Highlights from the Game III State of Origin clash between NSW and Queensland at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night.

6th minute: Maroons centre Greg Inglis looks certain to score but desperate defence forces him to lose the ball over the line

15 min: The video referees deny Queensland back-rower Aidan Guerra a try, ruling that Johnathan Thurston was offside from a Cooper Cronk kick

23 min: Ben Te’o is penalised for a high shot on Trent Hodkinson after the NSW halfback had launched a bomb

24 min: Hodkinson kicks a penalty goal. NSW 2, QLD 0

28 min: NSW winger Daniel Tupou bats dead a Cronk grubber to prevent Maroons winger Will Chambers scoring a try

30 min: Superb defence from NSW second-rower Beau Scott, who holds up winger Darius Boyd over the line

32 min: The brick-wall Blues hang on again, with Inglis held up over the line

33 min: NSW five-eighth Josh Reynolds placed on report for a shoulder charge on Chambers

38 min: Daly Cherry-Evans makes a break and grubbers ahead for Maroons hooker Cameron Smith to score near the posts. Thurston adds the extras

HALFTIME: QLD 6, NSW 2

44 min: Maroons fullback Billy Slater scores his 12th Origin try, running on to a flat ball from Justin Hodges and stepping his way to the line. Thurston converts. QLD 12, NSW 2

47 min: Thurston blows a try when he opts to dummy and go himself rather than pass to his support players. The five-eighth is pulled down just short of the line on the last tackle

59 min: Blues enforcer Greg Bird is put on report for a dangerous lifting tackle on Gold Coast teammate Nate Myles

60 min: Thurston converts the penalty from in front. QLD 14, NSW 2

61 min: Myles is placed on report for a raised forearm to the head of Bird. In the next set, Blues centre Josh Dugan scores a try off a well-executed sweeping backline movement

62 min: Hodkinson nails the conversion. QLD 14, NSW 8

71 min: Boyd scores a crucial try on the left wing after flying on to a Thurston cut-out ball

72 min: Thurston lands the conversion from out wide. QLD 20, NSW 8

74 min: Guerra steams on to a Justin Hodges ball and spins out of an attempted Reynolds tackle to score the match-winning try

76 min: Thurston again nails the conversion from near the sideline. QLD 26, NSW 8

78 min: Cronk puts the icing on the cake, backing up a Guerra break to score near the posts

80 min: Thurston adds two points as the Maroons prevent a “Blue Rinse”, losing the series 2-1

FULLTIME: QLD 32, NSW 8