NSW have never won a State of Origin series with a five-eighth on debut, but the Blues latest No.6 James Maloney says records are there to be broken.

The confident playmaker says he must prove in game one against Queensland next Wednesday that he’s the man to end the Blues’ seven-year drought or risk being another statistic.

“I suppose records are there to be broken,” Maloney said on Monday.

“It’ll be nice if we can change it on Wednesday night.

“At the end of the day, when you’re going into the State of Origin arena, you’ve got a short time period to prove that that’s where you belong and you can play at that level.

“I need to prove right from the get go that I belong here and that I can do the job and hopefully that occurs on Wednesday.”

The 26-year-old was picked ahead of Cronulla incumbent Todd Carney to face the Maroons.

Blues coach Laurie Daley said Maloney’s calming influence on Sydney Roosters teammate and Blues halfback Mitchell Pearce got him over the line.

“Our combination and relationship has been pretty (good),” Maloney said.

“We’ve settled in pretty quickly there at the Roosters.

“Pearcey is doing a bit of yoga so that might be helping (calm him), and I’m getting a bit of the credit.”

Maloney said Pearce, who he will room with in camp, had been a major influence on his brilliant form to start the year with the high-flying Roosters.

The larrikin five-eighth, who dubbed himself “Sterlo” when a reserve grader at Parramatta, said it’s been a childhood dream to play State of Origin.

Daley will be hoping Maloney can once again channel Eels great Peter “Sterlo” Sterling come Wednesday.

“It’s a massive goal and every kid in NSW and Qld grows up watching State of Origin and wanting to be part of it one day,” Maloney said.

“There’s a lot of people that never get here so, to have the opportunity, I’m pretty grateful and very excited. I’m looking forward to the week ahead and can’t wait until next Wednesday.”