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Queensland's game three dominance at a glance

Maroons coach Wayne Bennett looks on after winning game three of the State of Origin series between the Queensland Maroons and the New South Wales Blues at Suncorp Stadium on November 18, 2020 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Queensland enjoy a remarkable dominance in the third State of Origin leg, particularly when it comes to live rubbers.

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Here we take a look at some of the more telling stats.

MAROONS’ GAME THREE DOMINANCE

* Queensland have a 14-5 record (with two draws) in game three deciders.

* Queensland have won eight of the past nine deciders (2006, 2008, 2011-13, 2015, 2017 and 2020), with the Blues winning in 2019.

* NSW have won just two of the past 12 game three matches, both at ANZ Stadium in Sydney (2016 and 2019)

* NSW have won just seven of 26 game three clashes in Queensland, losing the last eight.

* NSW have been held to under 20 points in their past six Game 3 contests in Queensland, the Maroons outscoring the Blues 164-64 in those matches.

By: Murray Wenzel, AAP

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Hellhound 11 minutes ago
France put World Cup pain behind them with unbeaten run in November

France is starting to look like they are finally over their WC headache, although they were lucky that NZ had a very bad game. The Argies as usual is one game good, the next bad. If they can sort that out and be more consistent, they could become contenders for the WC.


NZ, Argentina (if they are more consistent), and now the Wallabies too is in an upward curve (can they be consistent?), as well as Fiji(as inconsistent as Argentina) looks like possible contenders. The Boks will be as usual a huge threat to defend their title. Things are looking up for the South, so the North should rightfully beware of the Southern Hemisphere threat.


With the French looking dangerous, the English with their close runs (mostly a mindset problem) and the Scottish seems to be the NH main contenders. The Irish is good, but not excellent anymore. They are more overbearing and with their glory days mostly gone with old players hanging on by a thread, by 2027 if they don't start adding in the younger players, they won't make it past yet another WC Quarter final. The problem is that their youngsters, while good is nothing special.


That is just 8 teams without the Irish that can become real WC contenders. Lots of hickups to be sorted still for these teams, excluding the Boks to become a threat. Make no mistake, the top Tier is much closer than people realise and the 2027 WC will be a really great WC, possibly the best contended WC ever.

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