Tabuai-Fidow stars as Queensland win Origin opener

2024 State of Origin: Game one

New South Wales: (6) 10

Tries: Tedesco, Lomax Goals: Hynes

Queensland: (20) 38

Tries: Hunt (2), Tabuai-Fidow (3), Coates Goals: Holmes (7)

Reigning champions Queensland began their State of Origin defence pinch a convincing triumph complete New South Wales successful Sydney.

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow scored a hat-trick for Maroons, aft New South Wales spent nan mostly of nan crippled a subordinate down erstwhile debutant Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i was sent disconnected for a vulnerable tackle.

The 20-year-old recklessly smashed into nan caput of Queensland full-back Reece Walsh, who was knocked out, to go only nan sixth subordinate to beryllium sent disconnected successful Origin history.

The Maroons ran successful six tries to declare nan first triumph of nan three-game series, arsenic they spell successful hunt of a 3rd consecutive Origin title.

Before nan sending-off, Ben Hunt crossed for nan opening effort aft a superb tally from Queensland half-back Daly Cherry-Evans.

The Blues responded done James Tedesco, but nan Maroons quickly regained power erstwhile Tabuai-Fidow scored 2 tries successful 5 minutes.

Zac Lomax did transverse to spark a imaginable comeback for New South Wales, however, Queensland pulled distant pinch 3 precocious tries to grounds their biggest triumph successful Sydney.

The adjacent crippled successful nan bid is astatine Melbourne Cricket Ground connected 26 June earlier nan last lucifer successful Brisbane connected 17 July.

New South Wales: Tedesco; To'o, Crichton, Suaali'I, Lomax; Luai, Hynes; Trbojevic (capt), Robson, Haas, Martin, Crichton, McInnes.

Interchanges: Yeo, Olaukau'atu, Leniu, Young.

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

Interchanges: Grant, Fotuaika, Hopgood, Cobbo, Kaufusi.