The first try scorer of Game 1 of the 2015 State of Origin series was Cooper Cronk for the Queensland Maroons.
After being gifted the experience of watching Shannon Noll rock his way through the Rose Tattoo classic ‘We Can’t Be Beaten’, a packed house at ANZ Stadium in Sydney were presented with some tense opening minutes.
After a Daniel Tupou fumble while emerging from a scrum, Queensland were gifted the ball and made a strong play, resulting in what Maroons fans believed was the opening try when Billy Slater slipped through a flurry of Blues and got one hand, and downward pressure, on a dribbling ball.
That try was denied by the video referee after it was deemed that Slater pushed Trent Hodkinson while making his way to the ball.
Just a few minutes later, Queensland would again be on the attack, and quickly rewarded with the opening try of the match from Cooper Cronk, who scored just his third Origin try.
You can follow live scores and coverage of Origin I with The Roar‘s live blog.
The prematch odds for the first try scorer are as follows:
| Player | Odds* |
| Darius Boyd (Queensland) | 9 |
| Will Chambers (Queensland) | 10 |
| Billy Slater (Queensland) | 11 |
| Daniel Tupou (New South Wales) | 11 |
| Greg Inglis (Queensland) | 11 |
| Will Hopoate (New South Wales) | 11 |
| Michael Jennings (New South Wales) | 12 |
| Michael Morgan (Queensland) | 12 |
| Josh Dugan (New South Wales) | 13 |
| Josh Morris (New South Wales) | 15 |
| Justin Hodges (Queensland) | 15 |
| Boyd Cordner (New South Wales) | 21 |
| Matt Gillett (Queensland) | 21 |
| Aidan Guerra (Queensland) | 23 |
| Johnathan Thurston (Queensland) | 23 |
| Ryan Hoffman (New South Wales) | 23 |
| Beau Scott (New South Wales) | 26 |
| Cooper Cronk (Queensland) | 26 |
| Josh Jackson (New South Wales) | 26 |
| Mitchell Pearce (New South Wales) | 26 |
| Sam Thaiday (Queensland) | 26 |
| Andrew Fifita (New South Wales) | 31 |
| Trent Hodkinson (New South Wales) | 31 |
| Trent Merrin (New South Wales) | 34 |
| Cameron Smith (Queensland) | 36 |
| Robbie Farah (New South Wales) | 41 |
| Corey Parker (Queensland) | 51 |
| David Klemmer (New South Wales) | 51 |
| Josh McGuire (Queensland) | 67 |
| Aaron Woods (New South Wales) | 81 |
| Dylan Napa (Queensland) | 81 |
| Jacob Lillyman (Queensland) | 81 |
| James Tamou (New South Wales) | 81 |
| Matthew Scott (Queensland) | 81 |
| Nate Myles (Queensland) | 81 |
| No Scorer | 101 |
*Odds from Ladbrokes
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