Game 3, 2008 State of Origin
July 2, 2008 · ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Game 3, 2008 State of Origin: Queensland 16–10 New South Wales, at ANZ Stadium, Sydney on July 2, 2008.
Attendance: 78,751
A brawl broke out one minute into the match after a tackle on Ben Cross. Billy Slater's match-sealing 67th-minute try, off a Thurston dummy/line-break, is regarded as one of Origin's great series-clinching tries. Nate Myles received a retrospective 6-week suspension for a dangerous tackle on Ben Cross (no on-field sanction was recorded).
Scorers
| Queensland | Tries: Folau 5'; Folau 22'; Slater 67' Goals: Thurston (2/4, incl. 2 penalty goals) |
| New South Wales | Tries: Cooper 15' Goals: Fitzgibbon (3/3, incl. 2 penalty goals) |
Teams
| Queensland | New South Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karmichael Hunt | Fullback | Kurt Gidley | 1 |
| 2 | Darius Boyd | Wing | Jarryd Hayne | 2 |
| 3 | Greg Inglis | Centre | Joel Monaghan | 3 |
| 4 | Brent Tate | Centre | Matt Cooper | 4 |
| 5 | Israel Folau | Wing | Anthony Quinn | 5 |
| 6 | Johnathan Thurston | Five-eighth | Braith Anasta | 6 |
| 7 | Scott Prince | Halfback | Mitchell Pearce | 7 |
| 8 | Steve Price | Prop | Ben Cross | 8 |
| 9 | Cameron Smith | Hooker | Danny Buderus | 9 |
| 10 | Petero Civoniceva | Prop | Brett White | 10 |
| 11 | Nate Myles | Second Row | Craig Fitzgibbon | 11 |
| 12 | Ashley Harrison | Second Row | Ryan Hoffman | 12 |
| 13 | Dallas Johnson | Lock | Paul Gallen | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Sam Thaiday | Brett Stewart | 14 | |
| 15 | Michael Crocker | Willie Mason | 15 | |
| 16 | Billy Slater | Anthony Tupou | 16 | |
| 17 | Ben Hannant | Anthony Laffranchi | 17 | |
| Mal Meninga | Coach | Craig Bellamy | ||
Player of the Match
Israel Folau (Queensland)
Match officials
| Referee | Tony Archer |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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