SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES: Conversion attempt by Paul Gallen successful.
Gallen gets the ceremonial kick as the siren goes and gets it!
New South Wales Blues 18-14
TRY NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES: Scored by Michael Jennings. Kick to come.
The Blues go the length of the field to possibly win the game! They spread it wide and Tedesco is taken millimetres short. Blues spread it left and Jennings goes in.
New South Wales Blues 16-14
PENALTY Maroons! Strip and the champions elect are romping to a series sweep.
Queensland Maroons 14-12
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION QUEENSLAND MAROONS: Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston unsuccessful.
Thurston with the parlour trick and misses.
Queensland Maroons 14-12
TRY QUEENSLAND MAROONS: Scored by Darius Boyd. Kick to come.
GREEN LIGHTS.. TRY! Mansour slips at the wrong moment, which allows Boyd to tap it to himself for the try.
Queensland Maroons 14-12
BUNKER TIME! The rugby league ball is cruel, Boyd might have stolen one.
New South Wales Blues 12-10
PENALTY Blues! NSW takes the last tackle kick, get a quick restart and a PENALTY.
New South Wales Blues 12-10
Blues have lost their way, trying to force their passes. Queensland ball just inside their own half.
New South Wales Blues 12-10
PENALTY Blues! Farah taken without the ball.
New South Wales Blues 12-10
UNFORCED ERROR QUEENSLAND MAROONS: Cooper Cronk makes an unforced error.
Woods pops an offload and Cronk knocks on.
New South Wales Blues 12-10
Jackson runs out of room and taken over the sideline by Thurston.
New South Wales Blues 12-10
UNFORCED ERROR NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES: Josh Jackson makes an unforced error.
Josh Jackson can't play it right.. Queensland ball.
New South Wales Blues 12-10
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION QUEENSLAND MAROONS: Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Thurston curls this one across.
New South Wales Blues 12-10
SIN BIN: Andrew Fifita is sent to the sin bin.
In the resulting melee, Fifita gets into it with a few Queenslanders and is BINNED.
New South Wales Blues 12-8
TRY QUEENSLAND MAROONS: Scored by Gavin Cooper. Kick to come.
The Thurston to Cooper combo goes again! The Cowboys pair joined in and Cooper just trucked through.
New South Wales Blues 12-8
PENALTY Maroons. Crowding from Mansour.
New South Wales Blues 12-4
PENALTY Blues! Dugan got hammered after he kicked and gets felled. Refs deem it high and penalise.
New South Wales Blues 12-4
UNFORCED ERROR NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES: Michael Jennings makes an unforced error.
Blues prised open the Maroons there and found Tedesco inside, who linked up with Jennings but the Eels centre couldn't hold on.
New South Wales Blues 12-4
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES: Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.
Maloney sticks it over besides the posts for an eight point lead.
New South Wales Blues 12-4
TRY NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES: Scored by Andrew Fifita. Kick to come.
GREEN LIGHTS.. TRY! No knock on from the Blues, it was toed through again and the raging Cronulla prop touches down.
New South Wales Blues 10-4
BUNKER TIME! Fifita might have picked up the spoils here! Checking the kick chase and error.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
KICK-OFF! We're back in action.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
We're back for the final forty of the series. Will NSW regain some pride? or can Queensland clean up the streets with a sweep? Stay tuned!
New South Wales Blues 6-4
HALFTIME :: NSW despite being camped on the Queensland line can't add to the Frizell try and lead 6-4. Queensland for their part will be laughing after being a man down for the last ten minutes.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
UNFORCED ERROR NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES: Josh Mansour makes an unforced error.
Graham is jammed close to the sideline and throws a speculator to Mansour who isn't 7 feet tall so it sails over his head.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
Fifita and Smith have a cuddle on the floor, and guess what! Another penalty to NSW. 9-1 is the count.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
PENALTY Blues! For something.. second effort maybe?
New South Wales Blues 6-4
UNFORCED ERROR NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES: James Tamou makes an unforced error.
Tamou tries to play it too quick, and spills it.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
Hats off to Queensland, they defended six sets on their line and kept them out. Thurston caught it and a professional set followed to soak up time.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
Queensland soak up another set but it is a dropout. More defense coming.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
SIN BIN: Cooper Cronk is sent to the sin bin.
..and Cronk is binned!
New South Wales Blues 6-4
PENALTY Blues! Graham was held back in the chase of a grubber.. referees conferring.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
UNFORCED ERROR QUEENSLAND MAROONS: Johnathan Thurston makes an unforced error.
Farah rocketed a kick towards the in-goal which Thurston knocks on.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
A third PENALTY and now, a melee. Everybody pushing.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
and another PENALTY. Flop. Tapped again.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
PENALTY Blues! Gillett caught in the ruck. Tapped.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
UNFORCED ERROR QUEENSLAND MAROONS: Greg Inglis makes an unforced error.
Big shot from Inglis forced it loose from Jackson, but the centre loses it in trying to retrieve it
New South Wales Blues 6-4
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES: Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.
Maloney pilots it over for a Blues lead.
New South Wales Blues 6-4
TRY NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES: Scored by Tyson Frizell. Kick to come.
GREEN LIGHTS.. TRY! Frizell exploded onto a nice offload and slammed it down.
4 all
BUNKER TIME! Frizell is over, we're checking the grounding.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
PENALTY Blues! Ferguson takes the bomb and hits the deck. Thurston flops late and is pinged.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
UNFORCED ERROR QUEENSLAND MAROONS: Corey Parker makes an unforced error.
Some relief for the Blues, Parker couldn't play it properly. The home side have settled into the contest now, and need to make these errors pay.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
Heady play from Inglis, he just stole it one-on-one from Tedesco.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
PENALTY Blues! Myles caught inside the ten.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
UNFORCED ERROR QUEENSLAND MAROONS: Greg Inglis makes an unforced error.
The left side defense learnt from the opening try, they rushed up on Boyd as he tried to pass and forced an Inglis error.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
PENALTY Maroons! Jennings rushes up and is pinged. A whole set for them on the Blues line now.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
Maloney sliced through but couldn't find the right pass to Jennings. Blues get a fortunate six more but Moylan spills it.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
Blues threatened down the left and switched to the right but Ferguson halted momentum and it's Queensland feed.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
PENALTY Blues! Matt Scott was admiring Wood's hair too long.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
UNFORCED ERROR QUEENSLAND MAROONS: Sam Thaiday makes an unforced error.
The mojo is with those in maroon and Thaiday spills it. Reprieve for the Blues.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION QUEENSLAND MAROONS: Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston unsuccessful.
Thurston from just inside the touchline, walks in and can't swing it across.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
TRY QUEENSLAND MAROONS: Scored by Greg Inglis. Kick to come.
Queensland put on a nice set play and Inglis slides in easily.
Queensland Maroons 4-0
UNFORCED ERROR NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES: Blake Ferguson makes an unforced error.
Ferguson drops it trying to carry it away.
0 all
Good defense from the Blues, they defuse the Queensland kick and ruck it away.
0 all
UNFORCED ERROR NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES: Robbie Farah makes an unforced error.
Queensland make some inroads but Matt Scott tries a fanciful pass that floats forward.. but it is judged Farah knocked on.
0 all
KICK-OFF! Here we go! NSW have the ball on the tee, James Maloney puts boot to it and we're off.
Welcome David Campbell, an upset choice for the anthem considering he wasn't a former voice contestant to sing the anthem.
Here comes the sides into what looks like a rave tunnel before they hit the turf at the Olympic Stadium - least the lights are blue.. small win for the Blues. A generous boo greets the champions elect Maroons as they jog onto the ground - cameras obviously focused on retiree Corey Parker. Next is the home side through the rave tunnel and get a warm reception as we await the anthem/
TEAM CHANGES:
NSW: One change from the Blues: Matt Moylan goes into the halves for Jack Bird who heads to the bench.
QLD: 1-17.
Welcome to a glacial Sydney Olympic Park, for the final origin of the year. Yes, the shield has already booked it's yearly flight back to Queensland but we have 80 more minutes of action to go! Can NSW muster up some pride or will Queensland secure their third clean sweep in the origin era.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gerard Sutton, Ben Cummins
Touch Judges: Jeff Younis, Michael Wise
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Luke Patten, Ashley Klein
NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES (18)
Tries: Tyson Frizell, Andrew Fifita, Michael Jennings
Field Goals:
Conversions: James Maloney (2/2), Paul Gallen (1/1)
Penalty Goals:
QUEENSLAND MAROONS (14)
Tries: Greg Inglis, Gavin Cooper, Darius Boyd
Field Goals:
Conversions: Johnathan Thurston (1/3)
Penalty Goals: