Game 1, 2016 State of Origin
June 1, 2016 · ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Game 1, 2016 State of Origin: Queensland 6–4 New South Wales, at ANZ Stadium, Sydney on June 1, 2016.
Attendance: 80,251
A low-scoring, error-riddled arm-wrestle. Michael Morgan (Queensland) left with concussion around the 50th minute.
Scorers
| Queensland | Tries: Gagai 39' Goals: Thurston (1/2, incl. 1 penalty goal 15') |
| New South Wales | Tries: Cordner 25' Goals: Reynolds (0/1) |
Teams
| Queensland | New South Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darius Boyd | Fullback | Matt Moylan | 1 |
| 2 | Corey Oates | Wing | Blake Ferguson | 2 |
| 3 | Greg Inglis | Centre | Michael Jennings | 3 |
| 4 | Justin O'Neill | Centre | Josh Morris | 4 |
| 5 | Dane Gagai | Wing | Josh Mansour | 5 |
| 6 | Johnathan Thurston | Five-eighth | James Maloney | 6 |
| 7 | Cooper Cronk | Halfback | Adam Reynolds | 7 |
| 8 | Matthew Scott | Prop | Aaron Woods | 8 |
| 9 | Cameron Smith | Hooker | Robbie Farah | 9 |
| 10 | Nate Myles | Prop | Paul Gallen | 10 |
| 11 | Matt Gillett | Second Row | Boyd Cordner | 11 |
| 12 | Sam Thaiday | Second Row | Josh Jackson | 12 |
| 13 | Corey Parker | Lock | James Tamou | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Michael Morgan | Dylan Walker | 14 | |
| 15 | Josh McGuire | Greg Bird | 15 | |
| 16 | Aidan Guerra | David Klemmer | 16 | |
| 17 | Josh Papalii | Andrew Fifita | 17 | |
| Kevin Walters | Coach | Laurie Daley | ||
Player of the Match
Matt Gillett (Queensland)
Match officials
| Referee | Ben Cummins & Gerard Sutton |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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