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FULLTIME. Queensland get a late penalty but they want none of it, it's time to celebrate.
QUEENSLAND - 2015 ORIGIN CHAMPIONS!

Queensland Maroons 52-6

NSW attempt a short kickoff, and that will just about do us. Queensland playing it out now.

Queensland Maroons 52-6

Thurston picks up a wayward NSW kick and runs 70m before he's chased down by Mitchell Pearce. QLD on the attack now.

Queensland Maroons 46-6

Thurston and Woods have come together in backplay. It's almost comical with neither able to do anything but yell, grab and push each other, before teammates intervene.

Queensland Maroons 46-6

Brett Morris chips down the touchline for himself, but it's beaten him over the touchline on the full there. QLD handover.

Queensland Maroons 46-6

Queensland push Dugan to his limits, but he's able to shadow it dead. 20m restart NSW.

Queensland Maroons 46-6

Nope. NSW have lost it and Thaiday picks it up.

Queensland Maroons 46-6

It's NO TRY. Matt Scott is within that 10 metre perimeter. NSW penalty inside the QLD half. Can they crack double figures?

Queensland Maroons 46-6

VIDEO REFEREE | Thurston is claiming a try. Everyone in Maroon is standing in Suncorp with a 52,500 record crowd. We're checking onside further up the field, it bounces for Inglis, off to Gillett, Thaiday, Morgan and back to Thurston. Green lights-a-comin'!

Queensland Maroons 46-6

VIDEO REFEREE | We're heading upstairs to see if Will Chambers has scored out wide.

Queensland Maroons 40-6

NSW get inside Queensland territory with a cheeky kick but Dugan is in front of the kicker so it's a penalty to Queensland.

Queensland Maroons 40-6

Penalty for the Blues here. Swinging arm from Matt Scott on Josh Dugan. QLD lead penalties 9 to 4.

Queensland Maroons 40-2

Tamou goes ON REPORT, while Sutton gives both captains a talking to. Gallen tries to make his point while Cam Smith seems happy to just get on with it.

Queensland Maroons 34-2

Here we go again. Another all-in... this time we MIGHT have something punishable. Tamou's got Lillyman high then swung his arm back in underneath him. Not pretty.

Queensland Maroons 34-2

They're all coming together, no punches thrown but plenty of niggle. Highlight? Dane Gagai giving Michael Ennis several rubs to the head.

Queensland Maroons 34-2

A grubber... and Jennings gets a handle on it to push it dead. Drop-out.

Queensland Maroons 28-2

Dugan's saved the day where it looked like Inglis was certain to score. Looking in backplay, Josh isn't in a good way though.

Queensland Maroons 28-2

This Queensland defence is just absolutely brutal. Queensland manage to restrict NSW to just 25m on that set there.

Queensland Maroons 28-2

VIDEO... Cronk kicks through, Hodges bats it back, Gillett grabs it, try. Green lights for this one.

Queensland Maroons 22-2

VIDEO REF | Possible Queensland TRY to Matt Gillett. It's been raked back in... we're checking the dead ball line. AMAZING.

Queensland Maroons 22-2

We're back underway at Suncorp - New South Wales with it all to do. They have first possession, Queensland kicking off.

Queensland Maroons 22-2

NSW fans take heart, you aren't the only ones collapsing. England's cricket team are falling apart at the season within the first session of the first Ashes test - three wickets down for just 43 runs.

Queensland Maroons 22-2

Three Queensland tries - one from players rushing in off the wing for NSW, the others just poor line defence - and the Blues are just conceding far too many penalties. If you ask this pundit - it's all over. But this *is* Origin, and anything can happen.

Queensland Maroons 22-2

That's halftime. 67% possession for the Maroons and that really tells the story. Queensland have had and retained the pill for far longer periods and made more of it. NSW have showed fight at times, then collapsed completely just minutes later, eventually conceding two tries and a penalty goal within the last fifteen minutes before the break.

Queensland Maroons 22-2

It started as a riveting contest but this game has fast become one-way traffic. Queensland lead by 20 and have enjoyed over 60% of possession.

Queensland Maroons 22-2

Trent Merrin has upended Corey Parker in a very dangerous tackle. He's ON REPORT and it's another Maroons penalty.

Queensland Maroons 16-2

Hodkinson puts it up for Morris on the last, who takes it and gets it back to Jennings, then Queensland knock it forward but reclaim it and work upfield.

Queensland Maroons 14-2

That try will sting the visitors - NSW had the Maroons on the ropes and let in a pretty soft try. On the Blues' first return set after that try, they now have a penalty. Points a must here.

Queensland Maroons 14-2

Momentum in a shifting state now, New South Wales have been able to confine Queensland to their own half the last few sets... until they concede a penalty for Woods being in the way. Meanwhile... KLEMMER IS ON. And don't the Suncorp crowd hate him!

Queensland Maroons 8-2

Cordner is on for Ryan Hoffman as well here, 'Hoffy' off with an injury.

Queensland Maroons 8-2

Cordner opts to grubber for himself on the last, and it nearly works before Greg Inglis gets it just 1m out.

Queensland Maroons 8-2

Merrin comes into the contest for NSW, Daley starting to look to his bench.

Queensland Maroons 8-2

Well, defensively the Blues can't be faulted there. Kept Queensland out well before Brett Morris took the last-tackle kick in-goal. 20m restart, and now a penalty to NSW to carry them inside the Maroons' half.

Queensland Maroons 8-2

And to compound it, NSW have given away a penalty. QLD all over them now...

Queensland Maroons 8-2

Greg Inglis has batted back a cheeky Cooper Cronk grubber to force a drop-out from the NSW side.

Queensland Maroons 8-2

Momentum well and truly with the home side at the moment - Queensland have better intensity, better field position and better attack & defence.

Queensland Maroons 8-2

VIDEO REFEREE | Possible Queensland TRY to Dane Gagai on debut. On field is the call from Gerard Sutton. We're checking a potential knock-on earlier in the play.

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And an error now from the Blues on the first! QLD scrum 10m out!

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A high ball bounces between a few players but it's ultimately a handover to NSW.

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Penalty for Queensland, they'll get a chance to attack again here.

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Queensland surge to the NSW 40m before kicking deep and pinning the Blues well inside their own territory.

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Better make that two. Queensland get the penalty, right in front, 5m out with Woods laying all over Cam Smith. Thurston to line it up to level the scores.

New South Wales Blues 2-0

Queensland pick up their first penalty of the contest, NSW offside. Maroons set to start 40m out...

New South Wales Blues 2-0

PENALTY NSW, 3m out right in front. We'll see NSW take the lead here from a penalty goal.

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KNOCK ON. Justin Hodges spills it inside the first set, Michael Ennis with a big tackle forcing the error. NSW scrum 40m out!

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We are UNDERWAY! Queensland first possession!

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That's it! Our Anthem singer, security guards and interchange players vacate the field - now it's just 26 players and four officials on the hallowed turf... and we're just about ready for kickoff. Only 5 minutes behind schedule, too!

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And now it's time for the National Anthem of Australia.

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The QUEENSLANDER chant goes up. The XXXX QLD Maroons are out of the tunnel to a huge home reception!

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The NSW VB Blues are out onto Suncorp Stadium.

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Final pre-match preparations winding up in the sheds. Both sets of teams now preparing to head down the tunnel.

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A pre-game tribute to Justin Hodges, who is retiring from Origin. Interesting also to see Jarryd Hayne in the sheds.

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The Under 20's Origin curtain raiser was run and won earlier - for the fourth straight year it was the Blues who were victorious, claiming a 32-16 victory over their northern enemies. Gold Coast Titans' firebrand Brian Kelly finished the match with a breathtaking four-try haul for the winners.

FULLTIME in #U20Origin at @suncorpstadium! @NSWRL U20 def @QLDmaroons U20 by 32-16! #uptheblues pic.twitter.com/eposjmIqij

— League Unlimited NRL (@LeagueUnlimited) July 8, 2015

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Those changes - for NSW it's just Farah out, Ennis in at hooker, while the Queenslanders have lost Billy Slater and Daly Cherry-Evans from last time. Dane Gagai and Cooper Cronk are in. Read our LATE MAIL article for the full run-down on positional changes for the Maroons.

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Welcome to the Cauldron, ladies and gentlemen! It's the Decider, it's Origin 3 - and it's back at it's spiritual home of Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane after jaunts to Sydney and Melbourne in the first two games. The series is tied up at 1-all - Queensland snuck home in the first instalment before the Blues dominated the last twenty minutes at the MCG in Game Two to level the series. The visitors are surprisingly the more settled of the two sides, with just one change from that match, compared to four for the home side.

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