New South Wales state rugby league team

New South Wales

Nickname

The Blues / The Cockroaches

Association

New South Wales Rugby League

Head coach

Craig Bellamy

Captain

Danny Buderus

Most caps

Brad Fittler (31)

Top scorer

Michael O'Connor (129)

Home stadium

ANZ Stadium (capacity 82,500)





Uniform

Most recent series
2007 State of Origin: LOST
Queensland 2 - New South Wales 1

Biggest win

New South Wales 56 - 16 Queensland

(Stadium Australia, Sydney; 7 June 2000)

Biggest defeat

Queensland 36 - 6 New South Wales

(Lang Park, Brisbane; 23 May 1989)

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Current Team

Team for Game Two, 2008.

No.	Position	Player	Age	Current Club (2008)
1.	Fullback	Brett Stewart	23	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
2. Brett Stewart (born 27 February 1985 is an Australian professional Rugby league footballer who plays for the Manly Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League	Winger	Steve Turner	26	Melbourne Storm
3. Steve Turner may refer to someone In professional sports: Steve Turner (rugby league, an Australian Rugby league footballer with the	Centre	Mark Gasnier	26	St George Illawarra Dragons
4. Mark Gasnier (born 19 July, 1981 in Sydney NSW) is an Australian Rugby union player for the Stade Francais in the	Centre	Matt Cooper	29	St George Illawarra Dragons
5.	Winger	Anthony Quinn	25	Melbourne Storm
6. For other people named Anthony Quinn see Anthony Quinn (disambiguation Anthony Quinn ( April 21, 1915 &ndash	Five-Eighth	Greg Bird	24	Cronulla Sharks
7. Greg Bird (born 10 February, 1984 in Newcastle New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for the	Half-Back	Peter Wallace	22	Brisbane Broncos
8. Peter Wallace (born 16 October 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian professional Rugby league player	Prop	Brett White	26	Melbourne Storm
9. Brett White (born 8 April 1982 in Jindabyne New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league footballer	Hooker	Danny Buderus (c)	30	Newcastle Knights
10. Danny Buderus (born 6 February 1978 in Taree, New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for	Prop	Craig Fitzgibbon	30	Sydney Roosters
11. Craig Fitzgibbon (born 16 June 1977 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian Rugby league player who plays for the	Second Row	Ryan Hoffman	24	Melbourne Storm
12. Ryan Hoffman (born 26 January 1984 in Canberra) and is an Australian professional Rugby league player in the National Rugby League (NRL	Second row	Willie Mason	28	Sydney Roosters
13. William Marshall Mason (born 15 April 1980 in Toronto New South Wales) is a professional Rugby league player in the Australian National	Lock	Paul Gallen	26	Cronulla Sharks
14. Paul Gallen (born August 14 1981 in Sydney New South Wales) is an Australian Rugby league player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the	Interchange	Anthony Laffranchi	27	Gold Coast Titans
15. Anthony Laffranchi (born 16 November 1980 in Murwillumbah New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for the Gold Coast Titans	Interchange	Anthony Tupou	24	Sydney Roosters
16. Anthony Tupou (born 1 March 1984 is an Australian professional Rugby league player for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL	Interchange	Steve Simpson	28	Newcastle Knights
17. The name Steve Simpson can refer to Steve Simpson (rugby league (b	Interchange	Kurt Gidley	25	Newcastle Knights
-	Coach	Craig Bellamy	48	Melbourne Storm. Kurt Gidley is a five-eighth[[Rugby league positions\|/fullback]] who plays for and captains the Newcastle Knights. Craig Douglas Bellamy (born July 13 1979 in Rumney, Cardiff) is a Welsh international footballer He plays for West

Jarryd Hayne was originally picked on the wing, but was suspended for a dangerous tackle whilst playing for his club side. Jarryd Hayne (born 15 February 1988) is an Australian professional Rugby league player currently playing for the Parramatta Eels, in the Steve Turner will replace him on the wing.

State of Origin
New South Wales	Queensland
The Team Players • Records Captains and Coaches	The Team Players • History • Records Captains and Coaches
Series
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 • 2009
Other
Results & Statistics • Roy and HG's commentary Super League Tri-Series
Governing Bodies
Australian Rugby League New South Wales Rugby League • Queensland Rugby League

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