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Attendance: 52,439

Dead rubber -- Queensland had already sealed their fourth straight series title in Game II. Trent Waterhouse (New South Wales) was sent off for blindsiding Queensland prop Steve Price during a Price/Brett White altercation; Price was stretchered off in a neck brace. This was a fiery, widely-covered finish. Conversion duties for New South Wales were split between two kickers (Michael Ennis and Kurt Gidley), corroborated by the arithmetic reconciliation.

Scorers

New South Wales	Tries: Creagh (2); Morris; Williams Goals: Ennis/Gidley (6/6 combined, split between two kickers, exact per-kicker attempts not confirmed) Sin bin: Creagh (10 min)
Queensland	Tries: Hodges; Johnson; Slater Goals: Thurston (2/3) Sin bin: Thaiday (10 min)

Teams

New South Wales			Queensland
1	Kurt Gidley	Fullback	Billy Slater	1
2	Jarryd Hayne	Wing	Darius Boyd	2
3	Michael Jennings	Centre	Greg Inglis	3
4	Josh Morris	Centre	Justin Hodges	4
5	David Williams	Wing	Willie Tonga	5
6	Trent Barrett	Five-eighth	Darren Lockyer	6
7	Brett Kimmorley	Halfback	Johnathan Thurston	7
8	Josh Perry	Prop	David Shillington	8
9	Michael Ennis	Hooker	Cameron Smith	9
10	Justin Poore	Prop	Steve Price	10
11	Trent Waterhouse	Second Row	Ashley Harrison	11
12	Ben Creagh	Second Row	Michael Crocker	12
13	Anthony Watmough	Lock	Dallas Johnson	13
Substitutes
14	Craig Wing		Karmichael Hunt	14
15	Tom Learoyd-Lahrs		Neville Costigan	15
16	Glenn Stewart		Matthew Scott	16
17	Brett White		Sam Thaiday	17
Craig Bellamy		Coach	Mal Meninga

Player of the Match

Anthony Watmough (New South Wales)

Match officials

Referee

Shayne Hayne & Tony Archer

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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