Game 3, 2006 State of Origin
July 5, 2006 · Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Game 3, 2006 State of Origin: Queensland 16–14 New South Wales, at Telstra Dome, Melbourne on July 5, 2006.
Attendance: 54,833
First-ever State of Origin match played outside Sydney or Brisbane. Two independent contemporary reports disagree by roughly a minute on every try-scoring time (e.g. Mogg 10' vs 11', Tate 71' vs 72', Lockyer 74' vs 75'), so exact minutes are omitted rather than picking one arbitrarily.
Scorers
| Queensland | Tries: Mogg; Tate; Lockyer Goals: Schifcofske (2/3) |
| New South Wales | Tries: Grothe (2); King Goals: Hodgson (1/3) |
Teams
| Queensland | New South Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clinton Schifcofske | Fullback | Brett Hodgson | 1 |
| 2 | Rhys Wesser | Wing | Timana Tahu | 2 |
| 3 | Brent Tate | Centre | Matt King | 3 |
| 4 | Josh Hannay | Centre | Matt Cooper | 4 |
| 5 | Adam Mogg | Wing | Eric Grothe | 5 |
| 6 | Darren Lockyer | Five-eighth | Mark Gasnier | 6 |
| 7 | Johnathan Thurston | Halfback | Craig Gower | 7 |
| 8 | Steve Price | Prop | Luke Bailey | 8 |
| 9 | Cameron Smith | Hooker | Danny Buderus | 9 |
| 10 | Petero Civoniceva | Prop | Willie Mason | 10 |
| 11 | Nate Myles | Second Row | Paul Gallen | 11 |
| 12 | Carl Webb | Second Row | Nathan Hindmarsh | 12 |
| 13 | Dallas Johnson | Lock | Luke O'Donnell | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Shaun Berrigan | Steve Simpson | 14 | |
| 15 | Chris Flannery | Mark O'Meley | 15 | |
| 16 | Sam Thaiday | Steve Menzies | 16 | |
| 17 | Tonie Carroll | Ben Hornby | 17 | |
| Mal Meninga | Coach | Graham Murray | ||
Player of the Match
Brent Tate (Queensland)
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Clark |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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