State of origin 2012 final game date

Presented By. It means neither team will be disadvantaged by travel. It will be the first time in history that the Gold Coast has hosted State of Origin. Tickets for the game are available via NRL. Fans who purchased tickets to the scheduled game at Stadium Australia will automatically have their tickets refunded. The NSW Blues have regained the shield after scoring a comprehensive win over the Maroons in Game Two at Suncorp Stadium and will look to complete just the fourth clean sweep in their history.

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The State of Origin series has been one to remember and will conclude tonight with an explosive encounter between two teams desperate to win. Queensland will be looking to win their seventh series in a row, thus continuing an Origin legacy that started way back in New South Wales will be hoping they can start a legacy of their own by claiming their first series victory in seven years.

If the Blues were to win tonight, it could signal the beginning of a new era of competitiveness for New South Wales, after suffering many years of interstate heartache. For New South Wales to win tonight, halfback Mitchell Pearce will need to pick up his kicking game in the Origin arena. He needs significant improvement if he is to make the most of the strong work the Blues produce upfront.

Although the Maroons are without Billy Slater knee , Greg Inglis has slotted in to and is just as capable of producing devastating kick returns if Pearce fails to find the grass with his kicks. If Pearce and Todd Carney can kick intelligently, it will go a long way to putting Queensland on the back foot against a Blues pack that has dominated the opening two Origin encounters.

The Blues can ill-afford to put themselves under unnecessary pressure against a Queensland side eager to make a strong impression at home. Maroons halves Cooper Cronk and Johnathon Thurston in particular will be desperate to perform well tonight given that both players have struggled to really perform for Queensland in the opening two matches. Playing away from home, the last thing the Blues need to do is offer an invitation for Thurston and Cronk to dominate play, by making errors and giving away stupid penalties in their own half.

With Queensland set to come out all guns blazing, it is important for New South Wales to weather the early storm and stay in the arm wrestle for the opening 20 minutes. If the Blues do end up conceding first points, Queensland will seize momentum, and at home, they will be very difficult to run down, particularly if Thurston, Cronk, Cameron Smith and Inglis hit their groove.