Fulltime at ANZ Stadium and Queensland have defeated New South Wales 12-10.
Queensland Maroons 12-10
Queensland win the scrum and will hold on.
Queensland Maroons 12-10
Thurston kicks into the arms of Maloney before Farah kicks for McManus who can't quite hang onto the ball as it goes in touch. Maroons scrum.
Queensland Maroons 12-10
Hodges is tackled by Maloney and slow to his feet.
Queensland Maroons 12-10
No try. An intruder has gone on the ground and impeded Hoffman in attempting to make the tackle. Scrum Queensland.
Queensland Maroons 12-10
VIDEO REFEREE: Possible Queensland try.
Queensland Maroons 12-10
Farah kicks early before Slater finds Boyd who returns the ball 40m up field.
Queensland Maroons 12-10
Dugan takes Cronk's kick well before Slater throws him back to the ground. No penalty.
Queensland Maroons 12-10
PENALTY Maroons. Slater tackled in the air.
Queensland Maroons 12-10
Cronk kicks on the last straight to Morris who is tackled 30m out.
Queensland Maroons 12-10
The Maroons let Pearce's bomb bounce before Tate comes up with it. Blues muscling up.
Queensland Maroons 12-10
TRY NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES
Scored by Trent Merrin. Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.
Trent Merrin scores for the Blues to put them back in the game! There was nothing doing for the Dragons forward but he pushed away from Parker to score under the sticks. Maloney adds the extras. Grandstand finish coming up.
Queensland Maroons 12-10
Pearce kicks on the last and the ball goes back to Merrin. Six more for the Blues.
Queensland Maroons 12-4
Pearce kicks to the wing of Morris but Tate comes up with the ball.
Queensland Maroons 12-4
Dugan takes Cronk's kick well and goes over the 20m line.
Queensland Maroons 12-4
McManus with another good catch off Cronk's kick.
Queensland Maroons 12-4
TRY QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Scored by Justin Hodges. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston unsuccessful.
Hodges scores for Queensland! They ran the ball on the last with Cronk delivering a perfect short ball to Hodges who burst through Jennings' attempted tackle to score. Thurston can't add the extras but the visitors are out by more than a converted try.
Queensland Maroons 12-4
PENALTY Maroons. Blues offside.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Hoffman was away and gave the ball to Jennings who has the ball forced loose by Tate.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Pearce's kick is charged down by Cherry-Evans but the ball goes into touch. Blues scrum.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Great scrambling defence from the Blues, in particular Dugan who picks up Cronk's average kick into the in-goal.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
McManus knocks on as Cronk kicks back to the corner. Maroons scrum.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Pearce tries to grubber in behind the Queensland line while running at full speed. Puts the ball down. QLD have possession.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Slater fires a pass on the outside to Tate which is too high. The ball flicks his fingers before going into touch. Blues scrum.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Thurston has his kick charged down. Six more for QLD.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Maloney fires a pass on the outside which is put down by Jennings. Maroons scrum.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
PENALTY Blues. Hands on the ball again from the Queenslanders.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
PENALTY Blues. Gillett doesn't get out of the play-the-ball area quick enough.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Thurston dummies on the outside and tries to duck under tackles before he loses the ball. Blues scrum.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Watmough tries to get up and play the ball quickly but knocks it on. Maroons scrum.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
McManus comes up with another good catch off Cronk's bomb. Professional stuff from the Newcastle winger as he hit the ground immediately.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Thurston chips over the top and Morris comes up with a good catch. Blues working the ball out of trouble.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Fifita gets a perfect ball around the corner and Dugan juggles the ball as he went into the backfield and knocks on. Queensland scrum.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Farah kicks to the corner and Slater is hit with a big tackle.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Good run from Maloney and the Blues go into Qld territory.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Second half action underway. Blues with first use.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Second half action underway. Blues with first use.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Halftime at ANZ and it's the Maroons leading 8-4.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Hodges takes the last carry of the first half.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
The Blues throw the ball around like a hot potato before another pass finds the ground and Jennings knocks on. Maroons scrum.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
PENALTY Blues. Hands on the ball in the play-the-ball.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
No Try. Boyd fumbles the Farah kick into the in-goal before just winning the race back to ground the ball. Maroons dropout.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
VIDEO REFEREE: Possible Blues try.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
PENALTY Blues. Gillett holds onto Merrin in the tackle for too long.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Forward pass against Queensland. Blues ball.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Tate slices through the Blues defence and makes 30m.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Smith kicks out of dummy half but the ball trickles dead. 20m restart.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Maloney goes to the air and Tate takes it well before the Blues come from everywhere.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Farah kicks to the corner and Slater is hit in a solid tackle before Tate suffers the same treatment.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
The Maroons look a bit flustered with Corey Parker forced to kick on the last.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
Mistake free stuff from the Blues following the try and now they muscle up in defence.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
TRY NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES
Scored by James McManus. Conversion attempt by James Maloney unsuccessful.
McManus dives over in the corner for the Blues! The home side threw the ball to the right side, with Morris drawing in Boyd before throwing a pass to his winger. The Novocastrian still had some work to do, but he banged the ball down in the corner despite Boyd attempting to prevent the try. Maloney can't add the extras from the sideline.
Queensland Maroons 8-4
PENALTY Blues. Two-man strip on the line. Blues on the attack again.
Queensland Maroons 8-0
PENALTY Blues. Te'o drags Bird down in a high tackle.
Queensland Maroons 8-0
Cronk kicks dead. NSW restart.
Queensland Maroons 8-0
Another bouncing ball is scooped on by Queensland and they repel another Blues attack.
Queensland Maroons 8-0
Inglis drops Maloney's kick and McManus is dragged down in the corner just short of the line.
Queensland Maroons 8-0
Quick hands to the right and Dugan can't get the pass to Morris who may have scored in the corner.
Queensland Maroons 8-0
Watmough with a good run that gets the PENALTY for the Blues. They'll go back on the attack.
Queensland Maroons 8-0
Farah's pass out of dummy half is average and Hodges picks up the bouncing ball.
Queensland Maroons 8-0
Tate puts Farah's bomb down!
Queensland Maroons 8-0
McManus goes high and brings down Cronk's bomb. NSW with the ball.
Queensland Maroons 8-0
Tate takes Maloney's kick before being forced backwards.
Queensland Maroons 8-0
Cronk puts a spiral bomb up which Dugan has no idea about and lets bounce. Luckily for the Blues it goes dead.
Queensland Maroons 8-0
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Penalty goal attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Thurston adds the extras from beside the posts to put his side out by more than a converted try.
Queensland Maroons 8-0
PENALTY QLD. Cronk hit by Maloney with the shoulder after he kicked the ball.
Queensland Maroons 6-0
Hodges runs out of dummy half and claims 15m.
Queensland Maroons 6-0
TRY QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Scored by Johnathan Thurston. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Thurston opens the scoring for the Maroons! The Blues raced up on the outside, but forgot about the bloke with the ball and the five-eighth slithered his way in between Woods and Farah to score alongside the posts. He adds the extras.
Queensland Maroons 6-0
VIDEO REFEREE: Possible Queensland try.
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PENALTY QLD. Bird hanging on Thaiday for too long in the play-the-ball.
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Cronk kicks to the corner and Morris is hit a little high from Hodges but the officials say play on.
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Maloney goes to the air but the ball finds space before bouncing into touch. QLD scrum.
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Farah good darting run out of dummy half.
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The Maroons throw the ball to the right with Tate nearly going over the sideline. His pass back on the inside is claimed by the Blues.
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Thurston kicks in behind McManus who turns and gets back to bat the ball dead. NSW dropout.
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Pearce puts the ball down as the Blues went into the Queensland half. Scrum Queensland.
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PENALTY Blues. McManus hit in a high tackle with a swinging arm from Inglis. The Knights winger was falling though.
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Cronk kicks on the last and finds Dugan who is banged down 20m from his own line.
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James Maloney gets us underway and the Maroons will have first use!
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Superb rendition by Harrison Craig and now we're set for kick-off!
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And now we stand for the National Anthem to be sung by Harrison Craig.
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And now Robbie Farah leads the Blues down the tunnel as ANZ erupts!
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Cameron Smith leads the Maroons down the tunnel where they will receive a traditional New South Wales welcome.
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In the curtain raiser, the VB NSW Cup Residents side has snuck home 22-18 over the QLD Residents. An omen perhaps?
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Just the one change for the Blues, with captain Paul Gallen ruled out earlier last week and Aaron Woods will take his spot in the front row. Robbie Farah assumes the captaincy. Queensland have stuck with the same side which was victorious 26-6 in game two.
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Good evening footy fans and welcome to a sold-out ANZ Stadium in Sydney for tonight's State of Origin decider between NSW and QLD. The match promises to be a beauty with Queensland looking to continue on their good work at Suncorp three weeks ago. New South Wales, however, will want to revert back to their game one plan which worked a treat.
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NEW SOUTH WALES: 1. Josh Dugan 2. Brett Morris 3. Michael Jennings 4. Josh Morris 5. James McManus 6. James Maloney 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. Aaron Woods 9. Robbie Farah (c) 10. James Tamou 11. Ryan Hoffman 12. Luke Lewis 13. Greg Bird
Interchange: 14. Andrew Fifita 15. Trent Merrin 16. Anthony Watmough 17. Boyd Cordner
QUEENSLAND: 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 (c) 10. Nate Myles 11. Chris McQueen 12. Sam Thaiday 13. Corey Parker
Interchange: 14. Daly Cherry-Evans 15. Ben Te'o 16. Matt Gillett 17. Josh Papalii
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Shayne Hayne, Ben Cummins
Touch Judges: Grant Atkins, Steve Carrall
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Henry Perenara
NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES (10)
Tries: James McManus, Trent Merrin
Field Goals:
Conversions: James Maloney (1/2)
Penalty Goals:
QUEENSLAND MAROONS (12)
Tries: Johnathan Thurston, Justin Hodges
Field Goals:
Conversions: Johnathan Thurston (1/2)
Penalty Goals: Johnathan Thurston (1/1)