STATE OF ORIGIN #1 - May 26
New South Wales 9 def Queensland 8
at Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Sean Hampstead
Half time: Qld 4-0
Crowd: 68,344
Man of Match: Shaun Timmins
NSW 9 ( Timmins try, Fitzgibbon 2/2 goals, Timmins field goal) Def
QLD 8 (
Prince, Tate tries, Smith 0/2 goals)
QLD Team :
1 Rhys Wesser (Panthers), 2 Justin
Hodges (Roosters), 3 Paul Bowman (Cowboys), 4 Brent Tate (Broncos), 5 Billy
Slater (Storm), 6 Darren Lockyer, captain (Broncos), 7 Scott Prince (Wests
Tigers), 8 Shane Webcke (Broncos), 9 Cameron Smith (Storm), 10 Steven Price
(Bulldogs), 11 Michael Crocker (Roosters), 12 Dane Carlaw (Broncos), 13 Tonie
Carroll (Broncos),
Subs: 14 Ben Ross (Panthers), 15 Petero Civoniceva (Broncos), 16 Travis Norton
(Cowboys), 17 Chris Flannery (Roosters),
Standby: 18 Matthew Bowen (Cowboys)
Coach : Michael Hagan
NSW Team :
1 Ben Hornby
(Dragons), 2 Anthony Minichiello (Roosters), 3 Mark Gasnier (Dragons), 4 Matthew
Gidley (Knights), 5 Luke Lewis (Panthers), 6 Shaun Timmins (Dragons), 7 Craig
Gower (Panthers), 8 Ryan O'Hara (Raiders), 9 Danny Buderus, captain (Knights),
10 Mark O'Meley (Bulldogs), 11 Nathan Hindmarsh (Eels), 12 Andrew Ryan
(Bulldogs), 13 Craig Fitzgibbon (Roosters)
Subs: 14 Willie Mason (Bulldogs), 15 Brent Kite (Dragons), 16 Craig Wing
(Roosters), 17 Trent Waterhouse (Panthers)
Standby: 18 Kurt Gidley (Knights)
Coach : Phil Gould
Manager/Asst Coach : Laurie Daley; Asst Coach : John Cartwright; Managers :
Chris Johns, Gerard Raper
STATE OF ORIGIN #2 - Jun 16
Queensland 22 def New South Wales 18
at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Referee: Sean Hampstead
Half time: Qld 6-6
Crowd: 52,478
Man of Match: Billy Slater
QLD 22 (
Slater 2, Tonga tries, Smith 2/3 goals; Lockyer 0/1; Prince 1/1) def NSW 18 (
Tahu 2, Rooney try, Fitzgibbon 3/4 goals)
STATE OF ORIGIN #3 - Jul 7
New South Wales 36 v Queensland 14
at Telstra Stadium, Sydney
NSW 36 (Gasnier 2, Barrett 1, Rooney 1, Minichiello, Fittler 1 tries,1 Fitzgibbon
5/6 goals Gasnier 1/1) def
QLD 14 (Slater, Bowen tries, Smith 3/3 goals)
Half-time: NSW 18-8
Man of Match : Craig Fitzgibbon
NSW Team :
Anthony Minichiello, Luke Rooney, Matt Cooper, Mark
Gasnier, Luke Lewis, Brad Fittler, Trent Barrett, Jason Ryles, Danny Buderus
(c), Mark O'Meley, Nathan Hindmarsh, Craig Fitzgibbon, Shaun Timmins.
Interchange: Willie Mason, Ben Kennedy, Brent Kite, Craig Wing. 18th man: Brett
Finch.
QLD Team :
Rhys Wesser, Matt Sing, Brent Tait, Willie Tonga,
Billy Slater, Darren Lockyer (capt), Scott Prince, Shane Webcke, Cameron Smith,
Steven Price, Michael Crocker, Dane Carlaw, Chris Flannery. Interchange: Ben
Ross, Petero Civoniceva, Paul Bowman, Matt Bowen.