LIVE: Tempers flare as Maroons press after break

Tempers flaring aboriginal successful this 2nd fractional arsenic the Maroons look to get backmost successful the game!

Stephen Crichton with a mates of truly bully antiaircraft plays, including 1 wherever helium slapped Harry Grant's limb forcing a sound connected from the Maroons hooker.

Grant and Crichton prosecute successful a scuffle soon aft arsenic players travel successful from each angles.

The Blues dodge a immense bullet.

Cameron Munster with immoderate stern words towards Val Holmes aft the centre's walk flew consecutive implicit his head.

Andrew Johns jokes that Holmes needs his "passing license" still. A boost for the Blues to commencement this 2nd half.

We're disconnected and moving successful the 2nd 40 minutes!

Queensland footwear disconnected and the Blues receive. First effort arsenic important arsenic ever successful this 2nd half.

NSW manager Brad Fittler, who could beryllium coaching his past fractional for the Blues, has a elemental connection for his team.

"You spot with Queensland, they instrumentality a remainder for a second, they people tries. 40 minutes is simply a agelong clip to not instrumentality a rest. That's what we're asking," helium says.

Queensland manager Billy Slater admits his broadside needs to hole up its right-edge defence.

"Obviously that's a large menace for NSW, and, you know, we request to beryllium amended there," helium says.

"But I deliberation we request to beryllium amended with our discipline, we request to beryllium amended with a batch of areas and we request to get our footy on."

Phil Gould is liking what he's seeing from the Rabbitohs players representing the Blues tonight.

"Think the South Sydney operation person been the quality tonight," helium says.

"You know, having Cook astatine dummy half, Cameron Murray successful the middle, and Cody Walker has been outstanding connected that near edge.

"Every clip helium gets the ball, the gait of the play changes. And helium threatens the defence. He's got Foxx (Addo-Carr) distant a mates of times.

"Bradman Best astir got a footwear effort successful the archetypal mates of minutes. He's got them bamboozled connected that near edge."

A precocious momentum displacement for the Blues arsenic Stephen Crichton gets an intercept and slots different punishment to springiness NSW an eight-point pb heading into the break.

The lucifer is inactive good and genuinely up for grabs.

"I consciousness similar they've been the amended squad from the commencement of the game," Paul Gallen says.

"Queensland person had a mates of moments done Tabuai-Fidow, a mates of superb tries, but the Blues person been the amended side.

"Keep doing what they're doing, vie connected each play, they'll get the occupation done."

It's that antheral Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow again for Queensland!

He's emulated Josh Addo-Carr's spot and pursuit with 1 of his ain and easy bushed retired Brian To'o to people a captious try.

"What a bid he's having. With the football, without the football," Cam Smith says.

"He did it each himself there."

'The Hammer' is present 1 of lone 13 players to person scored successful each 3 matches of an Origin series.

He has 4 tries successful the series, 1 much would necktie him with Ryan Girdler and Lote Tuqiri for the astir tries successful an Origin bid ever.