State of Origin 2005

The State of Origin Series 2005 was the 26th edition of the State of Origin rugby league tournament . It consisted of three games that took place between May 25th and July 6th. New South Wales won the Series 2-1.

Game 1

May 25, 8:00 p.m.	Queensland Maroons	24:20	New South Wales Blues	Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane Spectators: 52,484 Referee: Tim Mander
	Attempts: Bowen , Crocker , Williams Elevations: Smith (3/3) Penalty Kicks: Smith (2/2) Dropgoals: Lockyer (1), Thurston (1)	(13: 0) report	Tries: Buderus , Fitzgibbon , Gasnier , Rooney Elevations: Fitzgibbon (2/3)

1 Billy Slater 2 Ty Williams 3 Shaun Berrigan 4th Paul Bowman 5 Matt Sing 6th Darren Lockyer 7th Johnathan Thurston 8th Steve Price 9 Cameron Smith 10 Petero Civoniceva 11 Brad Thorn 12 Michael Crocker 13 Chris Flannery Substitute: 14th Carl Webb 15th Ben Ross 18th Casey McGuire 17th Matthew Bowen

1 Anthony Minichiello 2 Matt King 3 Matt Cooper 4th Mark Gasnier 5 Luke Rooney 6th Trent Barrett 7th Brett Kimmorley 8th Luke Bailey 9 Danny Buderus 10 Jason Ryles 11 Nathan Hindmarsh 12 Craig Fitzgibbon 13 Ben Kennedy Substitute: 14th Craig Wing 15th Steve Simpson 16 Andrew Ryan 17th Anthony Watmough

Game 2

June 15, 8:00 p.m.	New South Wales Blues	32:22	Queensland Maroons	Telstra Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 82,389 Referee: Steve Clark
	Attempts: Minichiello (2), Buderus , Cooper , Menzies Elevations: Fitzgibbon (3/3) John's (2/2) Penalty kicks: John's (1/1)	(8:12) report	Try: Bowen , Civoniceva , Slater , Thorn Elevations: Smith (3/4)

1 Anthony Minichiello 2 Matt King 3 Matt Cooper 4th Mark Gasnier 5 Luke Rooney 6th Braith Anasta 7th Andrew Johns 8th Jason Ryles 9 Danny Buderus 10 Steve Simpson 11 Nathan Hindmarsh 12 Craig Fitzgibbon 13 Ben Kennedy Substitute: 14th Craig Wing 15th Luke Bailey 16 Andrew Ryan 17th Steve Menzies

1 Billy Slater 2 Ty Williams 3 Shaun Berrigan 4th Paul Bowman 5 Matt Sing 6th Darren Lockyer 7th Johnathan Thurston 8th Petero Civoniceva 9 Cameron Smith 10 Brad Thorn 11 Michael Crocker 12 Carl Webb 13 Chris Flannery Substitute: 14th Matthew Bowen 15th Ben Ross 16 Casey McGuire 17th Dane Carlaw

Game 3

July 6, 8 p.m.	Queensland Maroons	10:32	New South Wales Blues	Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane Spectators: 52,436 Referee: Paul Simpkins
	Tries: Bowen , Thurston Increases: Smith (1/2)	(0:18) report	Tries : King (3), Anasta , Gasnier , Tahu Elevations: John's (3/5) Fitzgibbon (1/1)

1 Matthew Bowen 2 Ty Williams 3 Shaun Berrigan 4th Paul Bowman 5 Matt Sing 6th Darren Lockyer 7th Johnathan Thurston 8th Petero Civoniceva 9 Cameron Smith 10 Danny Nutley 11 Michael Crocker 12 Brad Thorn 13 Chris Flannery Substitute: 14th Ben Ross 15th Ashley Harrison 16 Corey Parker 17th Tonie Carroll

1 Anthony Minichiello 2 Matt King 3 Mark Gasnier 4th Matt Cooper 5 Timana Tahu 6th Braith Anasta 7th Andrew Johns 8th Jason Ryles 9 Danny Buderus 10 Luke Bailey 11 Nathan Hindmarsh 12 Craig Fitzgibbon 13 Ben Kennedy Substitute: 14th Steve Simpson 15th Craig Gower 16 Andrew Ryan 17th Steve Menzies

Man of the Match

game	Man of the Match
1	Steve Price
2	Andrew Johns
3	Anthony Minichiello

Web links

• State of Origin Series 2005 on rugbyleagueproject.org