State of Origin 2025 Game 3 first try-scorer- Xavier Coates opens the scoring for Queensland News

July 9, 2025 InformFeed

Xavier Coates of the Queensland Maroons has opened the scoring in the 2025 Origin Decider, giving his state an upper hand in the contest.

After missing out on a try-scoring chance the set before after Hamsio Tabuai-Fidow failed to grip the ball, the Maroons have scored the first try through Xavier Coates.

Finding the overlap on the left-edge, the ball went through the hands of Cameron Munster and debutant Gehamat Shibasaki, who secured his first Origin try assist, before it found Coates, who leapt over the try-line.

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