Game 3, 2001 State of Origin
July 1, 2001 · Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane
Game 3, 2001 State of Origin: Queensland 40–14 New South Wales, at Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane on July 1, 2001.
Attendance: 48,441
Series decider. Allan Langer was recalled from Warrington RLFC at almost 35 to start at halfback, with Paul Green moving to hooker -- a famous reunion combination. The venue is recorded here as Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane, following the established home-ground rotation for this era (Queensland hosts Games I and III) -- one derived source instead rendered it as 'ANZ Stadium, Brisbane,' which is almost certainly an error, since ANZ Stadium was the Sydney Olympic stadium at every point in its naming history and no Brisbane venue has carried that name; a clean primary source stating the venue plainly for this specific game could not be found, so this is flagged rather than presented as fully certain. Exact try-scoring minutes not confirmed for this game. Queensland's own player-of-the-series award for 2001 (era-name 'Wally Lewis Medal,' now retrospectively the Ron McAuliffe Medal) went to Darren Lockyer.
Scorers
| Queensland | Tries: Bowman (2); Lockyer (2); Walker (2); Carlaw; Langer Goals: Lockyer (4/9) |
| New South Wales | Tries: Girdler (2) Goals: Girdler (3/3) |
Teams
| Queensland | New South Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Lockyer | Fullback | Mark Hughes | 1 |
| 2 | Lote Tuqiri | Wing | Jamie Ainscough | 2 |
| 3 | Chris Walker | Centre | Ryan Girdler | 3 |
| 4 | Paul Bowman | Centre | Matthew Gidley | 4 |
| 5 | Wendell Sailor | Wing | Adam MacDougall | 5 |
| 6 | Daniel Wagon | Five-eighth | Brad Fittler | 6 |
| 7 | Allan Langer | Halfback | Brett Kimmorley | 7 |
| 8 | Shane Webcke | Prop | Jason Stevens | 8 |
| 9 | Paul Green | Hooker | Luke Priddis | 9 |
| 10 | John Buttigieg | Prop | Mark O'Meley | 10 |
| 11 | Brad Meyers | Second Row | Bryan Fletcher | 11 |
| 12 | Petero Civoniceva | Second Row | Adam Muir | 12 |
| 13 | Darren Smith | Lock | Andrew Ryan | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | John Doyle | Craig Gower | 14 | |
| 15 | Kevin Campion | Michael Vella | 15 | |
| 16 | Carl Webb | Matt Adamson | 16 | |
| 17 | Dane Carlaw | Steve Menzies | 17 | |
| Wayne Bennett | Coach | Wayne Pearce | ||
Player of the Match
Darren Lockyer (Queensland)
Match officials
| Referee | Bill Harrigan |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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