LIVE: Blues debutant denied in manic opening

David Fifita crosses implicit for the archetypal effort of Origin III!

It's different effort for Queensland disconnected a footwear arsenic Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow tapped the shot distant from Brian To'o and Fifita was connected manus to scoop up the footy.

"A deficiency of urgency determination from the frontline of the Blues," Darren Lockyer says.

"More Queenslanders astir the ball, you spot the Blues coming backmost determination was nary existent urgency."

It's Fifita's archetypal effort successful Maroons colours and it's travel against the tally of play.

Maroons manager Billy Slater isn't excessively blessed with what he's seen from his squad successful the opening 10 minutes.

"It's been a small spot clunky to beryllium honest," helium says.

"We're struggling to play the shot speedy and we person to find ways to play the shot faster than it is astatine the moment."

Bradman Best thinks he's scored an Origin effort conscionable 2 minutes into his debut but it's chalked off!

He's determined off-side successful the lead-up aft being somewhat successful beforehand of Liam Martin.

Cody Walker already up to his trickery from a Blues perspective! 

We're disconnected and moving successful Origin III arsenic the Blues footwear off!

The 2 teams are retired and lined up for the Welcome to Country and the nationalist anthem!

Here we go! 

We've already got thing antithetic from the archetypal 2 matches arsenic Queensland reaches Accor Stadium first!

The Maroons players are retired connected the crushed and going done their last warm-up, it's antithetic to the archetypal 2 matches wherever they made the Blues wait.

"They are acceptable to stone 'n rotation I'm telling you," Vautin says.

"They were truthful enthusiastic successful that dressing room. They emotion it. They emotion it! Boo harder!"

The Blues are making their celebrated locomotion from the Centre of Excellence done the passageway into Accor Stadium.

"It's not a stroll it's a walk," says Phil Gould.

"The champion portion it's each downhill from the champion portion it's each downhill from the Centre of Excellence to the ground.

"It's up elevation getting implicit there. It is simply a bully locomotion lit up successful bluish lighting, bluish carpet, they volition travel retired to the roar of the assemblage astatine the south-eastern broadside of the ground."

Blues skipper James Tedesco starring the mode and helium looks similar a antheral connected a mission. 

Just nether 10 minutes near until footwear disconnected successful the Origin finale!

Crowd dilatory gathering wrong Accor Stadium. Which squad volition grip the aboriginal vigor better?