Game 2, 2018 State of Origin
June 24, 2018 · ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Game 2, 2018 State of Origin: New South Wales 18–14 Queensland, at ANZ Stadium, Sydney on June 24, 2018.
Attendance: 82,223
Boyd Cordner's try was awarded as a penalty try -- the first in State of Origin since 1981. NSW's win secured the series 2-0 with a game to spare, their first series win since 2014.
Scorers
| New South Wales | Tries: Addo-Carr; Cordner (penalty try); Mitchell Goals: Maloney (3/3, incl. automatic penalty-try conversion) Sin bin: Roberts (~70') |
| Queensland | Tries: Holmes; Gagai; Chambers Goals: Holmes (1/3) |
Teams
| New South Wales | Queensland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Tedesco | Fullback | Billy Slater | 1 |
| 2 | Tom Trbojevic | Wing | Valentine Holmes | 2 |
| 3 | Latrell Mitchell | Centre | Greg Inglis | 3 |
| 4 | James Roberts | Centre | Will Chambers | 4 |
| 5 | Josh Addo-Carr | Wing | Dane Gagai | 5 |
| 6 | James Maloney | Five-eighth | Cameron Munster | 6 |
| 7 | Nathan Cleary | Halfback | Ben Hunt | 7 |
| 8 | David Klemmer | Prop | Dylan Napa | 8 |
| 9 | Damien Cook | Hooker | Andrew McCullough | 9 |
| 10 | Matt Prior | Prop | Jarrod Wallace | 10 |
| 11 | Boyd Cordner | Second Row | Gavin Cooper | 11 |
| 12 | Tyson Frizell | Second Row | Felise Kaufusi | 12 |
| 13 | Jack de Belin | Lock | Josh McGuire | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Paul Vaughan | Kalyn Ponga | 14 | |
| 15 | Jake Trbojevic | Josh Papalii | 15 | |
| 16 | Angus Crichton | Coen Hess | 16 | |
| 17 | Tyrone Peachey | Jai Arrow | 17 | |
| Brad Fittler | Coach | Kevin Walters | ||
Player of the Match
Boyd Cordner (New South Wales)
Match officials
| Referee | Gerard Sutton & Ashley Klein |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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