Queensland and New South Wales meet at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night with the State of Origin series level at 1-1 and the shield going to the winner of one game. Kick-off is 8:05pm AEST.
New South Wales took Game 1 in Sydney 22-20, running down a Queensland lead with a second-half comeback. Queensland squared the series three weeks later at the MCG, winning Game 2 44-24 in front of a crowd of more than 90,000. Two games, two home wins, and a decider now returns to Brisbane, where Queensland have dropped only one series-deciding Origin since 2011.
Billy Slater has made three changes to the Queensland side for the decider, bringing in Patrick Carrigan, Jeremiah Nanai and Corey Horsburgh. Cameron Munster captains the Maroons, the role he took over from Daly Cherry-Evans.
Laurie Daley has gone further with the Blues, naming six changes for Game 3. Jack Bostock is set to debut on the wing in place of Brian To'o. Isaah Yeo again leads the side, with Nathan Cleary steering the team from halfback after his hand in the Game 1 win.
The venue matters. Suncorp has been the harder ground for New South Wales to win on, and Queensland go in at home with the series on the line, the position they have converted more often than not over the past 15 years. Daley's response has been to change a third of his run-on side rather than hold the line from Melbourne.
The match is on Nine and 9Now. Whoever wins takes the 2026 series; there is no Game 4 and no aggregate count. Eighty minutes decides it.
