Game 2, 2005 State of Origin
June 15, 2005 · Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Game 2, 2005 State of Origin: New South Wales 32–22 Queensland, at Telstra Stadium, Sydney on June 15, 2005.
Attendance: 82,389
New South Wales' other three try-scorers alongside Minichiello's double (Buderus, Cooper, Menzies) are corroborated by an aggregate scoresheet and score reconciliation rather than one single clean per-game box score -- high-confidence but not independently triple-sourced. Exact try-scoring minutes not confirmed for this game.
Scorers
| New South Wales | Tries: Minichiello (2); Buderus; Cooper; Menzies Goals: Fitzgibbon (3/4); Johns (3/3) |
| Queensland | Tries: Bowen; Civoniceva; Slater; Thorn Goals: C. Smith (3/4) |
Teams
| New South Wales | Queensland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Minichiello | Fullback | Billy Slater | 1 |
| 2 | Matt King | Wing | Ty Williams | 2 |
| 3 | Matt Cooper | Centre | Shaun Berrigan | 3 |
| 4 | Mark Gasnier | Centre | Paul Bowman | 4 |
| 5 | Luke Rooney | Wing | Matt Sing | 5 |
| 6 | Braith Anasta | Five-eighth | Darren Lockyer | 6 |
| 7 | Andrew Johns | Halfback | Johnathan Thurston | 7 |
| 8 | Jason Ryles | Prop | Petero Civoniceva | 8 |
| 9 | Danny Buderus | Hooker | Cameron Smith | 9 |
| 10 | Steve Simpson | Prop | Brad Thorn | 10 |
| 11 | Nathan Hindmarsh | Second Row | Michael Crocker | 11 |
| 12 | Craig Fitzgibbon | Second Row | Carl Webb | 12 |
| 13 | Ben Kennedy | Lock | Chris Flannery | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Craig Wing | Matt Bowen | 14 | |
| 15 | Luke Bailey | Ben Ross | 15 | |
| 16 | Andrew Ryan | Casey McGuire | 16 | |
| 17 | Steve Menzies | Dane Carlaw | 17 | |
| Ricky Stuart | Coach | Michael Hagan | ||
Player of the Match
Andrew Johns (New South Wales)
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Clark |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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