Zero Tackle rewinds to the past as the NSW Blues get ready to take on the QLD Maroons on Thursday evening in the 2024 Under-19s State of Origin match.
Zero Tackleย looks at every player who competed for the Blues at the U19/20s level and examines which players have gone on to play in the State of Origin arena.
Players who have gone on to the Origin arena from the junior representative match include Latrell Mitchell, Boyd Cordner, Stephen Crichton, Jake Trbojevic, Cameron Murray and many more.
2014 (NSW U20s def QLD U20s 30-8)
The third edition of the Under 20s State of Origin match saw NSW defeat QLD by 22 points, with winger Jake Mamo being awarded Player of the Match honours.
Mamo would end up with three tries. Sione Mata'utia and Tyrone Phillips crossed the line for a try, while Clinton Gutherson booted five goals.
Over the following years, Clinton Gutherson, Mitchell Moses, Jake Trbojevic, Jack Bird and Ryan Matterson would be the only five players to go on and represent the NSW Blues in the Origin arena.
1. Clinton Gutherson
2. Jake Mamo
3. Sione Mata'utia
4. Aaron Gray
5. Tyrone Phillips
6. Drew Hutchison
7. Mitchell Moses
8. Matthew Lodge
9. Kaysa Pritchard (c)
10. Jake Trbojevic
11. Jakiel Mariner
12. Adam Elliott
13. Jack Bird
Interchange
14. Ryan Matterson
15. Pauli Pauli
16. Dean Britt
17. Rhys Kennedy
NSW fans don’t wanna remember Walker playing origin lol