NSW has gotten close connected apical successful the past 10 minutes with Fittler's men dominating tract position.
Former Queensland skipper Cameron Smith isn't liking what he's seeing from his side.
"There's fatigued bodies determination for sure," helium says connected Nine's coverage.
"They request the half-time siren arsenic soon arsenic possible. They've conscionable got to grit their teeth and bent on."
The Panthers operation pays dividends for Brad Fittler!
Nathan Cleary sweeps it retired to Jarome Luai who finds an on-rushing Liam Martin for the Blues' opening try.
"We speech astir combinations, these guys play unneurotic astatine Penrith," Johns says connected Nine's coverage.
"The Blues truly needed that score. You tin spot it successful the solemnisation that there's possibly immoderate alleviation there."
Cleary converts to gully the Blues to wrong 4 points of the Maroons.
David Fifita has been called disconnected the tract by the autarkic doc aft a caput clash successful a tackle attempt.
Not bully quality present for Queensland, with Tom Gilbert ruled to person dislocated his close enarthrosis successful that earlier incident.
Nine's sideline newsman Danika Mason says helium volition not instrumentality tonight.
Murray Taulagi with different unbelievable try-saver!
This clip it's Tyson Frizell that's denied! It's fixed a no-try connected the tract and there's insufficient grounds for the Bunker to overturn the on-field call.
Frizell is implicit the effort enactment but Taulagi someway manages to get his manus beneath the shot to clasp it up.
What a archetypal fractional it's been from the Cowboys star.
Brilliant defence from the Maroons arsenic Murray Taulagi holds connected Blues skipper James Tedesco connected the effort line!
Tedesco looked each but definite to get his broadside connected the committee earlier a superb spot of last-ditch defence, but helium besides had the enactment to walk the shot to Josh Addo-Carr, which Andrew Johns says helium should've done.
"I thought helium should person passed to Addo-Carr there, the fastest antheral successful the contention connected the close wing," Johns says.
Could this beryllium a turning constituent for the Blues?
Tom Gilbert wanted to travel disconnected the tract aft hurting his close shoulder, but hadn't near the tract yet erstwhile his replacement Lindsay Collins came connected and instantly received the shot earlier moving for 10m.
The Blues get the shot backmost arsenic a effect of the penalty.
"There's evidently disorder with the Queensland trainer arsenic to who was coming on," says Cameron Smith connected Nine's coverage.
"He's arsenic pugnacious arsenic they come. If he's gone consecutive to the trainer, you cognize he's successful strife," Andrew Johns adds.
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.