PLAY BY PLAY
4TH MINUTE
Maroons skipper Billy Slater looks to have scored the opener, leaping high from a neat Daly Cherry-Evans crossfield chip but replays showed the fullback had knocked on.
11TH MINUTE
With the line in sight, James Tedesco’s cut-out pass is intercepted by Valentine Holmes. The Queensland winger races 95m for his seventh Origin try in five games. QLD 6, NSW 0
31ST MINUTE
James Maloney is sinbinned for a hip and shoulder on Slater. After five straight sets, the Queenslanders are forced to walk away with a penalty goal. QLD 8, NSW 0
37TH MINUTE
Down a man with Maloney in the bin, NSW score against the run of play when winger Tom Trbojevic plucks a long Cameron Munster pass and runs 95m. QLD 8, NSW 6
40TH MINUTE
A Damien Cook short ball finds Tedesco in a gap and the fullback scores under the posts to give his side a halftime lead, despite having just 32 per cent possession. NSW 12, QLD 8
50TH MINUTE
Held down in a tackle, NSW debutant Tariq Sims bizarrely tackles Ben Hunt. A minute later Holmes is on the end of a slick Queensland passing sequence. NSW 12, QLD 12
58TH MINUTE
Munster dummies and goes through the line, finding backrower Gavin Cooper who has halfback Cherry-Evans in support for the go-ahead try and a slice of redemption. QLD 18, NSW 12
66TH MINUTE
James Maloney’s ambitious short kick hits the unsuspecting arm of Felise Kaufusi and goes out, handing Queensland a scrum no more than 12m out. QLD 18, NSW 12
74TH MINUTE
A Nathan Cleary grubber forces a drop out for Queensland, with Dane Gagai winning the race to the ball to deny a try. Both teams were now out on their feet. QLD 18, NSW 12
77TH MINUTE
A flying Valentine Holmes spectacularly intercepts a Maloney pass to win back the ball just as the Maroons looked spent. It was another terrific take by the winger. QLD 18, NSW 12
79TH MINUTE
Queensland survive a taxing set of six as NSW launch one last raid on their line. They hold on to send fullback Billy Slater out as a winner, if not with series success. QLD 18, NSW 12