NSW blitz Queensland to set up Origin decider

2024 State of Origin: Game two

New South Wales: (34) 38

Tries: Lomax (2), To'o (2), Mitchell, Martin, Edwards Goals: Lomax (5)

Queensland: (0) 18

Tries: Nanai, Tabuai-Fidow, Taulagi Goals: Holmes (3)

New South Wales put successful 1 of nan astir ascendant first-half displays successful State of Origin history to hit Queensland and group up a decider successful Brisbane adjacent month.

Queensland, nan defending champions, recovered themselves 34-0 down astatine nan extremity of nan first half - nan biggest losing separator astatine half-time successful Origin history.

The astonishing lead came acknowledgment to six tries successful nan opening 40 minutes from Liam Martin, Brian To'o (2), Zac Lomax (2) and Latrell Mitchell.

Queensland regrouped aft nan break, responding pinch 3 tries of their ain but Dylan Edwards added a seventh effort for nan Blues.

"I felt we conscionable had a elemental gameplan, we stuck to it, sewage to our spots, kicked to nan corners and played elemental footy," said subordinate of nan lucifer Mitchell Moses.

"It was a spot of silly worldly successful nan 2nd half that astir apt wounded us. Probably should person went distant pinch nan crippled a spot more. We study from that, return it into crippled three."

The decider successful nan best-of-three bid is connected 17 July astatine 11:05 (BST) successful Brisbane.

New South Wales: Edwards, To'o, Mitchell, S Crichton, Lomax, Luai, Moses, J Trbojevic, Robson, Haas, Martin, A Crichton, Murray.

Interchanges: Watson, Yeo, Olakau'atu, Leniu.

Queensland: Walsh, Coates, Holmes, Tabuai-Fidow, Taulagi, Dearden, Cherry-Evans, Cotter, B Hunt, Collins, Su'a, Nanai, Carrigan.

Interchanges: Grant, Fotuaika, Kaufusi, Capewell.