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Follow all the rugby league action as the NSW Blues take on the Queensland Maroons for Game I of the State of Origin Series.

Kiwi forward Briton Nikora will make his Origin debut, after being named for Queensland.

He makes history as the first Kiwi international to be allowed to play in rugby league's biggest showpiece after a change in eligibility rules.

Two Warriors will also play in Origin I; co-captain Mitch Barnett for New South Wales and second rower Kurt Capewell for Queensland.