Match Centre

FULL-TIME! Blues avoid the sweep and give the 75,342 fans in at Stadium Australia something to enjoy.

Josh Addo-Carr has left the field early with a hamstring injury.

Gutherson is on as a victory cigar for the Blues. They will avoid the whitewash here. Put the brooms away Queensland.

PENALTY BLUES! Strip.

That was a hit and hope but it worked! Blues let it bounce and pay the price. Queensland get it back and force a restart.

Queensland go short and get it back.

Queensland go short. It bounces around like a pinball, ends with Yeo who dives over. BUNKER REVIEW time. It looked to have flicked Crichton's finger. RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! PENALTY QUEENSLAND! OFFSIDE.

Blues almost slice through with an inside ball to Tedesco. Moses finishes the set off well with a grubber for a repeat set.

PENALTY MAROONS! Ruck infringement.

Blues have defended well but they will need to be even better. Six more for Queensland. They tried to spread it right but it is flicked back inside for Tedesco to gather.

Blues tried to once again get it to go left. This pass goes awry. Queensland have been much better in defense thus far.

Stephen Crichton with a wonderful tackle on Lindsay Reuben Cotter then he pressures Harry Grant on the next tackle to force an error.

Queensand slice through from Tualagi. Good end from the set. DCE kicks through and traps Tedesco.

UNSUCCESSFUL. There was no trip there.

Walker tries to dance around on last. Gets tackled. Blues CHALLENGE for a trip?

KICK-OFF! Back underway.

Both sides are back on the field for the last half of the Origin series. Can the Blues hold on or will Queensland get their brooms going.

HALFTIME! Blues hold an eight point advantage. 18-10 in a pulsating half of footy.

Stephen Crichton loves an intercept and takes another.

PENALTY BLUES! Offside.

PENALTY MAROONS! Offside.

BUNKER TIME! Nanai is claiming one in the contest with Tedesco.

Probably the first bad kick from the Blues. Moses kick hit a player on the way through and Queensland will start inside their half.

Queensland cut through for the first time in the game. Grant sliced through but couldn't find the pass.

That was some razzle dazzle from Queensland on last. It went through nearly all the hands but the kick from DCE dribbled dead.

Queensland dribble it ten and get it back. Also get an immediate set restart.

PENALTY BLUES! Mitch Moses is taken in the air by Harry Grant and earns the whistle

PENALTY MAROONS! Blues had their best set of the night. A lot of involvement from Tedesco, Cook and Walker. The kick on last was a bit short and Queensland get a rest.

Grant tries to catch out the NSW back three with a 40/20 but it was no dice.

PENALTY BLUES! Another easy ride for the Blues from their own end.

Josh Addo-Carr was set under the ball, he took it in the field of play though. He evaded three defenders to get the Blues set started well.

BUNKER TIME! Have the Blues struck early. It was taken to the line by Walker who dribbled it through and Best ended up with the ball.

PENALTY BLUES! Offside.

KICK-OFF! Here we go! Underway at Stadium Australia.

Lovely welcome to country there followed by a rousing version of the anthem. Time for some football.

The Blues have completed their (500) kilometres walk (might not be exact) and skip onto the turf looking to avenge their series defeat. We're going to line-up for the welcome to country and the anthem then it is time to rock and roll.

Queensland are enjoying some smelling salts before they head out onto the arena. They will enter Stadium Australia first ready to go. They get a loud boo from the locals who have turned out despite the series being gone.

Blues are starting to make the long walk from their training facility to the ground while Queensland are slowly getting ready to sweep through the side.

We've had our pre-match entertainment through New Zealand act Six60. It has polarised some opinion on the old twitter machine but maybe it is a pre-cursor to Origin in the land of the long white cloud. We will have the teams entering soon followed by the formalities then it will be kick-off.

Good evening everybody! Welcome to a blustery Sydney Olympic Park for Origin 3. Yes, the series has been decided - congratulations to Queensland - but there is still a game to play. Queensland will want to rub their opponents noses into the dirt on their home patch while New South Wales are looking to get some form of respect back with everything swirling around them including the future of Brad Fittler.