2nd game state origin

Josh Papali'i Felise Kaufusi Jaydn Su'A Tino Fa'asuamaleaui Ben Hunt Lindsay Collins Jai Arrow Moeaki Fotuaika Josh Kerr Edrick Lee. Gerard Sutton has been appointed as the referee and will take charge of his 18th consecutive Origin match. In the bunker will be Steve Chiddy review official.

The pressure is well and truly on the Blues to aim up after coughing up a point lead at half-time in Game One as they ultimately went down to a Maroons squad full of fresh faces. And it doesn't get any easier this time around with the Blues to be without skipper Boyd Cordner who made the decision last week to step down from the remainder of the series due to ongoing issues with head knocks.

Fittler announced fullback James Tedesco will captain the side on Wednesday night while Angus Crichton takes over Cordner's spot on the edge. In other changes to the side, Fittler has called up Cody Walker who will start at five-eighth alongside Nathan Cleary in the halves. Luke Keary, who was the starting five-eighth during Wednesday's Game One loss , has been left out of the 17 named on Friday and was dropped to 18th man. Storm veteran Dale Finucane, who was part of last year's winning squad, will return for the Blues after being named on the bench.

Eels playmaker Nathan Brown and Panthers forward Isaah Yeo are in line to make their Origin debuts having also been named on the bench.

For the Maroons, they will welcome back Cowboys star Valentine Holmes who makes his return to the Origin arena after being named at fullback for the Maroons. Macauliffe suggested that the third game of the series would be contested on a state-of-origin basis, with the match to act as a Test selection trial for the following year. With Queensland losing the opening two matches of the interstate series — the second in front of a Sydney crowd of just 1, — the State of Origin concept was to proceed at Brisbane's Lang Park now Suncorp Stadium on 8 May, In the lead-up to the match, much of the media were sceptical about its credibility, with Kangaroos Captain Bob Fulton famously describing it as "the non-event of the century.

It is generally accepted that the concept's success was dependant on Queensland winning the inaugural game — and, in a significant upset, they did so convincingly as captain Arthur Beetson led the Maroons to a victory. Importantly, the match also sparked the "state against state, mate against mate" mentality, when the Queensland skipper made heavy contact with Blues centre and Parramatta Eels teammate Mick Cronin — a moment which has typified State of Origin ever since. The following year saw the game revert to residency-based eligibility criteria, with NSW once again winning the opening two games of the series.

The series win to the Blues ensured State of Origin was again implemented for the final match, some six weeks after Game Two at Leichhardt Oval. Running the show. Johns said Cleary needed to learn to "create under pressure" if he was going to make it at Origin level. He's young as a halfback at club level but in terms of Origin he's a baby. This is the next development for Nathan as a halfback: create under pressure, under fatigue, with his team on the back foot.

Cody Walker has repaid the faith of Brad Fittler, receiving the ball from Nathan Cleary before spinning out of one tackle, breaking another and getting over the line. Origin pic. Despite Cam Munster being off the field, Queensland have scored first with Xavier Coates claiming a modern winger's special.

Nine minutes in, Queensland went through the hands and it looked like it'd left Coates without enough room but the Broncos star has gone the aerial route with a somersault to score. Munster is OFF after just two minutes!

No Munster 2 minutes in. Despite going off, the Queenslander went close to scoring, only for Josh Papalii to knock on over the line with the Blues desperate in defence. To join the conversation, please log in. Don't have an account? Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. Best Shopping Deals. In the know quiz. Andrew McMurtry. Origin — Veronica Eggleton veggleton November 11, But the Blues went straight up to score, making it Just before the break, Josh Addo-Carr has put the Blues in the box seat with a third try.