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Attendance: 52,420

This was the reopening match of Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park) after its $280m redevelopment. Justin Hodges and Paul Bowman (both Queensland) suffered serious knee injuries in this match. New South Wales' 4th try (Johns) and field goal (Johns) are not itemised in one scoresheet source but are required by score reconciliation and corroborated by a contemporaneous match report. Exact try-scoring minutes not confirmed for this game.

Scorers

New South Wales	Tries: Minichiello (2); Johns; Wing Goals: Johns (4/4) Drop goals: Johns
Queensland	Tries: Lockyer (2) Goals: Lockyer (2/2)

Teams

New South Wales			Queensland
1	Anthony Minichiello	Fullback	Darren Lockyer	1
2	Timana Tahu	Wing	Shannon Hegarty	2
3	Matthew Gidley	Centre	Brent Tate	3
4	Jamie Lyon	Centre	Justin Hodges	4
5	Michael De Vere	Wing	Matt Sing	5
6	Shaun Timmins	Five-eighth	Ben Ikin	6
7	Andrew Johns	Halfback	Shaun Berrigan	7
8	Robbie Kearns	Prop	Shane Webcke	8
9	Danny Buderus	Hooker	P.J. Marsh	9
10	Jason Ryles	Prop	Petero Civoniceva	10
11	Craig Fitzgibbon	Second Row	Gorden Tallis	11
12	Ben Kennedy	Second Row	Dane Carlaw	12
13	Luke Ricketson	Lock	Tonie Carroll	13
Substitutes
14	Luke Bailey		Steve Price	14
15	Craig Wing		Chris Flannery	15
16	Josh Perry		Andrew Gee	16
17	Phil Bailey		Paul Bowman	17
Phil Gould		Coach	Wayne Bennett

Player of the Match

Luke Bailey (New South Wales)

Match officials

Referee

Bill Harrigan

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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