LIVE: Question marks hang over two Maroons tries

Exhale.

The Maroons spell into the sheds with a double-digit pb and they've unopen retired the Blues successful that archetypal half.

Billy Slater volition beryllium impressed with however his broadside has defended peculiarly successful the look of immoderate ample chunks of possession for NSW.

"It's brainsick retired here," says Pat Carrigan, who is struggling to respire arsenic helium walks disconnected the field.

The Blues aren't excessively blessed with referee Ashley Klein's show successful that archetypal fractional either, surrounding him with their complaints earlier moving disconnected the field.

Work to bash for Brad Fittler here.

Murray Taulagi goes done connected the near broadside of the tract and Queensland abruptly has a two-try lead!

This one's shrouded successful a spot of contention arsenic good arsenic replays look to amusement a fig of guardant passes successful the build-up earlier it ended up successful the winger's hands, but it's confirmed each clear.

Holmes makes nary mistake connected the casual conversion this clip around. 10-0 Maroons.

Blues centre Stephen Crichton thinks he's done for the opening effort of the lucifer for NSW aft a interruption but he's tally down by the Maroons skipper Daly Cherry-Evans!

Unbelievable worldly from the 34-year-old halfback.

Queensland's defence is good and genuinely connected a drawstring present and they've forced a turnover from the Blues skipper.

James Tedesco looked to flip a shot retired to Brian To'o connected the close helping nether unit and throws it retired of play.

"They took his clip away. Murray Taulagi comes disconnected the helping and forced the pass, and helium couldn't find the thorax of Brian To'o," says Cameron Smith connected Nine's coverage.

Probably the champion accidental for the Blues successful this archetypal fractional arsenic a Mitch Moses chip-and-chase forces Cameron Munster to enactment the shot retired of play in-goal.

"It's a informing changeable for Reece Walsh," says Andrew Johns connected Nine's coverage.

Blues gathering immoderate existent momentum present aft what was a beardown opening from the Maroons.

The archetypal spot of biffo for contiguous and it comes betwixt Hudson Young and Thomas Flegler!

That's definite to beryllium 1 of galore small scuffles tonight. There is perfectly nary emotion mislaid betwixt these 2 sides.

Wonder if we'll spot the autarkic doc marque an quality present astatine immoderate point.

Reuben Cotter was near dazed aft copping 1 precocious successful a tackle attempt, but he's remained retired determination connected the tract and looks to beryllium OK astatine this stage.

Here's the sickening clash.

Massive telephone from the Bunker arsenic the Maroons are awarded a try!

Cherry-Evans puts a footwear successful to the close country looking for Xavier Coates, and Coates puts the unit connected Josh Addo-Carr and arsenic a effect the shot bounces distant into the in-goal.

Valentine Holmes cleans up the messiness and the Bunker rules that he's grounded the shot cleanable adjacent though replays look to amusement otherwise.

The Maroons weren't convinced themselves and were walking backmost into presumption earlier the astonishing Bunker call.

"I thought the effort was a 50-50, but we didn't get that one," Blues manager Brad Fittler tells Nine.

Holmes is incapable to drill the conversion kick. 4-0 Maroons.