State of Origin crowd: Confirmed attendance for NSW vs. QLD Game 2 at the MCG

Joshua Mayne

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State of Origin returned to the MCG for Game 2 of the 2024 series.

As the nation's largest-capacity stadium, organisers were hoping for a strong crowd for the match between New South Wales and Queensland.

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State of Origin crowd: Confirmed attendance for NSW vs. QLD at the MCG

A confirmed figure of 90,084 fans attended the game in Melbourne on Wednesday night.

It marks the second-largest crowd at the MCG for an Origin match, falling short of the 91,513-strong crowd in 2015.

State of Origin: Crowd, attendance records in Melbourne

Since State of Origin's inception in 1982, Melbourne has hosted nine games prior to Wednesday, with the first one taking place in 1990 at the old Olympic Park.

It then held games in 1994, 1995 and 1997 at the MCG, with strong crowds in two of the three games helping convince the powers of the time to introduce a club side to the city.

The city hosted three games at Marvel Stadium between 2006 and 2012, with the 2006 game famous for Queensland's last-gasp try to seal a first series win of eight in a row in Game 3.

In 2015 the game once again returned to the MCG, with a record crowd of 91,513 watching NSW win Game 2.

YearGameResultStadiumCrowd
1990TwoNSW 12-6 QLDOlympic Park25,800
1994TwoNSW 14-0 QLDMCG87,161
1995TwoQLD 20-12 NSWMCG52,994
1997TwoNSW 15-14 QLDMCG25,105
2006ThreeNSW 14-16 QLDTelstra Dome54,833
2009OneQLD 28-18 NSWEtihad Stadium50,967
2012OneNSW 10-18 QLDEtihad Stadium56,021
2015TwoQLD 18-26 NSWMCG91,513
2018OneNSW 22-12 QLDMCG87,122

Joshua Mayne

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Joshua Mayne is a content producer for The Sporting News Australia based in Sydney, Australia. He has previously worked as a newsreader at 2SER and journalist at Ministry of Sport. While Joshua’s main passions are football, rugby league, basketball and F1, he will watch any sport that's on. He is still waiting for Arsenal to win the Premier League again.