Game 2, 2001 State of Origin

June 10, 2001 · Stadium Australia, Sydney

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Game 2, 2001 State of Origin: New South Wales 26–8 Queensland, at Stadium Australia, Sydney on June 10, 2001.

Attendance: 70,249

Queensland's #13 jersey is listed by the source as Russell Bawden, a front-rower, rather than a traditional lock -- reported as given, since it could not be independently cross-verified. New South Wales' full try list (Fittler's double plus Ainscough, Barrett, Ricketson) is the version that reconciles to 26; one uncorroborated source undercounted this to just Fittler's double. Exact try-scoring minutes not confirmed for this game.

Scorers

New South Wales	Tries: Fittler (2); Ainscough; Barrett; Ricketson Goals: Girdler (3/6)
Queensland	Tries: Walker Goals: Lockyer (2/2)

Teams

New South Wales			Queensland
1	Mark Hughes	Fullback	Darren Lockyer	1
2	Jamie Ainscough	Wing	Lote Tuqiri	2
3	Ryan Girdler	Centre	Darren Smith	3
4	Matthew Gidley	Centre	Paul Bowman	4
5	Adam MacDougall	Wing	Wendell Sailor	5
6	Brad Fittler	Five-eighth	Daniel Wagon	6
7	Trent Barrett	Halfback	Paul Green	7
8	Jason Stevens	Prop	Shane Webcke	8
9	Luke Priddis	Hooker	Kevin Campion	9
10	Mark O'Meley	Prop	Petero Civoniceva	10
11	Bryan Fletcher	Second Row	Dane Carlaw	11
12	Adam Muir	Second Row	Brad Meyers	12
13	Luke Ricketson	Lock	Russell Bawden	13
Substitutes
14	Craig Gower		Nathan Fien	14
15	Michael Vella		Chris Walker	15
16	Matt Adamson		Chris Beattie	16
17	Andrew Ryan		Carl Webb	17

Wayne Pearce		Coach	Wayne Bennett

Player of the Match

Trent Barrett (New South Wales)

Match officials

Referee	Bill Harrigan

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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