LIVE: Blues stars smash Walsh on first catch

WHAT A START THIS IS FOR QUEENSLAND!

Selwyn Cobbo crosses implicit successful the close country taking vantage of a gaffe from Brian To'o.

Darren Lockyer calls it a "perfect" play aft the penalty, portion Andrew Johns laments the Blues' deficiency of discipline.

Two penalties person provided Queensland with large tract presumption and they've capitalised connected some with 2 tries.

Brad Fittler wanted his broadside to beryllium assertive successful the lead-up, but person they gone overboard here?

"Stop giving silly penalties distant and get backmost successful the grind," Blues large Paul Gallen says connected Nine's coverage.

"Go acceptable for acceptable and effort and tyre this Maroons broadside out."

Val Holmes is incapable to drill the conversion, truthful the people remains 10-0 Queensland's way.

An perfectly superb left-footed grubber from Cameron Munster puts Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow successful for the Maroons' opening effort of the match!

It's the Hammer's 2nd Origin effort successful his 2nd vocation quality for Queensland.

Munster conscionable enactment it into abstraction and determination was nary 1 from the Blues defence speedy capable to get to the shot earlier Tabuai-Fidow did.

"Both teams person had their opportunities," says Maroons manager Billy Slater connected Nine's coverage.

"It's been a small stop-starty to commencement the game. We're playing our football, truthful it's bully to see."

Reece Walsh has been fixed a rude awakening connected his archetypal State of Origin catch!

Walsh got nether a precocious shot from Nathan Cleary and took it cleanly earlier being perfectly battered precocious by Josh Addo-Carr and Jarome Luai.

The Blues weren't blessed with Walsh sticking his footwear retired and catching Tyson Frizell successful the chest.

The Maroons triumph a punishment arsenic a effect of Addo-Carr and Luai's precocious hits.

Queensland kicks disconnected and we're officially underway successful Origin I!

Tom Trbojevic with the archetypal deed up for the Blues.

Interesting scenes present arsenic the Maroons made a delayed entranceway onto the field.

The Blues came retired and are already successful their stance successful waiting for the nationalist anthem, but their opponents were obscurity to beryllium seen!

Eventually the Queenslanders tally retired and we're astir acceptable to spell now.

The Blues are retired connected the Adelaide Oval and they're getting showered with a chorus of boos!

Seems similar an highly pro-Queensland assemblage retired determination successful the stands tonight.

The ambiance is perfectly electric!

Blues large Andrew Johns has predicted a "bash-up" betwixt the 2 sides successful Origin I.

Johns was successful the Blues sheds arsenic Brad Fittler gave his broadside a last rev-up and revealed a cardinal connection from the NSW coach.

"He said, 'Make definite you're physical, enactment physical', truthful determination mightiness beryllium a bash-up," Johns told Nine.

Expect immoderate fireworks bully and aboriginal then! 

Phil Gould says the Blues won't beryllium capable to triumph the bid if they don't get up tonight.

He and Maroons large Paul Vautin person some assessed the changes made by Billy Slater to Queensland's guardant pack.

"I deliberation it's a bully determination and they'll get Queensland disconnected to a bully start," Gould told Nine's coverage.

"I deliberation the Payne Haas-Tevita Pangai Jr operation astir apt brought astir that change."

"It says to maine that Billy wants workers successful the archetypal 20 minutes," Vautin adds.

"Reuben Cotter isn't the biggest prop successful the world, but helium loves to enactment hard.

"They've some (Cotter and Fa'asuamaleaui) got truly bully enactment rates, they'll bash the hard yards and past Lindsay Collins and Flegler volition backmost them up."