Harvey Norman State of Origin Series Fixtures  


The 2008 Harvey Norman State of Origin series represents the 28th season of State of Origin football.  This year two games will be hosted by Telstra Stadium in Sydney, whilst the second game will be played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.


 2008 Game 1 (Telstra Stadium, 21st May 2008)
New South Wales 18 (Anthony Quinn 2, Anthony Laffranchi, Brett Stewart tries; Craig Fitzgibbon goal) d. Queensland 10 (Brent     Tate, Israel Folau tries; Jonathan Thurston goal)
Crowd: 67,720  Referee: Tony Archer (NSW)  Man of the Match: Greg Bird (NSW)

2008 Game 2 (Suncorp Stadium, 11th June 2008)
Queensland 30 (Darius Boyd 2, Ben Hannant, Israel Folau tries; Jonathan Thurston 4 goals, 3 penalties) d. New South Wales 0
Crowd: 52,476  Referee: Tony Archer (NSW)  Man of the Match: Greg Inglis (QLD)

2008 Game 3 (Telstra Stadium, 2nd July 2008)
Queensland 16 (Israel Folau 2, Billy Slater tries; Jonathan Thurston 2 goals) d. New South Wales 10 (Matt Cooper try; Craig Fitzgibbon goal, 2 penalties)
Crowd: 78,751 Referee: Tony Archer (NSW)  Man of the Match: Israel Folau

Queensland win the series 2-0