{"id":786437,"date":"2026-07-08T07:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/786437\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T07:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:02:17","slug":"state-of-origin-2026-game-3-predictions-tips-fox-league-experts-pick-score-man-of-the-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/786437\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Origin 2026 Game 3 predictions, tips, Fox League expert\u2019s pick score, man of the match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of Wednesday evening\u2019s State of Origin decider, Fox League\u2019s experts have taken a stab at predicting how Game III in Brisbane<\/a> will play out.<\/p>\n

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MATTY JOHNS<\/p>\n

WHO WINS & WHY: NSW to win on the back of Nathan Cleary, Mitchell Moses and James Tedesco getting their combination right.<\/p>\n

FINAL SCORE: NSW 28 \u2013 20 QLD<\/p>\n

BOLD PREDICTION: Nathan Cleary to score a double<\/p>\n

MAN OF THE MATCH: Nathan Cleary<\/p>\n

WALLY LEWIS MEDAL: Nathan Cleary<\/p>\n

NATHAN HINDMARSH<\/p>\n

WHO WINS & WHY: NSW will win the arm wrestle thanks to the kicking game from our six and seven.<\/p>\n

FINAL SCORE: NSW 26 \u2013 25 QLD<\/p>\n

BOLD PREDICTION: Ref to blow penalty that gives the Blues the win.<\/p>\n

MAN OF THE MATCH: Hudson Young<\/p>\n

WALLY LEWIS MEDAL: Hudson Young<\/p>\n

LUKE KEARY<\/p>\n

WHO WINS & WHY: The Blues will be better across the park. Nathan Cleary will be hurting after game two. It won\u2019t happen twice.<\/p>\n

FINAL SCORE: NSW 20 – 16 QLD<\/p>\n

BOLD PREDICTION: Jack Bostock to score two tries<\/p>\n

MAN OF THE MATCH: Nathan Cleary<\/p>\n

WALLY LEWIS MEDAL: Nathan Cleary<\/p>\n

COOPER CRONK<\/p>\n

WHO WINS & WHY: NSW will be better but QLD will get the job done in another epic origin thriller. Will go down as an all-time classic.<\/p>\n

FINAL SCORE: NSW 22 \u2013 23 QLD<\/p>\n

BOLD PREDICTION: Sam Walker field goal to seal the series for QLD.<\/p>\n

MAN OF THE MATCH: Reuben Cotter<\/p>\n

WALLY LEWIS MEDAL: Sam Walker<\/p>\n

FEATURE: Why do we do it?\u2019: Ugly truth NSW can\u2019t deny and QLD love… with Laurie at the centre<\/a><\/p>\n

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KEVIN WALTERS<\/p>\n

WHO WINS & WHY: QLD to win. The spine connection: Grant, Munster, Walker & Ponga will be too difficult to stop for 80 mins.<\/p>\n

FINAL SCORE: NSW 18 \u2013 22 QLD<\/p>\n

BOLD PREDICTION: The Blues to lead at half time.<\/p>\n

MAN OF THE MATCH: Cameron Munster<\/p>\n

WALLY LEWIS MEDAL: Harry Grant<\/p>\n

STEVE \u2018BLOCKER\u2019 ROACH<\/p>\n

WHO WINS & WHY: The great thing about our game is you get to redeem yourself. NSW to hit back strong with Nathan Cleary starring off the back of a dominant forward pack.<\/p>\n

FINAL SCORE: NSW 18 \u2013 12 QLD<\/p>\n

BOLD PREDICTION: Jack Bostock to score first try on debut<\/p>\n

MAN OF THE MATCH: Nathan Cleary<\/p>\n

WALLY LEWIS MEDAL: Nathan Cleary<\/p>\n

BEN ELIAS<\/p>\n

WHO WINS & WHY: Too big and far more skill around the halves. Kicking game will be essential for victory!<\/p>\n

FINAL SCORE: NSW 23 \u2013 22 QLD<\/p>\n

BOLD PREDICTION: The scores will be locked up at 22-all at fulltime. Blues to snatch the win in golden point.<\/p>\n

MAN OF THE MATCH: Nathan Cleary<\/p>\n

WALLY LEWIS MEDAL: Sam Walker<\/p>\n

‘Sorry for all those comments!’ | 01:19<\/p>\n

PAUL CRAWLEY<\/p>\n

WHO WINS & WHY: Queensland. Clearly the better team so far despite the series being locked at one-all, now have the added advantage of playing at home. <\/p>\n

FINAL SCORE: NSW 16 – 34 QLD<\/p>\n

BOLD PREDICTION: Selwyn Cobbo to get a hat-trick.<\/p>\n

MAN OF THE MATCH: Harry Grant<\/p>\n

WALLY LEWIS MEDAL: Sam Walker<\/p>\n

MICHAEL CARAYANNIS<\/p>\n

WHO WINS & WHY: Queensland to win. More cohesive spine. The big name players in key positions will get the Maroons home.<\/p>\n

FINAL SCORE: NSW 24 \u2013 30 QLD<\/p>\n

BOLD PREDICTION: NSW to begin the look-out for a new coach after another series loss under Laurie Daley.<\/p>\n

MAN OF THE MATCH: Harry Grant<\/p>\n

WALLY LEWIS MEDAL: Sam Walker<\/p>\n

DEAN RITCHIE<\/p>\n

WHO WINS & WHY: NSW by 12. The biggest ambush in State of Origin history looms.<\/p>\n

FINAL SCORE: NSW 26 \u2013 14 QLD<\/p>\n

BOLD PREDICTION: Queensland to throw their toys out of the cot after losing the \u2018unlosable\u2019 series!<\/p>\n

MAN OF THE MATCH: Nathan Cleary<\/p>\n

WALLY LEWIS MEDAL: Sam Walker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of Wednesday evening\u2019s State of Origin decider, Fox League\u2019s experts have taken a stab at predicting how…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-786437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}