2005 State of Origin series: Difference between revisions

The crowd of 52,484 people at [[Lang Park|Suncorp Stadium]] was a record for the ground at the time. After fifty minutes, Queensland had raced away to a 19-0 lead. However New South Wales, under new coach [[Ricky Stuart]] made a strong comeback, bringing the score to 20-19 in their favour. A field goal from [[Johnathan Thurston]], in his first match for the Maroons, saw the game go into '[[golden point]]' extra time. [[Brett Kimmorley]], playing halfback in place of an injured [[Andrew Johns]], threw a pass intended for [[Matt King (rugby player)|Matt King]], but was instead intercepted by [[Matt Bowen]], who snatched a 24-20 victory for the Maroons.

The crowd of 52,496 people at [[Suncorp Stadium]] was a record for the ground at the time. After an hour New South Wales had raced away to a 32-0 lead and late tries to Queensland proved too little too late. Matt King became only the ninth player (and fourth New South Welshman) to score a hat-trick in State of Origin.<ref>{{Cite news