The Scorpions were effectively the Gold Coast Football Club with points counting for the TAC Cup Championship.

Just one point separated the two teams at half time before NSW/ACT piled on six goals in the third quarter to gain control of the match. The full results are as follows:

NSW/ACT        3.1  7.5  13.6  14.10 (94) def. Queensland     4.5  7.6  10.6  10.9  (69)

GOALS Queensland: Fowler 3, Manzone 2, Hutchinson 2, Jamieson, Thomson, Dixon

BEST Queensland: Harley, Hutchinson, Spring, Thomas, Thompson, Jamieson

The team return to Queensland to prepare for this weekend’s match against the Oakleigh Chargers at Carrara on Saturday at 3.15pm.The match is the curtain raiser to the St Kilda v Melbourne AFL Premiership game commencing at 7.10pm. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster.