Crichton with a no look pass to his winger. He probably should've looked. The ball goes into touch
DCE runs it on the last and is tackled comfortably 3m from the Blues line. Smart and safe play with 90 seconds left on the clock
Holmes fails to convert
DCE puts up the kick that comes down 8m from the Blues line, where Lindsay Collins takes it from Tedesco, spins and offloads perfectly to Munster who scores untouched.
SCRUM QLD - Short kick off by NSW and they get it back, briefly, but Martin drops it.
Holmes from almost in front, adds the extras
Queensland spread the ball from right wing to left, where Munster gets out of two tackles, then sends Tabuai-Fidow down the sideline, where he steps Tedesco and races in to score a great try.
Play stopped and Taulagi is asked to leave to have a HIA
PENALTY QLD - They find touch 12m inside the Blues half
QLD with the short drop out and they get the ball back, then the ball goes to Tino Fa'asuamaleaui who makes an extra 20 metres.
Luai grubbers, Walsh cleans up and then Martin cleans up Walsh in the QLD ingoal. QLD Drop out
Flegler has been sin binned for a shoulder charge on Trbojevic. Surprising decision.
Tom coming off and Nicho is on. Finally!
Play stopped after Tom Trbojevic hit high, but nothing illegal appears to have taken place. The players decided to have a scuffle, but they weren't too committed.
Cleary from wide on the left side, nails the conversion
Finally, Cleary puts up a kick and there's a lot of Blues contesting it, this time, they get the ball back through Luai who then holds up a pass for Crichton who dives over out wide.
PENALTY NSW - QLD with a high tackle. NSW takes the tap, 10m out and right in front
SCRUM NSW - Cobbo knocks on while attempting an intercept which also served as a try saver. But the Blues will get another full set in QLD's red zone
Set Restart NSW - 25m from the QLD line
SCRUM NSW - DCE knocks on just when he didn't need to.
Holmes with the brilliant sideline conversion
Cobbo slides slowly into the corner on his hip to score after evading the cover defence of Tedesco and To'o
A stupid offload by NSW deep inside their own half ends up in the hands of Cotter
PENALTY QLD - Inside the 10m. Queensland get a piggyback out of their red zone. They find touch 30m from their own line.
PENALTY NSW - Cotter with a mild crusher tackle. Blues start their set 8m inside the QLD half
A scuffle over hairstyles. Play resumes
"Control yourself" - referee offering behavioural advice
A lot of whinging from QLD but Lindsay Collins the man with the ball who lost it isn't complaining and QLD don't challenge
DCE from well inside the 40 nails his kick straight at the angle towards the sideline and nails the 40/20
Nathan Cleary with the golden boots from close range puts the ball over to give NSW the lead
Api Koroisau gets the green lights from the bunker
API KOROISAU - The Queenslanders lose the ball and Api picks the ball up and sees open space and scores; Plenty to check here
Cries of high from NSW players but low force the words of Ashley Klein as NSW get back over halfway
Cleary goes high with the bomb and James Tedesco is flying through but looks like he's just an overpassing flight running straight past Reece Walsh who takes it easily
SECOND HALF IS GO! Queensland lead 10-6
Munster kicks off the back of the scrum. Tedesco cleans up and that's halftime
SCRUM QLD - Cleary drops the ball due to some great pressure from the Ben Hunt tackle.
Martin just tried to bury Cotter. Huge hit!
Challenge failed.
Refs challenge, NSW kicked back to the posts and Trbojevic ended up with the ball. Ref ruled end of the set and hand over. Blues reckon it was touched by the Maroons.
PENALTY NSW - Munster pushes Addo-Carr as he was getting up to play the ball. Blues find touch on halfway
Another Blues attacking kick ends up in Queensland hands.
Strong defensive set from the Blues and its capped with a powerful kick return by To'o.
Cleary from right in front, adds the extras.
Cleary on the left linked with Luai who then hit the straight running Martin who ran through the line to score a good try.
Play stopped. Fifita collided with Tedesco's shoulder. He appeared to be fine, but will be assessed to be sure.
Cleary turns the ball inside to tedesco who has the ball swatted out of his hands but he regathers it. Play on
Tabuai-Fidow trips over Taulaugi and while he's sliding along the ground, Tom Trbojevic pushes him into touch
If you ever want to find Reece Walsh, just get Nathan Cleary to kick a footy, Walsh will be at the end of it.
SCRUM QLD - Young fumbles the ball in the tackle.
SCRUM NSW - Eventually. There's some pushing. But eventually it sets 15m the Blues side of halfway
The last tackle play by the Blues was as atrocious as the Maroons defence was amazing.
No try.
Frizell barges over but Taulagi looks to have held him up. Going to the bunker.
PENALTY NSW - Blues get another, 13m from the QLD line. They take the tap.
PENALTY NSW - Queensland interference in the play-the-ball, 25m from the QLD line
Tedesco somehow, is held up over the QLD line
Play stopped because QLD had 14 players on the field. The administartion error has been rectified and play has resumed.
Gilbert runs off the sideline, his arm was hanging by his side, perhaps a dislocation of his shoulder...
Gilbert holding his right shoulder in back play after making a tackle.
SCRUM QLD - Blues swing the ball left and Crichton tries to quickly tap the ball along with the defence on top of him, but he propels the ball forward.
Set restart NSW on the 2nd tackle
The Blues force a repeat set as Queensland drop out
Holmes from the sideline just misses the conversion
Maroons with back-to-back tries! Queensland go right and just as To'o was preparing to make a tackle, he slipped over, Holmes hit the gap and then sent a lovely ball to Cobbo who scored untouched in the corner
Holmes converts
On the last, Munster goes to the line, grubbers and Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow runs through unopposed and grounds the ball for a good try
PENALTY QLD - Blues inside the 10. Maroons start their set 32m from the Blues line
Blues last 2 tackles on the QLD line were very poor. Their set ends with a forward pass.
PENALTY NSW - They find touch 15m inside the Maroons half
Hudson Young getting shirty with Gilbert and DCE
Munster's kick on the last was rubbish.
PENALTY QLD - Cleary's kick was taking in the air by Walsh, who collided with Frizzel while in the air. Addo Carr then came in and made the tackle with plenty of legal vigour. Then there was a scuffle, cos, you know, Origin.
Now it's fired up.
Queensland's first set is almost identical. Forwards doing everything, backs biding their time
Solid opening set from the Blues
The Maroons kick off
The Maroons dawdle out a few minutes later, looking resplendent in their classic Maroon jumper
The Blues (with a massive red eyesore of a sponsor logo) run out on the ground.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judges: Drew Oultram, Phil Henderson
Video Referee: Grant Atkins
NEW SOUTH WALES (18)
Tries: Liam Martin, Apisai Koroisau, Stephen Crichton
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (3/3)
QUEENSLAND (26)
Tries: Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (2), Selwyn Cobbo (2), Cameron Munster
Conversions: Valentine Holmes (3/5)