johnathan thurston has played the most state of origin games for qld.
johnathan thurston has played the most state of origin games for qld.
who has played the most state of origin games for qld?
johnathan thurston
both sides started the second have in a rather pensive mood before nsw seemed to gain the ascendancy in field position and general flow of the match. that changed at the 60 minute mark after repeated errors by the blues lead to qld receiving their first penalty in over 40 minutes. the maroons capitalised on this opportunity with justin hodges scoring off a deft short ball from cooper cronk. johnathan thurston missed the sideline conversion keeping the scores at 12-4. with just over 10 minutes to go trent merrin steadied some disorganised play by straightening and barging through a terrible attempted tackle by corey parker, to score right under the sticks. james maloney made no mistake with the conversion taking the score to 12-10. the blues looked to go on the attack from the ensuing restart, gaining 60m in 4 plays before a badly misdirected pass from mitchell pearce ricocheted off josh dugan's shoulder and cost the blues 15m. james maloney ended up hoisting the ball into the heavens which billy slater climbed high to mark with ryan hoffman and andrew fifita giving away a penalty for tackling him in the air. the maroons proceeded cautiously with only 5 minutes left on the clock. realising the shortage of time, robbie farah attempted to kick for a 40/20 to give the blues one last crack at qld's line but came up short. darius boyd returned the kick in fantastic fashion making a 40m run leaving several nsw chasers in his wake. cameron smith then ducked down a short side making a break before passing to corey parker who in-turn offloaded the ball back to his captain who made a determined charge for the nsw line only to be brought down inches short. with the blues shot defensively, qld looked to shift the ball before a streaker who by then had run 80m to get in the way of play tripped over and fell right amongst the players. qld ended up getting across the line through matt scott but was disallowed the try because of the interference to play. the resulting decision, a neutral infringement, afforded qld a scrum with the loose head and feed given their superior field position. it ended with james maloney taking a superb reflex catch of a johnathan thurston kick. the ball came out to the blues captain farah who then went for the all or nothing kick across field which james mcmanus was unable to take, knocking the ball into touch. qld retained their shield and extended their dynasty to 8 straight origin series victories. cameron smith was awarded the wally lewis medal for player of the series.
2013 state of origin series
brisbane broncos coach wayne bennett had originally been appointed as qld coach for 1995 taking over from wally lewis. however, as the broncos were aligned with super league, and due to the enforced unavailability of the maroons star players, many of whom were broncos, bennett stepped down from the job claiming that qld would be uncompetitive without its sl players and paul vautin, who had played 22 origin games for qld between 1982 and 1990 (including two games as captain in the absence of lewis), was brought in to replace him.









































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1995 state of origin series