State of Origin 2006

The State of Origin Series 2006 was the 27th edition of the State of Origin rugby league tournament . It consisted of three games that took place between May 24th and July 5th. Queensland won the Series 2-1.

Game 1

May 24th 8pm	New South Wales Blues	17:16	Queensland Maroons	Telstra Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 72,773 Referee: Sean Hampstead
	Attempts: Finch 9th n.erh. King 16th n.erh. Mason 20. Increased raises: Hodgson (1/3) Penalty kicks: Hodgson (1/1) 62.Dropgoals: Finch 79.	(14: 0) report	Attempts: Inglis 52nd received, 70th received Bell 76. raised increases: Thurston (2/3)

1 Brett Hodgson 2 Matt King 3 Mark Gasnier 4th Timana Tahu 5 Eric Grothe 6th Braith Anasta 20th Brett Finch 8th Willie Mason 9 Danny Buderus 10 Brent Kite 17th Andrew Ryan 12 Nathan Hindmarsh 13 Luke O'Donnell Substitute: 11 Steve Simpson 14th Craig Wing 15th Steve Menzies 16 Mark O'Meley

1 Matthew Bowen 2 Greg Inglis 3 Justin Hodges 4th Brent Tate 5 Steve Bell 6th Darren Lockyer 7th Johnathan Thurston 8th Steve Price 9 Cameron Smith 10 Petero Civoniceva 11 David Stagg 12 Matthew Scott 13 Dallas Johnson Substitute: 14th Shaun Berrigan 15th Carl Webb 16 Sam Thaiday 17th Nate Myles

Game 2

June 14, 8 p.m.	Queensland Maroons	30: 6	New South Wales Blues	Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane Spectators: 52,468 Referee: Steve Clark
	Attempts: Webb 19th received Hodges 31st received Mogg 44th received, 62nd received Berrigan 67th incremental increases: Thurston (4/5) Penalty kicks: Thurston (1/1) 9.	(14: 0) report	Attempts: Tahu 76. Increments : Hodgson (1/1)

1 Karmichael Hunt 2 Brent Tate 3 Justin Hodges 4th Steve Bell 5 Adam Mogg 6th Darren Lockyer 7th Johnathan Thurston 8th Steve Price 9 Cameron Smith 10 Petero Civoniceva 11 Nate Myles 12 Carl Webb 13 Dallas Johnson Substitute: 14th Shaun Berrigan 15th Chris Flannery 16 Sam Thaiday 17th Jacob Lillyman

1 Brett Hodgson 2 Matt King 3 Mark Gasnier 4th Timana Tahu 5 Eric Grothe 6th Braith Anasta 7th Brett Finch 8th Willie Mason 9 Danny Buderus 10 Brent Kite 11 Steve Simpson 12 Nathan Hindmarsh 13 Andrew Ryan Substitute: 14th Luke Bailey 15th Mark O'Meley 16 Steve Menzies 17th Craig Wing

Game 3

July 5th 8pm	New South Wales Blues	14:16	Queensland Maroons	Telstra Dome , Melbourne Spectators: 54,833 Referee: Steve Clark
	Attempts: Grothe 25th n.erh., 48th n.erh. King 45th increments: Hodgson (1/3)	(4: 4) Report	Attempts: Mogg 9th n.erh. Tate 71st increased Lockyer 73rd increased increases: Schifcofske (2/3)

1 Brett Hodgson 2 Timana Tahu 3 Matt King 4th Matt Cooper 5 Eric Grothe 6th Mark Gasnier 7th Craig Gower 8th Luke Bailey 9 Danny Buderus 10 Willie Mason 11 Paul Gallen 12 Nathan Hindmarsh 13 Luke O'Donnell Substitute: 14th Steve Simpson 15th Mark O'Meley 16 Steve Menzies 17th Ben Hornby

1 Clinton Schifcofske 2 Rhys Wesser 3 Brent Tate 4th Josh Hannay 5 Adam Mogg 6th Darren Lockyer 7th Johnathan Thurston 8th Steve Price 9 Cameron Smith 10 Petero Civoniceva 11 Nate Myles 12 Carl Webb 13 Dallas Johnson Substitute: 14th Shaun Berrigan 15th Chris Flannery 16 Sam Thaiday 17th Tonie Carroll

Man of the Match

game	Man of the Match
1	Willie Mason
2	Darren Lockyer
3	Brent Tate

Web links

• State of Origin Series 2006 on rugbyleagueproject.org