Game 1, 2018 State of Origin
June 6, 2018 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Game 1, 2018 State of Origin: New South Wales 22–12 Queensland, at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on June 6, 2018.
Attendance: 87,122
New coach Brad Fittler fielded 11 debutants for NSW. Greg Inglis captained Queensland in its first series after the retirements of Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk, with Billy Slater unavailable through injury. Exact try-scoring minutes are only approximately sourced for this game (independent reports differed by a few minutes each).
Scorers
| New South Wales | Tries: Tedesco; Mitchell; T. Trbojevic; Addo-Carr Goals: Maloney (3/5) |
| Queensland | Tries: Holmes; Gagai Goals: Holmes (2/2) |
Teams
| New South Wales | Queensland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Tedesco | Fullback | Michael Morgan | 1 |
| 2 | Tom Trbojevic | Wing | Valentine Holmes | 2 |
| 3 | Latrell Mitchell | Centre | Greg Inglis | 3 |
| 4 | James Roberts | Centre | Will Chambers | 4 |
| 5 | Josh Addo-Carr | Wing | Dane Gagai | 5 |
| 6 | James Maloney | Five-eighth | Cameron Munster | 6 |
| 7 | Nathan Cleary | Halfback | Ben Hunt | 7 |
| 8 | David Klemmer | Prop | Dylan Napa | 8 |
| 9 | Damien Cook | Hooker | Andrew McCullough | 9 |
| 10 | Reagan Campbell-Gillard | Prop | Jarrod Wallace | 10 |
| 11 | Boyd Cordner | Second Row | Gavin Cooper | 11 |
| 12 | Tyson Frizell | Second Row | Felise Kaufusi | 12 |
| 13 | Jack de Belin | Lock | Josh McGuire | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Paul Vaughan | Josh Papalii | 14 | |
| 15 | Jake Trbojevic | Coen Hess | 15 | |
| 16 | Angus Crichton | Jai Arrow | 16 | |
| 17 | Tyrone Peachey | Anthony Milford | 17 | |
| Brad Fittler | Coach | Kevin Walters | ||
Player of the Match
James Tedesco (New South Wales)
Match officials
| Referee | Gerard Sutton & Ashley Klein |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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