rabbitohs||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|3|style="text-align:center;"|0|Penrith Panthers||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|12|Newcastle Knights||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|0|South Sydney Rabbitohs||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|0|Brisbane Broncos||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|0|Cronulla Sharks||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|0|South Sydney Rabbitohs||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|2|style="text-align:center;"|4|Wests Tigers||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|4|Penrith Panthers||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|0|Penrith Panthers||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|32|South Sydney Rabbitohs||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|2|style="text-align:center;"|0|Parramatta Eels||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|4|South Sydney Rabbitohs||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|0|Canterbury Bulldogs||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|0|Parramatta Eels||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|0|North Queensland Cowboys||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|(c)|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|17|style="text-align:center;"|28|Sydney Roosters||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|8|Penrith Panthers||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|36|Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|0|Wests Tigers||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|0|Penrith Panthers||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|0|Canberra Raiders||

## Infobox (rugby league representative team)

- **badge**: NSW Blues.png
- **nickname**: The Blues
- **nickname2**: Cockroaches
- **governing body**: New South Wales Rugby League
- **coach**: Michael Maguire (rugby league), Michael Maguire
- **captain**: James Tedesco
- **most caps**: Brad Fittler (31)
- **top try-scorer**: Josh Addo-Carr (11)
Jarryd Hayne (11)
Michael O'Connor (rugby), Michael O'Connor (11)
- **top point-scorer**: Michael O'Connor (rugby), Michael O'Connor (129)
- **home stadium**: Stadium Australia (84,000)
- **pattern la1**: _navyborder
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- **pattern ra1**: _navyborder
- **pattern sh1**: _lightblue stripes
- **pattern so1**: _2_navy_stripes
- **leftarm1**: 86D1FD
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- **shorts1**: 002551
- **socks1**: 86D1FD
- **pattern la2**: _skyblueborder
- **pattern b2**: _lightblue large
- **pattern ra2**: _skyblueborder
- **pattern sh2**: _lightblue stripes
- **pattern so2**: _2_navy_stripes
- **leftarm2**: 002551
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- **socks2**: 86D1FD
- **first game**:  New South Wales 8–12
(Royal Agricultural Society Ground, Sydney; 1907)
- **first international title**: 1980 State of Origin game, First State of Origin game
- **first international**:  Queensland rugby league team, Queensland 20–10 New South Wales
(Lang Park, Brisbane; 8 July 1980)
- **largest win**:  New South Wales 69–5 Queensland rugby league team, Queensland
(Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney; 4 June 1957)
- **largest loss**:  Queensland rugby league team, Queensland 52–6 New South Wales
(Suncorp Stadium; [http://queensland.rleague.com/origin/interstate-matchs.php 8 July 2015])