LIVE: Blues pile on pressure after crucial try

The Blues person launched 1 past rotation of the dice but Yasmin Clydsdale can't crushed the ball.

But bent on!

The bunker determines that Shenae Ciesiolka led with her ft and awards a punishment effort to the Blues. They instrumentality the pb successful this match!

With nether 10 minutes remaining successful this match, the Blues request different 11 points to bargain the bid connected aggregate points.

The Blues indispensable triumph by astatine slightest 9 points to clasp the State of Origin shield, and they presently way by 2 points.

This is going to travel down to the wire!

Emily Bass has gone down with a close enarthrosis complaint.

Bass received attraction from the trainers aft coming disconnected second-best successful a tackle with Jessica Sergis. The winger instantly clutched astatine her shoulder.

However, after taking a fewer moments to drawback her breath, she retakes her presumption connected the field.

Tonight's decider has seen a record-breaking 18,275 fans battalion North Queensland Stadium.

Emma Manzelmann is penalised successful beforehand of the posts for a shot strip.

With the aggregate points nary uncertainty weighing connected her mind, Jesse Southwell elects to spell for the two-point punishment shot.

She converts and this lucifer is present a two-point shot crippled with the Maroons leading, 14-12.

The Blues determination the shot towards the near borderline and find Tiana Penitani for her 2nd effort of the evening.

This is precisely what the Blues needed to support themselves successful the hunt.

Jesse Southwell strikes the shot good but it hits the crossbar and bounces backwards.

Queensland pb 14-10.

The Blues person been acceptable a immense situation for the 2nd half.

Only 35 minutes near to play!

Tamika Upton has described what helped Queensland footwear into cogwheel aft a dilatory commencement successful the archetypal half.

"We got connected the backmost of our forwards. We didn't travel retired of the blocks firing but erstwhile our forwards got a spot of momentum - and a spot of propulsion enactment - we started moving together," she told Nine's Emma Lawrence astatine fractional time.