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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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Flankly 1 hour ago
'Absolute madness': Clive Woodward rips into Borthwick in wake of NZ loss

Borthwick is supposed to be the archetypical conservative coach, the guy that might not deliver a sparkling, high-risk attacking style, but whose teams execute the basics flawlessly. And that's OK, because it can be really hard to beat teams that are rock solid and consistent in the rugby equivalent of "blocking and tackling".


But this is why the performance against NZ is hard to defend. You can forgive a conservative, back-to-basics team for failing to score tons of tries, because teams like that make up for it with reliability in the simple things. They can defend well, apply territorial pressure, win the set piece battles, and take their scoring chances with metronomic goal kicking, maul tries and pick-and-go goal line attacks.


The reason why the English rugby administrators should be on high alert is not that the English team looked unable to score tries, but that they were repeatedly unable to close out a game by executing basic, coachable skills. Regardless of how they got to the point of being in control of their destiny, they did get to that point. All that was needed was to be world class at things that require more training than talent. But that training was apparently missing, and the finger has to point at the coach.


Borthwick has been in the job for nearly two years, a period that includes two 6N programs and an RWC campaign. So where are the solid foundations that he has been building?

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