2018 Florian State of Origin

The 2018 Florian State of Origin will be the 2nd annual best-of-three series between the Kingsland and Southland rugby league teams. After a revamp of the series, the Heartlands and Exiles teams were excluded from the series.

Sandro Betts will coach the Kingsland team, whilst Southland will be managed by Wayne Adams of Meadowedge Warriors.

Both teams have not previously won the series. As curtain raisers to the main event. Under 18 and U20 matches will be played as well as Womens match.

Game I

29th May 2018 19:30 FST

Kingsland	8 – 7	Southland
Tries: Rogers Goals: Baxter (2/2)		Tries: S.Powell Goals: Briscoe Field Goals: May

Northcliff Arena Attendance: 75,677 Referee/s: Leon Gallagher,Lucas Bennet Man of the Match: Adam Rogers

Team lists:

FB 1 Dylan Austin WG 2 Adam Rogers CE 3 Rhys Baxter (K,C) CE 4 Leo Bell WG 5 Nick Foster FE 6 Riley Bates HB 7 Kyrie Shepard PR 8 Darnell Griffin HK 9 Jesus Skinner PR 10 Scott Matthews SR 11 Taylor Cox SR 12 Kayden Fox LK 13 Jenson Cole Substitutes: IC 14 Liam Gale IC 15 Issac Hopkins IC 16 Sean Hamilton IC 17 Jason Lewis Coach: Sandro Betts

FB 1 Samuel Stone WG 2 Ellis Morgan CE 3 George Baker CE 4 Zac Roberts WG 5 Chris Briscoe FE 6 Andrew Watkins HB 7 Demarcus May PR 8 Luke Moon HK 9 Lawrence Singleton PR 10 Nick Ward SR 11 Sean Powell SR 12 Connor Powell LK 13 Aiden Baker Substitutes: IC 14 Ben McNally IC 15 Jordan Tonga IC 16 Leo Cooper IC 17 Brad Clark Coach: Wayne Adams

Game II

19th June 2018 19:30 FST

Southland	18 – 14	Kingsland
Tries:Briscoe (2) Roberts Goals: Briscoe (3/3)		Tries:Rogers (2) Baxter Goals: Baxter (1/3)

Red Bear Park Attendance: 59,862 Referee/s: James Walker,Stanley Hunter Man of the Match: Connor Powell

Team lists:

FB 1 Samuel Stone WG 2 Ellis Morgan CE 3 George Baker CE 4 Zac Roberts WG 5 Chris Briscoe FE 6 Andrew Watkins HB 7 Demarcus May PR 8 Luke Moon HK 9 Lawrence Singleton PR 10 Nick Ward SR 11 Sean Powell SR 12 Connor Powell LK 13 Aiden Baker Substitutes: IC 14 Ben McNally IC 15 Jordan Tonga IC 16 Leo Cooper IC 17 Brad Clark Coach: Wayne Adams

FB 1 Dylan Austin WG 2 Adam Rogers CE 3 Rhys Baxter (K,C) CE 4 Leo Bell WG 5 Nick Foster FE 6 Riley Bates HB 7 Kyrie Shepard PR 8 Darnell Griffin HK 9 Jesus Skinner PR 10 Scott Matthews SR 11 Taylor Cox SR 12 Kayden Fox LK 13 Jenson Cole Substitutes: IC 14 Liam Gale IC 15 Issac Hopkins IC 16 Sean Hamilton IC 17 Jason Lewis Coach: Sandro Betts

Game III

3rd July 2018 19:30 UTC

Kingsland	v	Southland

Newmarsh Olympic Stadium Attendance: TBC Referee/s: Stanley Parry,Isaac Woods

Residents' match

29th May 2018

Kingsland	18 – 6	Southland

Northcliff Arena Attendance: 17,500 Referee/s: Arthur Day

Under-20s match

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Under-18s match

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Women's match

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