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The votes are in. Your voices have been heard. We have selected both the Queensland and New South Wales teams based on your selections from over the weekend.
We had 449 responses from those helping us pick the Maroons team, which is great, so thanks to all who contributed. It’s not quite the 800-plus we had for the New South Wales side, but still a great effort by all.
>> For the Queensland Maroons team named for Origin, check out our expert reaction
>> For the latest State of Origin news and opinion, head to our Origin teams page
Did we stick with the men who’d done it all before? Or were Roarers more inclined to take risks and look to start developing some future Maroons?
Here are the 17 men you selected to front up for the Maroons at Suncorp Stadium in just over a week’s time.
1. Billy Slater
2. Darius Boyd
3. Greg Inglis
4. Justin Hodges
5. Brent Tate
6. Johnathan Thurston
7. Cooper Cronk
8. Matt Scott
9. Cameron Smith
10. Nate Myles
11. Matt Gillett
12. Ben Te’o
13. Corey Parker
14. Daly Cherry-Evans
15. Josh Papalii
16. Dave Taylor
17. Chris McQueen
With Sam Thaiday ruling himself out of Origin I contention over the weekend, unfortunately none of the votes to Slammin’ Sam counted in our poll. That means Matt Gillett gets his first Origin start in The Roar’s team, alongside hard-hitting Ben Te’o.
The rest of the side, bar the bench, was supremely predictable.
Daylight couldn’t challenge Corey Parker and Johnathan Thurston out of their starting spots for Queensland, while Roarers chose to stick solid with the backline that has served the Maroons so well for so many years.
Veterans Justin Hodges, Billy Slater and Brent Tate all remain in their jerseys, with Greg Inglis being chosen at centre.
Cooper Cronk was handed the seven jersey, with contender Daly Cherry-Evans getting just a few of those votes.
The bench, perhaps the biggest point of contention for this Maroons side, is chock full of wide-running backrowers, with Chris McQueen, Josh Papalii and David Taylor all sure to add some thrust. The concern would be the lack of a genuine front rower, though Taylor, Parker and Papalii could all fill in there as required.
See below for the full summary of the selection of our side, and stay tuned today as we bring you expert reaction to Queensland’s squad announcement.
| Billy Slater | 389 | 89% |
| Greg Inglis | 49 | 11% |
| Other | 1 | 0% |
| Brent Tate | 350 | 41% |
| Darius Boyd | 390 | 45% |
| Dane Nielsen | 20 | 2% |
| Will Chambers | 75 | 9% |
| Other | 25 | 3% |
| Justin Hodges | 365 | 42% |
| Greg Inglis | 396 | 45% |
| Dane Nielsen | 14 | 2% |
| Willie Tonga | 26 | 3% |
| Will Chambers | 56 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 2% |
| Johnathan Thurston | 431 | 99% |
| Daylight | 4 | 1% |
| Other | 2 | 0% |
| Cooper Cronk | 380 | 86% |
| Daly Cherry-Evans | 58 | 13% |
| Other | 2 | 0% |
| Cameron Smith | 434 | 99% |
| Matt Ballin | 4 | 1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Matt Scott | 418 | 48% |
| Nate Myles | 300 | 34% |
| David Shillington | 53 | 6% |
| Ben Hannant | 43 | 5% |
| Sam Thaiday | 41 | 5% |
| Jacob Lillyman | 19 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 0% |
| Chris McQueen | 123 | 14% |
| Nate Myles, | 121 | 14% |
| Matt Gillett | 176 | 20% |
| Sam Thaiday | 249 | 28% |
| Josh Papalii | 38 | 4% |
| Ben Te’o | 128 | 15% |
| Dave Taylor | 34 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 1% |
| Corey Parker | 396 | 90% |
| Ashley Harrison | 14 | 3% |
| Josh Papalii | 7 | 2% |
| Matt Gillett | 24 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Matt Gillett | 201 | 12% |
| Daly Cherry-Evans | 364 | 21% |
| Jacob Lillyman | 105 | 6% |
| Corey Parker | 41 | 2% |
| Matt Ballin | 34 | 2% |
| Chris McQueen | 192 | 11% |
| Josh Papalii | 212 | 12% |
| Ben Hannant | 150 | 9% |
| David Shillington | 94 | 5% |
| Ashley Harrison | 72 | 4% |
| Dave Taylor | 179 | 10% |
| Other | 89 | 5% |
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