List of New South Wales rugby league team squads

Position	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fullback	Brett Stewart
Wing	Jarryd Hayne
Centre	Michael Jennings
Centre	Josh Morris
Wing	Akuila Uate		Brett Morris
Five-Eighth	Todd Carney
Halfback	Mitchell Pearce
Prop	Paul Gallen (c)	Tim Grant
Hooker	Robbie Farah
Prop	James Tamou
2nd Row	Luke Lewis	Greg Bird
2nd Row	Glenn Stewart		Beau Scott 2
Lock	Greg Bird	Paul Gallen (c)
Interchange	Trent Merrin		Tony Williams
Interchange	Jamie Buhrer	Luke Lewis
Interchange	Ben Creagh
Interchange	Tony Williams	Anthony Watmough
Coach	Ricky Stuart

* Michael Jennings became the first selected player not to be playing First Grade since 1982 when Phil Duke was selected from the Moree Boomerangs in northern NSW after playing for Country Origin.

Position	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fullback	Jarryd Hayne	Josh Dugan
Wing	Brett Morris
Centre	Michael Jennings
Centre	Josh Morris
Wing	Blake Ferguson	Nathan Merritt1	James McManus2
Five-Eighth	James Maloney
Halfback	Mitchell Pearce
Prop	Paul Gallen (c)		Aaron Woods3
Hooker	Robbie Farah		Robbie Farah (c)3
Prop	James Tamou	Aaron Woods	James Tamou
Second Row	Luke Lewis
Second Row	Ryan Hoffman
Lock	Greg Bird
Interchange	Andrew Fifita
Interchange	Trent Merrin
Interchange	Josh Reynolds4		Boyd Cordner5
Interchange	Anthony Watmough
Coach	Laurie Daley
18th Man	John Sutton		Josh Reynolds5

1 - Blake Ferguson was originally selected to play in game two but was withdrawn after being suspended by the NRL. He was replaced by Nathan Merritt.
2 - Jarryd Hayne was originally selected to play in game three but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by James McManus.
3 - Paul Gallen was originally selected to play in game three but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Aaron Woods as prop, and Robbie Farah as captain.
4 - Kurt Gidley was originally selected to play in game one but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Josh Reynolds.
5 - Josh Reynolds was originally selected to play in game three but under consultation with coach Laurie Daley was dropped to 18th Man. He was replaced by Boyd Cordner

Position	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fullback	Josh Dugan
Wing	Will Hopoate
Centre	Josh Morris
Centre	Michael Jennings
Wing	Daniel Tupou	Brett Morris
Five-eighth	Mitchell Pearce
Halfback	Trent Hodkinson
Prop	Aaron Woods
Hooker	Robbie Farah (c)	Robbie Farah	Michael Ennis2
Prop	James Tamou
Second row	Beau Scott
Second row	Ryan Hoffman
Lock	Josh Jackson	Paul Gallen (c)1
Interchange	Trent Merrin
Interchange	Boyd Cordner
Interchange	David Klemmer
Interchange	Andrew Fifita	Josh Jackson
Coach	Laurie Daley
18th Man	Tyson Frizell	Tariq Sims
19th Man	Ryan James	Dylan Walker	Alex Johnston
20th Man	Matt Moylan

1 - Gallen retained the captaincy role from Farah in Game II.

2 - Robbie Farah was originally chosen to play in Game lll but withdrew due to a hand injury, he was replaced by Michael Ennis.

Position	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fullback	Matt Moylan		James Tedesco
Wing	Blake Ferguson
Centre	Michael Jennings
Centre	Josh Morris1	Dylan Walker4	Josh Dugan
Wing	Josh Mansour
Five-eighth	James Maloney		Matt Moylan5
Halfback	Adam Reynolds		James Maloney5
Prop	Aaron Woods
Hooker	Robbie Farah
Prop	James Tamou2		Paul Gallen (c)
Second row	Boyd Cordner	Tyson Frizell3	Wade Graham
Second row	Josh Jackson
Lock	Paul Gallen2 (c)		Tyson Frizell
Interchange	Dylan Walker	Jack Bird4
Interchange	Greg Bird2		James Tamou
Interchange	David Klemmer
Interchange	Andrew Fifita
Coach	Laurie Daley
18th man	Tyson Frizell	Bryce Cartwright
19th man			Tom Trbojevic
20th man			Jake Trbojevic

1 - Josh Dugan was originally selected to play in Game I, but he withdrew due to an elbow injury. He was replaced by Josh Morris.
2 - James Tamou was originally selected to start on the bench in Game I, but however on game day he swapped positions with Greg Bird. Bird was moved from lock to bench, Tamou moved from bench to prop and Paul Gallen from prop to lock.
3 - Wade Graham was originally selected to play in Game II, but he was suspended. He was replaced by Tyson Frizell.
4 - Josh Morris was originally selected to play in Game II, but was forced out due to injury. Dylan Walker was moved from the bench to centre, while Jack Bird was promoted from 19th man to the bench.
5 - Adam Reynolds was originally selected to play halfback in Game III, but withdrew due to injury. James Maloney shifted from five-eighth to halfback and Matt Moylan, who had originally been dropped from the squad for James Tedesco, was recalled into the squad to start at five-eighth.

Position	Game I	Game II	Game III
Fullback	James Tedesco
Wing	Brett Morris
Centre	Josh Dugan
Centre	Jarryd Hayne
Wing	Blake Ferguson
Five-eighth	James Maloney
Halfback	Mitchell Pearce
Prop	Aaron Woods
Hooker	Nathan Peats
Prop	Andrew Fifita
Second row	Boyd Cordner (c)
Second row	Josh Jackson
Lock	Tyson Frizell
Interchange	David Klemmer
Interchange	Wade Graham
Interchange	Jake Trbojevic
Interchange	Jack Bird
Coach	Laurie Daley
18th	Matt Moylan		Jack de Belin
19th	Jordan McLean	Jack de Belin	Dale Finucane
20th	Jack de Belin	Tom Trbojevic

Notes

• Peter Wallace was originally going to be selected to play hooker but was ruled out for the entire series with a groin injury. Titan Nathan Peats played instead.

Position	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fullback	James Tedesco
Wing	Nick Cotric	Blake Ferguson
Centre	Latrell Mitchell	Tom Trbojevic
Centre	Josh Morris	Jack Wighton
Wing	Josh Addo-Carr
Five-eighth	Cody Walker	James Maloney
Halfback	Nathan Cleary		Mitchell Pearce1
Prop	David Klemmer	Daniel Saifiti
Hooker	Damien Cook
Prop	Paul Vaughan
Second row	Boyd Cordner (c)
Second row	Tyson Frizell
Lock	Jake Trbojevic
Interchange	Jack Wighton	Dale Finucane
Interchange	Payne Haas	Tariq Sims	David Klemmer2
Interchange	Cameron Murray
Interchange	Angus Crichton	Wade Graham
Coach	Brad Fittler
18th man	Ryan Matterson		Clinton Gutherson
19th man	Victor Radley	Clinton Gutherson

¹ – Nathan Cleary was originally selected in the squad for game three, but was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was replaced by Mitchell Pearce.

² – Tariq Sims was originally selected in the squad for game three, but was forced to withdraw due to suspension. He was replaced by David Klemmer.

a. ^ Only one State of Origin game was played in both 1980 and 1981.

b. ^ Exhibition match played at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Long Beach, California, United States.

c. ^ Only Super League players could play in the Super League Tri-series.

d. ^ Timana Tahu was originally selected to play but withdrew due to personal reasons. He was replaced by Joel Monaghan [1]

e. ^ Hindmarsh switched places with Waterhouse to play in the starting side after being initially selected for the bench.

f. ^ The 18th man is a reserve to cover for any forthcoming injuries and, unless chosen, does not actually play.

g. ^ Dean Young switched places with Michael Ennis to play in the starting side after being initially selected for the bench.

h. ^ Josh Dugan was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Anthony Minichiello.

• "Every State of Origin rep" at couriermail.com.au