Full Time
80:00
8:05pm Wed June 5, 2024
Series - Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal - Crowd: 77214
80min

Conversion: Queensland
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes slots the extras.

Queensland lead NSW 10 - 38 Queensland
78min

Try: Queensland
Scored by Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow. Kick to come.

Dearden dummies, runs, slips through a tackle and then passes inside to Tabuai-Fidow who strolls in to score his third try

Queensland lead NSW 10 - 36 Queensland
73min

SCRUM QUEENSLAND - 15m shy of halfway

72min

Conversion: Queensland
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes adds the extras

Queensland lead NSW 10 - 32 Queensland
70min

Try: Queensland
Scored by Xavier Coates. Kick to come.

Yeo throws a pass which Cherry-Evans intercepted and raced 55 metres before kicking infield and Coates grounded the ball before it went dead.

Queensland lead NSW 10 - 30 Queensland
67min

Conversion: Queensland
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes converts

Queensland lead NSW 10 - 26 Queensland
65min

Try: Queensland
Scored by Ben Hunt. Kick to come.

Queensland with an energetic set coming off their own line, on the third tackle of the set, Hunt slips out a tackle and runs 35 metres to score

Queensland lead NSW 10 - 24 Queensland
64min

Liam Martin channeling his inner Nigel Plum.

63min

Coates is ruled to have batted the ball forward to Holmes. No try.

63min

Off to the bunker again, looking at another potential QLD try

58min

Robson's arm legally knocks the ball out of Nanai's grasp as he stretches out to score. No try.

58min

Going to the bunker to see if Nanai has scored

57min

Set restart Queensland, 10m from the Blues line

56min

Queensland with a loose pass and turn it over. The NSW lose the ball in a tackle and Queensland get the ball back

56min

DCE kicks early and nails a 40/20 kick from the very next set

56min

Hynes very nearly kicks a 40/20, Coates reels it in just in time and then has to pass it back infield before taking the ball dead.

54min

Blues playing with a lot of energy

47min

Liam Martin launched into that tackle on Coates so early, it looked like the Spear finisher by Goldberg from back in the WCW days

45min

Conversion: NSW
Attempted by Nicho Hynes.

Hynes fails to convert from the sideline

Queensland lead NSW 10 - 20 Queensland
43min

Try: NSW
Scored by Zac Lomax. Kick to come.

Hynes kicks to the right corner for Lomax, who takes it beautifully and scores in the corner.

Queensland lead NSW 10 - 20 Queensland
42min

Tedesco throws a slow pass to Fresh Air (no relation to Glen Air)

41min

Luai puts up a pin-point perfect bomb which Coates takes within a metre of the Maroons ingoal and the Blues push him back. Queensland drop out

40min

Maroons get the game back on

37min

Tedesco taps the ball on for Lomax but it finds Nomax

37min

PENALTY NSW - High tackle. They take the tap 20m from the QLD line

34min

Leniu is staying on and play resumes

34min

Play stopped. Leniu is down in pain, clutching at his knee.

33min

Maroons go short with the drop out. Too short.

32min

Blues spread the ball right to Lomax, who chips into the QLD ingoal and Taulagi bats it dead. Maroons drop out.

31min

SCRUM NSW - Forward pass by Jaydn Su'A on halfway.

29min

Hynes with a sweet inside ball for Leniu who barges over the line. Bunker looking but he was held up.

28min

Set restart NSW - 17m from the QLD line. That was basically a restart on top of a restart

27min

Set restart NSW - 20m from the QLD line

27min

Set restart NSW - 40m from the QLD line

27min

SCRUM NSW - 17m shy of halfway

27min

Set restart Queensland. And they lose the ball. Queensland challenge and fail.

26min

Conversion: Queensland
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes converts

Queensland lead NSW 6 - 20 Queensland
25min

Try: Queensland
Scored by Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow. Kick to come.

This time Cobbo bumps out of the tackle thing Lomax was doing, then shrugged out of the cover tackle by Hynes, turned the ball inside to Taualagi who draws the fullback before sending Tabuai-Fidow in for another try.

Queensland lead NSW 6 - 18 Queensland
21min

Conversion: Queensland
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes converts

Queensland lead NSW 6 - 14 Queensland
20min

Try: Queensland
Scored by Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow. Kick to come.

Jaydn Su'A with a great run and pass leads to Taulagi getting into space and he turns the ball inside to Tabuai-Fidow who strolls in to score

Queensland lead NSW 6 - 12 Queensland
16min

Conversion: NSW
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Hynes converts

Queensland lead NSW 6 - 8 Queensland
15min

Try: NSW
Scored by James Tedesco. Kick to come.

Luai out wide on the left, changes direction and then kicks through the line, where Tedesco cleans up the ball and dives over to score

Queensland lead NSW 4 - 8 Queensland
13min

SCRUM NSW - 10m from the Maroons line

12min

Set restart NSW - 35 m from the QLD line

10min

Penalty Goal: Queensland
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes kicks a penalty goal

Queensland lead NSW 0 - 8 Queensland
8min

PENALTY QUEENSLAND - They find touch 8m inside the Blues half

8min

Suaalii sent off for his high hit on Walsh

8min

Set restart Queensland, 30m from the NSW Line and then the referee stopped play. Reece Walsh is down in back play after copping a hit from Suaalii

7min

Hamiso Tabuai Fidow makes a break and picks up 40 metres. Queensland now in the Blues red zone - does that make it purple?

6min

Conversion: Queensland
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes converts

Queensland lead NSW 0 - 6 Queensland
6min

Try: Queensland
Scored by Ben Hunt. Kick to come.

DCE at dummy half shimmied left, ran right, found space behind the marker, drew two defenders and flung a good ball inside to Hunt who took it and dived between two defenders to score.

Queensland lead NSW 0 - 4 Queensland
5min

Hynes' kick on the last was a bit like the pre-match rendition of the anthem - not great and went a bit too long.

2min

PENALTY NSW - Dangerous tackle by Tabuai-Fidow on Tedesco. NSW Find touch on halfway

Blues kick off

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Ashley Klein

Touch Judges: Dave Munro, Chris Sutton

Video Referee: Liam Kennedy

NEW SOUTH WALES (10)
Tries: James Tedesco, Zac Lomax
Conversions: Nicho Hynes (1/2)

QUEENSLAND (38)
Tries: Ben Hunt (2), Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (3), Xavier Coates
Conversions: Valentine Holmes (6/6)
Penalty Goals: Valentine Holmes (1/1)