Queensland Maroons won the 2009 State of Origin Series with a game in hand as they won the second match in the ANZ Stadium, Sydney.


Queensland ran out to a half time lead, thanks to tries by Greg Inglis, Israel Folau and Darren Lockyer, this combined with some feeble NSW defending saw the Maroons go into the break at 18-0.

The second period and NSW Blues made the match a spectacle as Jarryd Hayne touched down twice, one an intercept try and then David Williams scored to bring the match to 18-14. But it was the Maroons who took the spoils thanks to a late score from Cameron Smith. Queensland had to make their tackles in the second period and this they did. There is no doubt that had NSW Blues been better in the first period the game could have been theirs, though it would not have been deserved. So thanks to a superb first period and enough to keep control in the second, we reached the final score of:

NSW 14-24 Queensland

Scorers

NSW
Tries: Hayne (2) Williams Goals: Gidley
Queensland
Tries: Inglis, Folau, Lockyer, Smith Goals: Thurston 4

Teams

New South Wales: Gidley, Hayne, Lyon, Monaghan, Williams, Barrett, Wallace, Kite, Farah, Weyman, Creagh, O’Donnell, Gallen.
Replacements: Poore, G. Stewart, Watmough, Morris.

Queensland: Slater, Boyd, Inglis, Tonga, Folau, Lockyer, Thurston, Price, Smith, Civoniceva, Harrison, Thaiday, Johnson.
Replacements: Hunt, Hannant, Myles, Crocker.