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NSW 18 Queensland 20
NSW - Mitchell, Koroisau & Wighton tries; Mitchell 3 conversions
Queensland - Tabuai-Fidow & Hunt 2 tries; Holmes penalty & conversion, Cherry-Evans 2 conversions
Fulltime
40th minute - Last minute now, NSW will get the ball back. Hunt bursts over halfway for valuable metres and dies with the ball.
NSW have one play to win, but Wighton is tackled on the siren. Both teams come together, but Queensland have held on to prevent the whitewash on their home soil.
39th minute - Mitchell will take a penalty attempt from halfway to level the scores... it's straight, but short. Ponga catches in front of his posts.
38th minute - Moses wins a penalty on halfway, when he kicks and Welch takes him high.
37th minute - Munster kicks high from halfway and Addo-Carr tumbles backwards, as he catches. To'o threatens to bust out down the left.
35th minute - NSW piling on pressure, Finucane drives forward, Moses kicks to the corner, Trbojevic bats it back, but Martin knocks on.
34th minute - Paulo goes close and his offload is touched by Queensland, six more tackles.
NSW go right, Tedesco chips to the goal-line and Martin is taken out, Brimson runs it dead. Replays show Munster held his line on Martin, so no escort.
33rd minute - Tedesco reaches halfway and sends Trbojevic through a gap, but his pass is knocked down by Ponga. Six more tackles.
32nd minute - NSW have no more interchanges. DCE kicks to To'o.
31st minute - Queensland kick off and need to do some tackling to preserve their now-slender lead.
Tedesco reaches halfway on the last, Moses kicks high to Ponga.
28th minute - TRY to Koroisau
Wighton's kick is touched and he recovers for another clean set. Paulo rumbles towards the posts, Moses kicks high, it's batted back and recovered by NSW, so Moses kicks again to the goal-line, where Koroisau bounces off Brimson to score.
Mitchell converts, QLD 20-18
27th minute - Tedesco is wrapped up by Capewell, Finucane straightens and Sims is wrestled down by DCE.
26th minute - NSW looking for a way to hit back, as drizzle starts.
24th minute - TRY to Hunt
Ponga gets the ball with space and makes big metres down the right, before finding Coates in support. His return pass goes astray, but Gagai lobs it back infield and when the ball goes left, Hunt slices through for his second.
DCE converts, QLD 20-12
23rd minute - Mitchell goes close out left, Trbojevic soars high to claim a high kick, but his pass finds Capewell.
22nd minute - Wighton reaches halfway, and Tedesco ducks and dives.
21st minute - Ponga looms right and Gagai threatens to break a tackle. Brimson finds Tabuai-Fidow out left, but Coates can't claim a high kick in goal.
20th minute - Mitchell knocks down a pass from DCE, so Queensland get a scrum on halfway.
19th minute - Tedesco kicks off and Welch brings the ball back. Hunt finds Capewell, who makes big metres.
17th minute - TRY to Hunt
Gagai darts towards the corner and flicks back to Coates, but to no avail. Queensland have another set and Hunt darts from dummy half to score.
DCE converts, QLD 14-12
16th minute - Maroons get another set in the NSW 10.
15th minute - Brimson searches fo a way through and DCE kicks low towards Addo-Carr, who touches it over the sideline. Queensland go on attack.
14th minute - Haas proves a handful in front of the posts, but when the ball is reversed to Mitchell, cutting back towards the poasts, Hunt dislodges the ball in a tackle.
13th minute - Papalii guilty of a high tackle on Trbojevic for a penalty. Moses kicks deep into Queensland territory.
12th minute - Fotuaika charges into NSW trritory, but Tedesco is equal to Hunt's high kick.
11th minute - Moses kicks high and it bounces to Addo-Carr, who dies with the ball. Flegler makes his Queensland debut.
10th minute - Queensland kick off and NSW bring it back to halfway through Mitchell.
Eighth minute - TRY to Wighton
Queensland having to absorb some pressure here, as Haas hits up hard again. As the ball moves left, Wighton dummies a long pass over the top, and finds a big gap between Gagai and DCE to score.
Mitchell converts, NSW 12-8
Seventh minute - Cook grubbers to the goal area and Coates bats it dead. Mitchell complains about instruction, but Gagai has held his position, so no foul.
DCE drops 55m and Haas brings it back.
Sixth minute - Brimson takes Trbojevic in a low tackle.
Fifth minute - Brimson loses the ball in the play-the-ball, gifting NSW prime position, with a scrum on the 10.
Fourth minute - From the dropout, NSW charge back on attack, but Murray losses the ball in a tackle, and there's some pushing and shoving... handbags.
Third minute - Crichton reaches halfway, but Tedesco is upended in a tackle by Gagai. Moses kicks to the goal-line, Ponga and Hammer let it bounce, and Tabuai-Fidow is flattened by Addo-Carr in goal.
Second minute - Wighton kicks high and chases, but Ponga is equal to the task. Brimson gets his first touch and DCE kicks to To'o, who is safe.
First minute - Holmes won't return for the second half with that shoulder injury, so Brimson comes into the centres and Tabuai-Fidow moves to the wing.
Queensland kick off and Haas charges back upfield with the ball. Cook finds space and Tedesco crosses halfway.
First half
40th minute - Moses kicks from his 40 and Ponga runs the ball back. What can Queensland do in the final play?
Nothing. The siren sounds and the Maroons head to the shed with a lead, but HOlmes is holding an injured shoulder.
39th minute - Papalii reaches halfway for Queensland and DCE kicks high for Tedesco, who wears a Gagai tackle.
38th minute - NSW win a couple of new sets deep in their own half, before Tedesco reaches halfway. Trbojevic threatens to break, but his pass bobbles forward.
37th minute - Molo charges towards the posts, Munster and Ponga try to hatch something out left, then DCE chips to the right corner. Mitchell and To'o defuse the threat.
36th minute - Ponga's pass is knocked to ground, Murray recovers and Addo-Carr sprints upfield, but Sutton calls him back.
35th minute - Thurston tells them to go for the try, Queensland win another set and Sutton warns Tedesco the next time will see someone marched.
34th minute - Fotuaika spins towards the line, Gagai struggles to recover a loose pass, DCE chips towards the posts and Ponga is impeded in his chase for a penalty.
33rd minute - Molo charges upfield from the dropout, followed by Fotuaika.
32nd minute - Queensland tap and assault the NSW line. Papalii goes close, DCE grubbers and To'o has to run the ball dead for a dropout.
31st minute - DCE kicks high to To'o, who can't handle the ball, which bounces towards the goal-line. Gagai chases, but To'o recovers to knock the ball away to prevent the try.
Reviews show an escort by Mitchell on Coates, so Queensland get a penalty.
30th minute - Untidy end to the set sees Wighton kick to the in-goal, but it bounces dead for a seven-tackle set.
29th minute - NSW struggling to clear their territory, but Crichton charges at the defensive line and Haas crosses halfway.
28th minute - NSW win another set and Trbojevic makes halfway. Moses kicks high and cops Murray's tackles.
27th minute - Molo makes metres after the tackle and Hunt's kick goes behind Tedesco, who is caught inside his 10.
26th minute - NSW get another set, hot on attack, but Finucane spills the ball in front of the posts.
25th minute - NSW into Queensland territory. Moses chips to Holmes, but the ball goes loose.
Murray recovers and chips to the goal area, but Munster is thrown into touch, as he tries to make the field of play.
24th minute - Addo-Carr is shaken, but OK.
23rd minute - Cook darts and finds Murray, who spreads the ball to Addo-Carr. The Fox stays down in the tackle, after copping Fa'asuamaleaui in the back.
22nd minute - Kaufusi makes halfway, Munster chips towards Trbojevic, who gathers cleanly.
21st minute - NSW trying to make ground upfield, Cook reaches halfway and Moses kicks to Holmes.
20th minute - Moses restarts for NSW and Coates brings the ball back. Papalii driven backwards by two tacklers, but Ponga reaches halfway.
18th minute - TRY to Tabuai-Fidow
Queensland over halfway on the second tackle. Munster puts Fa'asuamaleaui into a gap, with the rookie steaming up in support to score their second try of the series.
17th minute - DCE ries to lob a pass right to his wing, but it's batted down by Mitchel and Wighton recovers the ball for NSW. Moses kicks long and Ponga returns, dodging a couple of tackles.
16th minute - Wighton kicks high to the in-goal, but HOlmes catches on the full and sprints for a 20m tap. Queensland rush over halfway.
15th minute - Paulo reaches halfway for NSW and Sims carries another 10m.
14th minute - DCE kicks deep and To'o has to turn to recover. Holmes smashes Moses with a tackle in midfield and chases the ball to score, but he's called back for a knock-on in the tackle.
13th minute - Wighton kicks high, but Ponga leaps high to take the catch.
12th minute - NSW recover the kickoff and charge upfield. Sims reaches halfway with a tackle to spare.
10th minute - TRY to Mitchell
Kaufusi barely stops Paulo from scoring, but NSW get another set. They eventually work the ball left, where Mitchell brushes off his marker, Gagai, to run to the line
Mitchell slots the conversion, NSW 6-2
Ninth minute - NSW get six more tackles on the Queensland 30.
Eighth minute - Papalii is prominent early, trying to inspire the Maroons, who are inside the NSW half. DCE kicks high to To'o, who hauls it in.
Seventh minute - Untidy end to the NSW set, with Queeensland earning a penalty near their own line.
Sixth minute - Moses kicks off again and Cam Murray immediately steals the ball to put NSW in prime position.
Fifth minute - Holmes slots the penalty and Queensland take an early lead, QLD 2-0
Fourth minute - Queensland win a penalty in front of the posts.
Third minute - DCE kicks from his own 10 and NSW can't handle the ball. Gagai recovers and Queensland have attacking position.
Second minute - Cherry-Evans kicks deep at the end of the first set and NSW make ground towards halfway. Moses kicks high on the last.
First minute - Referee Gerard Sutton blows his whistle and Moses kicks off for NSW. Ray Warren massacres Josh Papalii's name for the first time tonight.
Pre-game - NSW haven't swept Queensland since 2000 and they've never done it over three 'away' games...
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Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of State of Origin III between New South Wales and Queensland on the Gold Coast.
This hasn't been a great series for the Maroons - last year's winners - losing the first two encounters by a total of 70 points at Townsville and Brisbane.
With the intervention of COVID-19 in New South Wales, the third meeting has also been relocated north of the border, giving the Blues a chance to complete their sweep without stepping foot in their own state.
If you're a Queensland fan, that's just embarrassing.
Coach Paul Green - surely a dead man walking - has rung the changes from Origin II, with Kalyn Ponga returning from injury at fullback, Valentine Holme moving to the wing for Kyle Feldt, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow debuting at centre, with Kurt Capewell moving into the pack.
Ben Hunt replaces Andrew McCullough at hooker, while Jai Arrow has been kicked out of the Queensland camp, after smuggling a woman into his hotel room during COVID protocols.
With the series in the bag, NSW coach Brad Fittler has had to replace his halves pairing of Ivan Cleary and Jarome Luai, both injured, with Mitch Moses and Jack Wighton.
New South Wales: 1-James Tedesco (c), 2-Brian To'o, 3-Latrell Mitchell, 4-Tom Trbojevic, 5- Josh Addo-Carr, 6-Jack Wighton, 7-Mitch Moses, 8-Dale Finucane, 9-Damien Cook, 10-Junior Paulo, 11-Cameron Murray, 12-Tariq Sims, 13-Isaah Yeo
Bench: 14-Api Koroisau, 15-Angus Crichton, 16-Payne Haas, 17-Liam Martin
Queensland: 1-Kalyn Ponga, 2-Valentine Holmes, 3-Dane Gagai, 4-Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, 5- Xavier Coates, 6-Cameron Munster, 7-Daly Cherry-Evans (c), 8-Christian Welch, 9-Ben Hunt, 10-Josh Papalii, 11-Kurt Capewell, 12-Felise Kaufusi, 13-Tino Fa'asuamaleaui
Bench: 14-AJ Brimson, 15-Moeaki Fotuaika, 16-Thomas Flegler, 17-Frank Molo
TAB Odds: NSW $1.28, Queensland $3.60
No talk of Origin 'dead rubber', with plenty at stake for both sides in final match
For Queensland's leaders, there will likely be much more on the line than simply avoiding the ignominy of being swept in Wednesday's third and final game of the 2021 State of Origin series on the Gold Coast.
While coach Paul Green and captain Daly Cherry-Evans will be doing their utmost to salvage some pride and avoid becoming the first team to lose all three games at home, they'll also be trying to ensure they keep their jobs for next year.
NZ Warriors consultant and former NSW coach Phil Gould believes Green will lose his position, regardless of the result, criticising his selections, leadership and negativity after the Game Two loss in Brisbane.
Green won't be drawn too deep into that discussion, but admits the Maroons desperately need to let their performance do the talking.
"There's nothing I can say," he says. "What's going to count is how we play tomorrow night.
"The time for talking's probably done, we need to show some actions and that counts tomorrow night.
"That's [my future as Queensland coach] out of my hands, I'm not even worried or thinking about it.
"Just stick solid, stick by us, we'll be right."
After leading last year's underdog Queeslanders to an improbable series win, the goodwill surrounding Cherry-Evans has also rapidly faded.
The Manly Sea Eagles half admits the job security of both himself and his coach will depend on the team's display at Robina Stadium.
"With that sort of stuff, we understand that situation," Cherry-Evans says.
"If you're not winning games of footy, the coach and playing group - in particular the leaders - come under the most scrutiny.
"If we get a win tomorrow night, it's going to help Greeny retain his job - and players like myself - but I'm really confident in where we are and what we're doing.
"Greeny's doing the best job he can and unfortunately the results haven't reflected the hard work he's put in, but it comes with the territory, when you're down 2-0 in the series.
"I might be a little crazy, but I think I'm going to win every game I play and tomorrow night's no different."
On the flipside of the coin, NSW coach Brad Fittler isn't resting on his laurels, eager to claim a special slice of Origin history by claiming a whitewash on enemy territory.
Originally scheduled to be played in Sydney, the worsening COVID-19 situation in the region forced the game's relocation to Newcastle, but the NSW Government has refused to allow fans to attend, due to the threat of spreading the virus, resulting in a shift across the border to the Gold Coast.
The Blues haven't scored a 3-0 win over their rivals since 2000.
"Until they do that, then you just win another series and that's about it," Blues coach Brad Fittler says.
"It would be a big part of history, I think, if we're able to do that... thinking about that, it's pretty cool."
Making that proposition slightly tricker will be the need to integrate the Blues' new halves combination of Mitchell Moses and Jack Wighton, with the outstanding Panthers pairing of Nathan Cleary and Jarime Luai ruled out with injury.
The Maroons will also be without key forward Jai Arrow, who has been fined and suspended for breaching the NRL's COVID-19 protocols by bringing a woman into the team's hotel. Arrow has been replaced by Titans prop Tino Fa'asuamaleaui.
