FULLTIME :: Queensland claw one back here with a dominant 32-8 victory.
Queensland Maroons 32-8
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Thurston adds another to the board.
Queensland Maroons 32-8
TRY QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Scored by Cooper Cronk. Kick to come.
Queensland are never finished! Aidan Guerra, who has been a monster all night struck again. He went through, offloaded to Cronk who strolled over despite the attentions of Hodkinson.
Queensland Maroons 30-8
Dave Taylor held the ball! He took the first hit-up post the restart.
Queensland Maroons 26-8
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Thurston keeps his perfect record tonight.
Queensland Maroons 26-8
TRY QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Scored by Aidan Guerra. Kick to come.
The floodgates have opened now. Aidan Guerra finally got his try after being denied earlier. Justin Hodges timed the pass well.
Queensland Maroons 24-8
PENALTY Queensland - New South Wales got the restart all wrong.
Queensland Maroons 20-8
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Johnathan Thurston, looking to push this out to twelve again.. he does so, with a typical Thurston conversion.
Queensland Maroons 20-8
TRY QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Scored by Darius Boyd. Kick to come.
That should seal it. Queensland had been going wide for Boyd at every chance tonight. It worked finally, as Thurston threw a lovely cut-out to send Boyd over.
Queensland Maroons 18-8
PENALTY Queensland! Hodkinson wasn't square at marker.
Queensland Maroons 14-8
SIX MORE NSW..
Queensland Maroons 14-8
UNFORCED ERROR QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Nate Myles makes an unforced error.
Myles tried to force his way over with brute strength but spilled it.
Queensland Maroons 14-8
PENALTY Queensland - Hodkinson stripped the ball.
Queensland Maroons 14-8
New South Wales almost went through again, Hayne taking an inside ball from Gallen. The fullback tried to position Scott, who didn't have the legs to make the try-line. They went to the left on last and changeover.
Queensland Maroons 14-8
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES
Conversion attempt by Trent Hodkinson successful.
Hodkinson needs to be perfect to keep NSW in it.. he steps up and puts it through.
Queensland Maroons 14-8
TRY NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES
Scored by Josh Dugan. Kick to come.
GREEN LIGHTS..TRY! There was no problem with the obstruction, it was a well worked play. Dugan appeared at the last second he could, to spin and dive over.
Queensland Maroons 14-6
VIDEO REFEREE: Dugan might have crossed. Checking obstruction.
Queensland Maroons 14-2
Nate Myles from the kick-off, leads with the elbow. Bird was watching too much of the World Cup, he was playing for that. PENALTY New South Wales in the end.
Queensland Maroons 14-2
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Penalty goal attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Queensland point to the sticks. Thurston adds the easy two from in front.
Queensland Maroons 14-2
PENALTY Queensland! Greg Bird got Nate Myles in a dangerous position.
Queensland Maroons 12-2
UNFORCED ERROR NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES
Josh Dugan makes an unforced error.
Dugan once again, had to play at the ball to prevent a simple three-on-one. He tried to regather it but referee was onto the tattooed centre.
Queensland Maroons 12-2
Another repeat set coming for the Queenslanders. Blues are on the rack, Tupou had to rush back to get there for that chip kick.
Queensland Maroons 12-2
Blues trying the inside ball to Dugan, floated forward from Farah.
Queensland Maroons 12-2
UNFORCED ERROR QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Dave Taylor makes an unforced error.
Two touches, two knock ons from Taylor.
Queensland Maroons 12-2
UNFORCED ERROR QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Dave Taylor makes an unforced error.
Dave Taylor, fresh on as the Queensland third interchange. The secondrower made a good run but spoiled it with an error.
Queensland Maroons 12-2
It just opened up, like a children's book for Thurston on last tackle. The Blues wanted to get some pressure on the kicker, so Thurston went himself and couldn't send his support runners across, he died with the ball. Changeover.
Queensland Maroons 12-2
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Johnathan Thurston from the right side this time, puts it through the middle.
Queensland Maroons 12-2
TRY QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Scored by Billy Slater. Kick to come.
Queensland have one penalty, one try. Chambers was looking for support, found Hodges who gave a flat pass to Slater who stepped past Hayne for one of the easier tries in his origin career.
Queensland Maroons 10-2
PENALTY Queensland! Robbie Farah was holding down Cherry-Evans, the architect of the only try in the first half.
Queensland Maroons 6-2
KICK-OFF! Enjoy the last forty minutes of origin football tonight.
Queensland Maroons 6-2
Everyone regained their breath? Good! We have forty minutes to go in the 2014 series. NSW are onto Suncorp Stadium to the familiar strains of boos, lining up on halfway. Queensland are making them wait again.. but have emerged through try-scorer Cameron Smith, as they take residence in the southern end.
Queensland Maroons 6-2
HALFTIME:: In a defensively dominated game, Queensland hold a slender 6-2 lead going into oranges.
Queensland Maroons 6-2
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Thurston from besides the upright puts it through.
Queensland Maroons 6-2
TRY QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Scored by Cameron Smith. Kick to come.
Queensland finally cracked them! Daly Cherry-Evans sliced through, fresh on the field in the last few minutes found open-air, saw Hayne on-rushing and toed it through, for his captain, Cameron Smith to regather and score the first try of the night.
Queensland Maroons 4-2
SIX MORE Queensland, as Josh Dugan after some desperation offloads, had to get a touch to it.
New South Wales Blues 2-0
Greg Inglis tried to inject himself into the playmaking, as the overlap developed. The centre fired his pass too hard and behind his winger and it only met the person in row A.
New South Wales Blues 2-0
PENALTY Queensland! Two-on-One strip against NSW. Can they crack the Blue Wall?
New South Wales Blues 2-0
PENALTY Queensland! Will Chambers is in la-la land after he collided with Josh Reynolds at pace, the five-eighth using his shoulder.
New South Wales Blues 2-0
Inglis drives through again but he's HELD UP!
New South Wales Blues 2-0
Knocked on again by NSW! Can QLD capitalise?
New South Wales Blues 2-0
Boyd finally got some space after Dugan raced in but it was some great cover from Scott and Reynolds to hold up the prolific try-scorer.
New South Wales Blues 2-0
UNFORCED ERROR NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES
Josh Dugan makes an unforced error.
Josh Dugan had to come in from his centre position there. It was looking ominous for Queensland. Another set coming.. can the Blues hold on?
New South Wales Blues 2-0
Daniel Tupou saved the day. Cronk stabbed one through forcing the Roosters winger to bat it dead. Dropout.
New South Wales Blues 2-0
PENALTY Queensland - Bird was offside from Hayne picking up the ball.
New South Wales Blues 2-0
PENALTY right from the kick-off against Hodges for a shoudler charge. NSW fail to find touch and Slater runs it back.
New South Wales Blues 2-0
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES
Penalty goal attempt by Trent Hodkinson successful.
Hodkinson steps up and pilots it through.
New South Wales Blues 2-0
Ben Te'o is put ON REPORT. New South Wales take the two.
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PENALTY New South Wales! Hodkinson was taken late by Ben Te'o.
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RED LIGHTS..NO TRY! Thurston was called offside off the second kick. NSW PENALTY.
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VIDEO REFEREE: Aidan Guerra is the unlikely scorer. Referee has a try..
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HELD UP! Greg Inglis, who has been strong thus far.. burst through underarming it Thurston who crawled towards the line but was held up by McManus and Dugan.
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PENALTY New South Wales. Blues after defending twelve tackles, earn their first PENALTY.
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UNFORCED ERROR QUEENSLAND MAROONS
Johnathan Thurston makes an unforced error.
Beau Scott sensing Thurston was trying to give space to Greg Inglis, jammed in on the five-eighth and forced him to spill it.
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Inventive kick from Cronk forcing Hodkinson to bat it dead.
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Followed by a second PENALTY, Thaiday was stripped.
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Another Queensland PENALTY. This time, coming out of trouble. NSW didn't retreat the ten.
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RED LIGHTS..NO TRY! It was knocked on. NSW go to the 20 metre line.
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VIDEO REFEREE: Greg Inglis got some space down the left but is held up by several defenders and had it stripped.
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PENALTY Queensland! After a solid start from both sides, Greg Bird just held on too long drawing the ire of the referee.
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Now we get the anthems after Jarryd Hayne was done, with his manicure. Gregory Moore with a lovely rendition but it's game-on time. Teams have scattered to their own ends.. Queensland will kick-off. Here we go!
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The preliminaries are done, we have moved on-field with Detective Inspector Karen Murphy delivering the match ball to a fellow Queenslander, Wally Lewis. Here come the two sides, first is the champions elect, New South Wales to whistles and jeers from the partisan Queensland crowd, they won't care, they will want 3-0. Next out is the home side, Queensland, buoyed by previously mention partisan crowd, wanting to spoil the blue rinse party. They made the New South Welshmen wait though, much like they had to in the second game of the series, early gamesmanship.
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Welcome one and all, to the final State of Origin game for 2014 - New South Wales against Queensland, the same old song and dance but with a radical new twist and I'm not talking dubstep beats. The Blues after eight straight years of trying, have wrest control of the state of origin shield from a dominant Queensland side. This means tonight is in name only, a dead rubber, it will mean something to the 34 men on the field and the two states - NSW looking to put an exclamation point on their first series win in almost a decade while QLD want to spoil the party, make the shield lifting from Gallen and his troops afterwards feel slightly hollow, so game on!
There are a few issues coming into the game tonight - Cooper Cronk, who was sidelined with a shoulder injury, makes a return tonight and will be targeted by the NSW team. It isn't a picture of health for the Blues though, Josh Morris who was originally sidelined for the entire origin series, will take his spot against Greg Inglis in the centres. These have dominated the headlines leading up to the game besides some grandstanding from each state's more sensationalised newspapers and Mal taking the Darius Boyd vow of silence in the pre-game interviews, leading up to tonight. It is down to the two teams now, to do all the talking, join us at 8:15pm (approx.) for kick-off in the final origin game.
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LATE MAIL: New South Wales Blues – No changes for the Blues, lining up 1-17
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LATE MAIL: Queensland Maroons – Unchanged and take the field 1-17
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ben Cummins, Gerard Sutton
Touch Judges: Steve Carrall, Jason Walsh
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Luke Patten
QUEENSLAND MAROONS (32)
Tries: Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Darius Boyd, Aidan Guerra, Cooper Cronk
Field Goals:
Conversions: Johnathan Thurston (5/5)
Penalty Goals: Johnathan Thurston (1/1)
NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES (8)
Tries: Josh Dugan
Field Goals:
Conversions: Trent Hodkinson (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Trent Hodkinson (1/1)