They had so much field position in the first half and a fair bit more then. But they just needed some points and to give themselves belief. Big try for the Blues to start this half in a touch-and-go period.
The next points were always going to be crucial. If Queensland had got that it would have been hard to run down, but now NSW leads early in this half through Jack Wighton. It was lovely to see the No. In the first half, they had some trouble, and the best part of Mitchell Moses' game was his defensive work. While jack would have liked two kicks back that he put dead for metre restarts. But they've shaken that off and had a good strong start to start this half.
Again, if we go back to the last minutes of the first half defensively for NSW, that's what has set this try up. The way they finished that last It's been a completely different effort from Queensland.
They're finding a lot of space around the play the ball area. I think Ben Hunt has been a huge inclusion for them, and the footwork and involvement of Cameron Munster and Kalyn Ponga is pronounced. They've come out from the right side of the field and Turbo was nowhere to be seen, they make a break anyway and out of nowhere Turbo gets the ball and sets up a try for Latrell.
The two centres tonight have been outstanding. It's pretty rare these days to see centres be dominant players. Wingers seem to do so much more than the centres these days but Latrell has had an absolute blinder and so has Turbo. They've been everywhere, they've been the two best players for NSW I think. I was just saying, next try here is crucial. If Queensland were to score it was right back on. But the Blues have scored first this half and I think we'll run up some points.
Fingers crossed we might see a bit of a whitewash. Kurt Capewell beats Tom Trbojevic one and one and crosses over for the Maroons. That was so vital. It puts a bit of momentum back into the game for Queensland heading into half time, a bit of positivity. And there is a real chance they can get another one before the break, right now. Teenage fullback Reece Walsh was the story of the week after he was listed by Paul Green, but injury has put paid to his Origin debut.
Crichton will start on the bench with Junior Paulo moving into the starting side. It is an intimidatingly good list of 17 players. James Tedesco, 2. Latrell Mitchell, 4. Tom Trbojevic, 5. Josh Addo-Carr, 6. Jarome Luai, 7. Nathan Cleary, 8. Daniel Saifiti, 9. Damien Cook, Junior Paulo, Cameron Murray, Tariq Sims, Isaah Yeo. Int : Jack Wighton, Angus Crichton, Payne Haas, Liam Martin.
Your NSW team for tonight. The backline that was torn apart time and again in game one remains the same. That includes Xavier Coates who was added at the last minute following the chaotic exclusion of Ronaldo Mulitalo, and Valentine Holmes still at fullback following the injury to teenager Reece Walsh, the subject of plenty midweek debate. The starting pack sees two changes. David Fifita drops to the pine. Elsewhere on the interchange the versatile Ben Hunt comes in for the injured Brimson, while Cowboys prop Francis Molo will make his Origin debut.
Valentine Holmes, Xavier Coates, 3. Kurt Capewell, 4. Stephen Crichton 4. Matt Burton 5. Clint Gutherson 6. Cody Walker 7. Adam Reynolds 8. David Klemmer 9. Api Koroisau Reagan Campbell-Gillard Tyson Frizell Ryan Matterson Victor Radley
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