How every NRL team will be impacted by State of Origin

With 17 teams, byes every week and a season where more games need to be played, the impacts of State of Origin will be as big as they have been in 2023 since prior to the Gold Coast Titans joining the competition.

In previous years, every team would play only one game prior to a State of Origin game and without stars.

That has gone out the back window in 2023 though, with no week off before Origin 2, and more than half of the competition playing prior to each Origin game.

The Origin period stretches from Round 13 to Round 20 as follows:

Round 13: Before Origin 1 - Origin players not allowed to play.
Round 14: After Origin 1 - Origin players backing up.
Round 15: Normal round.
Round 16: Before Origin 2 - Origin players not allowed to play.
Round 17: After Origin 2 - Origin players backing up.
Round 18: Normal round.
Round 19: Before Origin 3 - Origin players not allowed to play.
Round 20: After Origin 3 - Origin players backing up.

Following the announcement of both squads on Monday morning, here is how your team will be impacted by the State of Origin window.

NSW Blues Game 1 squad
QLD Maroons Game 1 squad

Note: This article assumes squads would remain the same across the Origin series.

Gold Coast Titans

Current ladder position: 10th, 12 points, - 31
Players selected: Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, David Fifita
Origin period fixtures: Round 13: vs Bye, Round 14: vs Rabbitohs (h), Round 15: vs Tigers (h), Round 16: Bye, Round 17: vs Broncos (a), Round 18: vs Raiders (a), Round 19: vs Dolphins (h), Round 20: vs Eels (a)

The Titans will be short in the forwards throughout the Origin period, with both Tino Fa'asuamaleaui and David Fifita selected.

They do enjoy a bye before Origin 1 and 3, playing the Dolphins - who also have players missing - before Origin 3.

That, however, means the Titans have to back up from all three Origin games with difficult games against the Rabbitohs (Saturday night), Broncos (Sunday afternoon) and Eels (Sunday evening). Both players would be a chance to back up for at least the final two of those games given the lack of travel from either game and long as possible turnaround time.