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The State of Origin stats to know

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Mal Meninga holds the record for most State Of Origin wins as coach. Photo / Getty Images.

Mal Meninga holds the record for most State Of Origin wins as coach. Photo / Getty Images.

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Game One of the State of Origin 2015 series starts tonight, and nzherald.co.nz have compiled all the stats you need to know before New South Wales and Queensland clash in the fierce competition shortly after 10pm (NZT).

Series Wins:

Queensland: 20
New South Wales: 14
Drawn: 2

Overall Wins:

Queensland: 53
New South
Wales: 46
Draws: 2

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Biggest Wins:

New South Wales 56 Queensland 16 - Game III 2000
Queensland 36 New South Wales 6 - Game I 1989
Queensland 36 New South Wales 6 - Game III 2003
Queensland 30 New South Wales 0 - Game II 2008

Most Consecutive Wins:

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8 - Queensland (Game II, 1987 - Game III, 1989)

Most Consecutive Series Wins:

8 - Queensland (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

Most Tries In A Match:

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3 - Held by Chris Anderson (1983), Kerry Boustead (1984), Ryan Girdler (2000), Lote Tuqiri (2002), Matt Sing (2003) and Matt King (2005).

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Most Points In A Match: Ryan Girdler, 32 (Game III, 2000)

Most Appearances:

Darren Lockyer (Queensland) 36
Allan Langer (Queensland) 34
Cameron Smith (Queensland) 33
Petero Civoniceva (Queensland) 33
Mal Meninga (Queensland) 32
Brad Fittler (New South Wales) 31
Wally Lewis (Queensland) 31
Johnathan Thurston (Queensland) 30
Steve Price (Queensland) 29
Andrew Ettingshausen (New South Wales) 27

Darren Lockyer holds the State Of Origin record for most appearances.

Most Consecutive Appearances: Johnathan Thurston: 30

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Most Tries: Greg Inglis and Darius Boyd with 15 apiece.

Most Points: Johnathan Thurston: 174

Oldest Player: Petero Civoniceva (36 years and 53 days)

Youngest Player: Ben Ikin (18 years and 83 days)

Most Man Of The Match Awards: Wally Lewis with 8, double the next most.

Wally Lewis holds several Origin records.

Most Matches As Captain:

Wally Lewis (Queensland) 29
Darren Lockyer (Queensland) 22
Danny Buderus (New South Wales) 15

Most Wins As Coach:

Mal Meninga (Queensland) 18
Phil Gould (New South Wales) 14
Wayne Bennett (Queensland) 11
Arthur Beetson (Queensland) 11

Largest Crowd:

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88,336 at Stadium Australia in 1999.

Average 2015 Squad Age:

Queensland: 28.6
New South Wales 25.6.

Queensland will rely on their experienced campaigners this series.

Players Over 30:

Queensland 7
New South Wales 3

2015 Squad Origin Experience:

Queensland - 268 combined games
New South Wales - 106 combined games

Queensland only have two starters - Aidan Guerra and Will Chambers - with less than 10 games of Origin experience. New South Wales have nine such starters, including the only starting debutant in Josh Jackson.

To follow along with the State Of Origin clash tonight, make sure to tune in to our live blog come gametime.

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