"It was a different feeling", Slater said of the anxiety surrounding his return against the Broncos. "We got lucky. They're a stronger side and we know what they're capable of doing", Daley said on Fox Sports' NRL 360. "But in saying that, we're quietly confident that we can wrap up the series". "It was a disappointing last 15 or so minutes", Maloney said.
It's clear the Maroons didn't meet those standards in game one and their response has been the biggest clean-out since their decade of dominance started in 2006.
NSW legend Andrew Johns has blasted the Blues' for failing to target an injured Johnathan Thurston in their State of Origin II loss to Queensland on Wednesday night.
The surface at Suncorp really allows you to play a fast and open style of game and while they will have the grass as short as possible for NSW, I still think that come tonight, with the weather that we have had down here - it's cold, it's been wet - it will bring Cameron Smith and Thurston back into the forefront where they are so good.
The team appeared to be in good spirits as they played a kicking game in the park, with plenty of Blues fans heckling from the sidelines.
"That's where the game was lost in game one, through the middle".
The Maroons selectors put a broom through the Queensland pack after they were dominated in game one, cutting Myles, Thaiday, Jacob Lillyman and Aidan Guerra. "It was a bump in the opposed session and we needed that intensity at training".
"In the big games it's always a battle in the middle to give opportunities to our outside men and that just didn't happen in game one".
"The players left out of this game, it's hard to see those guys go but the way I see it we should celebrate what those guys have done for this state".
"If that doesn't happen, then more than likely we'll end up with the same result".
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"It's fair to say in our meetings we've been across all 17 NSW players".
"But once I knew I could play rugby league again, I just wanted to get back and enjoy the game and I've been able to do that".
The try went to the bunker with replays showing Holmes perilously close to the touchline as he got airborne to score.
The win for Queensland came in the most dramatic of circumstances when Dane Gagai went over for the away side after a delicious flick pass from Michael Morgan.
"I spoke to a lot of people who said it was the best game they've seen in a long time, if not ever".
Thurston's presence will be vital for the Maroons, who made seven changes from their game one shellacking and will be gunning for victory in game two at ANZ Stadium on Wednesday.
For all their individual brilliance, the team is still the sum of its parts and the Blues were a much better unit in Brisbane.
They could have, and possibly should have scored on two separate occasions in those 30 seconds but a pair of momentous try-savers - the first from Trbojevic on Cronk next to the posts, the second from Dugan on Morgan out wide - preserved the 10-point lead heading into the break.
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