{"id":786512,"date":"2026-07-08T07:55:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/786512\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T07:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:55:17","slug":"state-of-origin-game-3-live-blog-storm-explodes-over-one-word-as-michael-maguire-detail-comes-to-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/786512\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Origin Game 3 live blog: Storm explodes over one word as Michael Maguire detail comes to light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 State of Origin decider is finally here, and it is sure to have every rugby league fan on the edge of their seat.<\/p>\n<p>The Queensland Maroons head into Game 3 on Wednesday night as strong favourites.<\/p>\n<p>If not for a last-gasp James Tedesco miracle try in Game 1, this would be a dead rubber.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c1735eb0650d6d07ebf666c641a4daad.jpeg\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Jimmy Maloney's backing his Origin dream\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But instead, the NSW Blues head to the cauldron of Suncorp Stadium as they eye a huge boilover.<\/p>\n<p>If the Blues emerge victorious, it will be one of the most unlikely victories in State of Origin history. <\/p>\n<p>Yet if Queensland get it done, could this be the start of a new Maroons dynasty?<\/p>\n<p>Follow all the action below in news.com.au\u2019s live blog.<\/p>\n<p>Originally published as <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/state-of-origin-game-3-live-storm-explodes-over-one-word-as-michael-maguire-detail-comes-to-light\/live-coverage\/78e0ba33316233dc3896819d28231734\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State of Origin Game 3 live: Storm explodes over one word as Michael Maguire detail comes to light<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 State of Origin decider is finally here, and it is sure to have every rugby league&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[371258,64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-786512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-matchidsoo20260301","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\/786512","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=786512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}