LIVE: Blues rocked by Maroons triple-strike

Emily Bass scores successful the near country to enactment Queensland successful front!

The shot is juggled between respective players earlier uncovering Bass each alone.

Moments later, Tarryn Aiken completes a singular idiosyncratic effort.

The five-eighth receives the shot from Ali Brigginshaw earlier sprinting downfield. She fends disconnected 2 Blues defenders connected her mode to the try-line.

Zahara Temara slots her archetypal conversion of the evening. Queensland present pb 14-6.

Queensland respond arsenic Tazmin Gray sets up Tamika Upon and she accelerates implicit the try-line from 10m out.

Upton stayed down for a fewer moments, appearing to person injures her hep successful the movement. However, she's up and moving now.

Zahara Temara can't marque the conversion to level the score. NSW pb 6-4.

Keilee Joseph is penalised for being offside wrong 10m.

Jesse Southwell steps up to instrumentality the punishment changeable and this clip doesn't miss.

The Blues pb 6-0 and necessitate conscionable 3 much points to instrumentality the pb by aggregate points.

The Blues are connected the board!

After missing game 1 with injury, Tiana Penitani scores successful the 3rd minute.

Showing a batch of combat early, the Blues edged their mode dilatory towards the Maroons' try-line. Keeley Davis past threw the shot connected her footwear for a pin-point cleanable grubber which saw players from some sides scramble successful the in-goal.

Penitani scooped up the shot earlier grounding conscionable shy of the dormant shot line.

"A cleanable commencement for the Sky Blues," Peter Psaltis says connected Nine's coverage.

Jesse Southwell can't marque the opening conversion. Blues pb 4-0.

We are underway successful Townsville!

It is NSW with the archetypal tally arsenic Jesse Southwell seizes the ball.

The Blues and the Maroons are retired connected the crushed and are lined up for the pre-match formalities.

As Queensland came retired of the passageway they were met by an almighty roar from its location crowd.



The last teams for tonight's State of Origin decider are in!

NEW SOUTH WALES: 1. Emma Tonegato 2. Jaime Chapman 3. Jessica Sergis 4. Isabelle Kelly 5. Tiana Penitani 6. Taliah Fuimaono 7. Jesse Southwell 8. Kezie Apps 9. Keeley Davis 10. Millie Boyle 11. Olivia Kernick 12. Yasmin Clydsdale 13. Simaima Taufa 14. Quincy Dodd 15. Kennedy Cherrington 16. Sarah Togatuki 17. Shaylee Bent 18. Cassey Tohi-Hiku

Co-captain Kezie Apps volition go the Sky Blues' astir capped subordinate erstwhile she starts astatine prop successful her 11th State of Origin match.

QUEENSLAND: 1. Tamika Upton 2. China Polata 3. Shenae Ciesiolka 4. Evania Pelite 5. Emily Bass 6. Tarryn Aiken 7. Zahara Temara 8. Shannon Mato 9. Destiny Brill 10. Keilee Joseph 11. Tazmin Gray 12. Romy Teitzel 13. Ali Brigginshaw 14. Emma Manzelmann 15. Jessika Elliston 16. Sophie Holyman 17. Shaniah Power 18. Tallisha Harden

The Maroons volition instrumentality lone 1 alteration into crippled 2 with winger China Polata to marque her Origin debut aft being named successful spot of the suspended Julia Robinson.

Sky Blues co-captain Kezie Apps admitted it is simply a alleviation to person a two-game bid this twelvemonth to close the wrongs of crippled one.

"Yeah, I guess. It would beryllium bully to person 3 games truthful that if we bash triumph [tonight] past we could person a 3rd lucifer arsenic a due decider," she told reporters connected Wednesday.

"But evidently it's all connected the enactment for america and we've conscionable got to play our ain benignant of footy.

"Everyone knows each the errors that not lone our broadside had - I cognize Queensland won't beryllium blessed with their errors either. We conscionable didn't play to our champion successful crippled 1 truthful it is bully that we get different accidental astatine it. We get to ticker the video and enactment connected areas that we request to hole up to get different ace astatine it.

"Hopefully time nighttime volition beryllium amended conditions for america arsenic well."

The Blues person enjoyed a week-long grooming campy successful sunny Townsville ahead of tonight's do-or-die clash.