'Unhappy' switch blows up in Queensland's face

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The NSW Blues person avoided a cleanable expanse with a broad 24-10 victory implicit the Maroons.

With a new-look side, the Blues stood tall, with rookie Bradman Best and prima fractional Cody Walker lasting gangly to teardrop isolated the Maroons' close edge.

Wide World of Sports' The Mole pulls nary punches successful assessing each 34 players who took the tract for State of Origin III.

RECAP: State of Origin III arsenic it happened

2023 State of Origin Highlights: NSW v QLD - Game III

NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES

1. James Tedesco

Didn't overplay his manus aft dense disapproval successful games 1 and 2 - his champion crippled of the series. Set up the effort that sealed victory.

Rating: 7

2. Brian To'o

Gave his accustomed metre eating show connected the wing, moving for implicit 200 metres and getting the Blues retired of occupation from Queensland's kick-chase.

Rating: 7.5

Blues go sideline to sideline for electric try

3. Stephen Crichton

Fairly quiescent successful attack, making small interaction with the ball, but coagulated successful defence.

Rating: 6

4. Bradman Best

A splendid debut - looked similar helium was made for Origin football, scoring 2 tries and having different disallowed.

Rating: 8

Teddy puts Best distant for 2nd try

5. Josh Addo-Carr

Scored 1 of the classical Origin tries with a spot and pursuit and made respective different beardown runs arsenic good arsenic being harmless nether the precocious ball.

Rating: 8

6. Cody Walker

His inclusion made a immense quality to the Blues, with their onslaught yet moving smoothly aft being truthful clunky successful the earlier games. Involved successful truthful galore bully things the Blues did.

Rating: 9

Walker skewers Maroons for Best try

7. Mitchell Moses

A coagulated all-round crippled - took connected the line, gave his extracurricular men opportunities and kicked accurately successful wide play.

Rating: 7

8. Jake Trbojevic

Strong successful the middle, starring the Blues' enactment successful defence. Didn't bash a batch with the shot but his specified beingness lifted the Blues.

Rating: 6

9. Damien Cook

His astute work from dummyhalf to his Bunnies' team-mate Walker was a cardinal origin successful the Blues' win.

Rating: 6.5

NSW Blues v Queensland Maroons. (Nine)

10. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

Hit the antiaircraft enactment hard erstwhile carting the shot up, moving for implicit 100 metres and pulling disconnected immoderate large hits successful defence.

Rating: 6.5

11. Liam Martin

Did small successful onslaught but disquieted the beingness retired of Queensland with his terrier-like defence.

Rating: 6

12. Keaon Koloamatangi

Probably the Blues' astir destructive forward, making the hard yards, hitting with intent successful defence and coming up with a superb tip-on successful the Blues' archetypal try.

Rating: 8

13. Cameron Murray

Justified his spot successful the starting broadside with a engaged crippled successful onslaught and defence. Never stopped moving and ever connected the ball.

Rating: 7

Josh Addo-Carr of the Blues celebrates with squad mates aft scoring a effort during crippled 3 of the State of Origin series. (Getty)

14. Isaah Yeo

Brought immoderate vigor to the squad successful his caller relation disconnected the bench, gaining implicit 100 metres and having a effort disallowed.

Rating: 6.5

15. Jacob Saifiti

Got little than 30 minutes crippled clip and ne'er truly enactment his stamp connected the match.

Rating: 5

16. Reece Robson

Like Saifiti, ne'er rather got into the crippled erstwhile fixed his accidental from the bench.

Rating: 5

17. Clinton Gutherson

Only got onto the tract successful the dying stages and didn't get immoderate chances to amusement his talents.

Rating: 3

QUEENSLAND MAROONS

Slater: 'You get what you deserve'

1. AJ Brimson

Did his champion to capable Reece Walsh's large boots but couldn't travel up with the large plays from fullback.

Rating: 6

2. Xavier Coates

The shot didn't bounce his mode - narrowly missed a mates of tries but was inactive ever a threat.

Rating: 6

3. Valentine Holmes

Struggled holding the rampaging Bradman Best and speechmaking the Blues onslaught and got fewer chances with the ball.

Rating: 4.5

4. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow

Scored his customary Origin effort and narrowly missed different - ever a information erstwhile fixed immoderate clip oregon space.

Rating: 6.5

Hammer stuns Blues with cleanable response

5. Murray Taulagi

Made much yardage than immoderate Queenslander but similar overmuch of the Maroons backline, saw small shot successful unfastened territory.

Rating: 6

6. Cameron Munster

Made little interaction than successful the archetypal 2 games but inactive ran for implicit 130 metres and laid connected a effort for his team.

Rating: 7

7. Daly Cherry-Evans

Tried to rally his troops arsenic skipper but couldn't travel up with the large plays helium produced successful the earlier games.

Rating: 6

'It's all for you'

8. Reuben Cotter

Played the afloat game, made much tackles than anyone connected the tract and ran for implicit 100 metres. Deserved his Wally Lewis Medal.

Rating: 8

9. Harry Grant

Had an unhappy game, making 2 errors astatine dummyhalf and giving distant 3 penalties nether aggravated unit from the Blues.

Rating: 4

10. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui

Made much yardage than immoderate guardant connected the tract and came up with immoderate beardown hits successful defence to implicit a good series.

Rating: 7.5

11. David Fifita

Scored the game's opening effort from a footwear and ever threatened, but mostly good contained by the Blues defence.

Rating: 6.5

Hammer leaps over To o in Maroons opener

12. Jeremiah Nanai

Came backmost to the tract with conscionable 8 runs for 80 metres but volition larn from his maiden Origin bid and beryllium backmost successful 2024.

Rating: 5.5

13. Patrick Carrigan

Continued his good signifier from earlier successful the series, moving for astir 150 metres and moving his butt disconnected successful defence.

Rating: 7

Maroons players look connected successful dismay connected aft losing crippled 3 of the State of Origin series. (Brendon Thorne via Getty Images)

14. Ben Hunt

Added immoderate polish to the Maroons' onslaught erstwhile thrown into the fray but couldn't crook the tide arsenic the Blues dominated the middle.

Rating: 6

15. Lindsay Collins

Only made 76 metres with the shot but rattled the Blues' ribs with his fearsome defence to gain his night's pay.

Rating: 7

16. Moeaki Fotuaika

Had small impact, making conscionable 7 runs arsenic the Blues out-enthused the Queensland pack.

Rating: 5

17. Corey Horsburgh

Tried hard successful his Origin debut but with lone 20 minutes of crippled time, wasn't capable to re-produce his Canberra heroics.

Rating: 4.5

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