It`s Origin time again as the Blues take on the Maroons in the first of the three-game thriller. New South Wales will be looking to reclaim the series after a run of successive losses. As always in the Origin series there are records to be broken and this one`s no different. Newcastle and Blues Captain Danny Buderus will break the great Brad Fritlers captaincy record if he takes the Blues all the way in his final season for the NSW team, and he`ll be hoping to do that with a win. The two surprise inclusions for the Blues are new boy, halfback Peter Wallace and old boy backrower Craig Fitzgibbon both hoping to have a good run-in and help their team to victory at the ANZ. Some big surprises in the Queensland outfit too with no room for the Titans Scott Prince and Karmicheal Hunt replacing injured captain Darren Lockyer. Meninga also hands deserved rookie places to Carl Webb and Storms big boy Israel Folau. Captain Cameron Smith will be dying to get his teeth into a series that has all the ingredients for a thrilling encounter.



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