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Post by Rugby League Historian on Oct 23, 2021 9:19:16 GMT 10
Date:03-Jun-2009 Venue:Docklands Attendance: 50967 Referees:Tony Archer,Shayne Hayne Half-Time: NSW 6, QLD 18 | New South Wales | Queensland |
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PS | Player | TR | GL | AT | FG | PT | PS | Player | TR | GL | AT | FG | PT | FB | Kurt Gidley | | 3 | 4 | | 6 | FB | Billy Slater | 1 | | | | 4 | WG | Jarryd Hayne | 1 | | | | 4 | WG | Darius Boyd | 1 | | | | 4 | CN | Michael Jennings | | | | | | CN | Greg Inglis | 2 | | | | 8 | CN | Jamie Lyon | | | | | | CN | Justin Hodges | | | | | | WG | James McManus | | | | | | WG | Israel Folau | | | | | | FE | Terry Campese | | | | | | FE | Darren Lockyer | | | | | | HB | Peter Wallace | | | | | | HB | Johnathan Thurston | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 12 | LK | Anthony Laffranchi | | | | | | LK | Dallas Johnson | | | | | | SR | Ben Creagh | 1 | | | | 4 | SR | Sam Thaiday | | | | | | SR | Luke O'Donnell | | | | | | SR | Ashley Harrison | | | | | | PF | Luke Bailey | | | | | | PF | Petero Civoniceva | | | | | | HK | Robbie Farah | | | | | | HK | Cameron Smith | | | | | | PF | Brent Kite | | | | | | PF | Steven Price(CB) | | | | | | IN | Craig Wing | 1 | | | | 4 | IN | Karmichael Hunt | | | | | | IN | Justin Poore | | | | | | IN | Ben Hannant | | | | | | IN | Michael Weyman | | | | | | IN | Nate Myles | | | | | | IN | Luke Lewis | | | | | | IN | Michael Crocker | | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 4 | | 18 | | | 5 | 4 | 5 | | 28 | Penalties | 5 | Penalties | 4 | Scrums | 6 | Scrums | 5 |
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Oct 23, 2021 9:22:21 GMT 10
The 2009 State of Origin series was the 28th time that the annual three-game series between the Queensland and New South Wales representative rugby league football teams was played entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. Queensland won their first two matches to retain the shield and to record 14 series wins, as well as the first time in Origin history that a state had won the series for four consecutive years. Maroon centre Greg Inglis was awarded the Wally Lewis Medal as player of the series.
Game I For the first time game one of the series was played in Melbourne. The stakes were high for New South Wales in the face of the genuine possibility of a four consecutive series defeat – never yet suffered since the introduction of the three match series format. Blues selectors opted for eight debutantes, dropping fourteen of the seventeen players who appeared in game I of 2008. The new faces were McManus, Jennings, Stewart, Campese, Farah, Creagh, Weyman and Poore. With abundant talent and experience to choose from, Queensland selectors opted for the international backline who had represented Australia in April against New Zealand, meaning Slater at fullback dislodged incumbent Maroon fullback Hunt to the interchange bench. The entire Queensland squad had previous Origin experience with thirteen of them having represented on six or more occasions.
New South Wales took a 2–0 lead after an early penalty goal but then in the eighth minute a try to their winger Hayne was disallowed after a long video-referee deliberation. Hayne's right boot was ruled to have brushed the touch line on his way to score, overruling the on field decision of the touch judge. This decision appeared to rock the confidence of the young Blues squad and soon after Queensland took a commanding lead with a succession of tries to Slater, Inglis and then Thurston. Creagh crossed for the Blues before half-time picking up a pass from Hayne after he had chased a kick. The scoreline was 18–6 at the break.
As the second half kicked off, Inglis struck quickly with a spectacular try from long range to take the score to 24–6 and his tally to two. New South Wales from that point found some structure and the game played more like the traditional origin arm wrestle till Craig Wing made his entrance from the Blues interchange bench at the 53 minute mark. Two minutes later, off a deflected kick, Wing scored to bring New South Wales within twelve and the Blues dummy halves – Wing and Farah double tagging in the role – began to find gaps in amongst the tiring Queensland forwards. In the 69th minute, another lucky kick deflection, this time off Maroons prop Steve Price and into the hands of Farah which was then passed to Hayne, resulted in Hayne's second try and a 24–18 scoreline with 10 minutes to go. However, in the 78th minute, following a handling error from Blues fullback Kurt Gidley, Darius Boyd crossed in the corner after the scrum, to seal Queensland a 28–18 victory and first blood in the series.
The game was watched by a national audience of 3.48 million people which was a record.
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Oct 23, 2021 9:23:04 GMT 10
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Oct 23, 2021 13:45:26 GMT 10
Qld player Johnathan Thurston (headgear) celebrates with team-mates after scoring a try during game one of the State of Origin series between the Queensland Maroons and the New South Wales Blues at Docklands stadium in Melbourne on June 3, 2009.
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Nov 2, 2021 13:28:03 GMT 10
Terry Campese
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