Blues kick it out! THAT WILL BE THE SERIES! BLUES WIN!
DCE kicks high and Holmes loses it.
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Feldt loses it. Good grubber from Munster.
BUNKER TIME! Has To'o saved this!
Blues with a huge forward pass. Queensland with a chance for some consolation.
Cleary right over the stripe.
Blues go down the shortside and Addo-Carr slides over.
Blues earn another restart. Luai kicks through and Feldt is trapped.
Queensland trying everything they can! McCullough goes close. Holmes tries a kick which goes dead.
To'o loses it
Good defensive play from Queensland. Mitchell is taken over the sideline.
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! No knock on from Feldt. Gagai's elbow touches the line.
BUNKER TIME! Queensland call for a try. Looks like three knock ons.
Queensland roll one through and get a dropout.
PENALTY MAROONS! Two quick penalties for the home side.
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Coates dropped it in the air.
BUNKER TIME! Coates might have dived over.
PENALTY QUEENSLAND! Escort.
Cleary raises the flags.
PENALTY BLUES! Sims taken out chasing the kick.
Queensland go right and Feldt drops it.
PENALTY MAROONS!
KICK-OFF here we go!
We're back for the second half. Can Queensland create something here or is the shield headed south? We'll find out in 40 minutes.
HALFTIME :: Blues in huge control. Leading 18-nil.
Queensland try to fire it right. Gagai is rumbled into touch.
PENALTY QUEENSLAND! Strip.
Luai takes on the line. Loses it.
Queensland try to throw it right and Gagai loses it.
Cleary throws it over.
Blues attack from their own end. Pass out wide to Addo-Carr who streaks to the right and hands it to Turbo to finish.
Murray loses it.
Right in front and Cleary raises the flags!
Mitchell takes the intercept! The Blues centre goes the whole way.
That was very laxidasical from Tedesco. The kick wasn't anything special and he lost it.
Maroons finally got some field position. A set restart gets them upfield. On last, they run it and tackled. Changeover.
PENALTY MAROONS! Dangerous tackle.
Been all New South Wales! They lost their track on last. It came out to To'o who is taken over the sideline.
Blues had the advantage and earn a dropout. The kick through sees Mitchell smash the defender in goal.
Cleary with a kick from the right. Swings it over.
Blues strike first! Swing to the right. Quick hands and Addo-Carr slides in.
Blues strip it back through Mitchell. They're back on the attack.
Blues attack again. Cleary slices through but messes up the pass. Queensland have the ball.
Papali'i now hands it over.
Blues get the first set restart of the contest. They storm forward but it is curtailed by a Mitchell error.
Both sides got through their opening sets. Maroons have toughened up with their defense.
Anthems done. Here we go! Time for Origin.
Here come the Blues! Onto the Suncorp surface. Looking to get a series win tonight. It is a packed stadium ready to razz them all game. Quickly followed by the Maroons. They get a loud roar as they trot on the turf and line up for the anthem.
Welcome! Origin 2 is here. We have a mouth-watering prospect set up for tonight. New South Wales fresh from putting a half century on Queensland in Townsville. The Blues have only made one change with Angus Crichton coming back into the side. For Queensland, it is a whole different story! First Reece Walsh was brought in to make his debut, broke down and was replaced by Ronald Mulitalo. The Sharks winger was then ruled ineligible last night so Xavier Coates is back! Can Queensland produce an ambush? or will the Blues wrap up the series. Find out soon!
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gerard Sutton
Touch Judges: Todd Smith, Phil Henderson
Video Referee: Ashley Klein
QUEENSLAND (0)
Tries:
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NEW SOUTH WALES (26)
Tries: Josh Addo-Carr (2), Latrell Mitchell, Tom Trbojevic
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (4/4)
Penalty Goals: Nathan Cleary (1/1)