ORIGIN AT A GLANCE

HEAD TO HEAD

Series wins: Qld 21, NSW 13, Drawn 2. Game wins: Qld 60, NSW 49, Drawn 2. Last series: Qld won 2-1. Last match: Qld 22 (Jarrod Wallace, Valentine Holmes 3 tries; Cameron Smith 3 goals) NSW 6 (Josh Dugan try; James Maloney 1 goal).

OVERALL TOTALS

Points: Qld 1852, NSW 1706. Tries: Qld 320, NSW 290. Players used: Qld 195 (including three debutants in 2018), NSW 278 (including 11 debutants in 2018).

GAME ONE PLAYERS

Total games: Qld: 84 (lowest since Game 1, 2006). NSW: 39 (lowest since Game 3, 1984). Average age: Qld 27. NSW 25 (youngest since Game 1, 2004).

COACHING RECORD

Kevin Walters: Games: 6. Wins: 4. Losses: 2 (67%). Brad Fittler: Games: 0. Wins: 0. Losses: 0

MCG RECORD

Played 4: NSW 3, Qld 1. Last time: 2015 Game 2 NSW 26 (Michael Jennings, Josh Morris, Aaron Woods, Josh Dugan tries; Trent Hodkinson 5 goals) Qld 18 (Matt Scott, Greg Inglis, Matt Gillett tries; Johnathan Thurston 3 goals)

Maroons Billy Slater and Kevin Walters celebrate last year. Blues Trent Hodkinson and Mitchell Pearce in 2014. Brad Fittler in action for the Blues in 1996. The Blues celebrate a try in 2014.