It’s the pinnacle of rugby league and it’s finally arrived. The event that rugby league fans count down the days to each year – State Of Origin.

It’s been a long, sad seven years for New South Wales fans but there is a sense of hope about this year’s series and certainly about the opening fixture on home turf.

Despite having won seven series on the trot and retaining the nucleus of what has made them so successful, the all-conquering Queenslanders are $1.97 outsiders for origin one.

A big, tough, in-form forward pack and an all-Roosters halves combination has seen the Blues backed into $1.87 after opening as slight outsiders. All the money has come for the Blues who will be desperate to get their series off to a flyer before facing the mammoth task of taking on the Maroons at Suncorp in game two.

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First Try to the Queenslanders?

New South Wales may be favourites but it’s a couple of Maroons superstars who are most likely to open the try-scoring proceedings tonight. Well, at least according to the market.

Sharing the top line of first tryscorer betting at $8 are Queensland’s classy fullback Billy Slater and powerful centre Greg Inglis. With 11 tries from 11 games in the NRL this season it’s hard to deny Greg Inglis his price while Billy has also been a try sneak, crossing the stripe six times.

At $11, Brett Morris and Michael Jennings are the highest rated Blues chances with a host of players occupying the next line at $12.

Think a forward can barge over to take first tryscorer honours? Blues backrower Luke Lewis is considered the best of the big men to crash over at $25 while Maroons hooker Cameron Smith is a $26 chance.