PLAYER RATINGS: See who starred and who flopped as NSW smashed Queensland to even the series
PLAYER REVIEWS: See who starred and who flopped as NSW crushed Queensland to the series in exciting style
- NSW ran out 34-point winners after wrecking the Maroons in Perth
- Nathan Cleary and James Tedesco were stars for an unbridled Blues outfit
- Patrick Carrigan and Cameron Munster led the way for the Maroons
After a tight first half punctuated by a controversial sin box, the NSW Blues turned on the afterburners to blitz Queensland in the second 40 minutes, led by dynamite plays from half Nathan Cleary and James Tedesco.
It was a gloomy night for the Maroons at Perth’s Optus Stadium as they collapsed under the relentless NSW attack and showed an unusually soft defense in the later stages.
This is how the players did it…
Nathan Cleary is somewhere under this avalanche of celebrating Blues players after scoring one of his two tries during the NSW triumph
NSW
JAMES TEDESCO 8.5
BRIAN TO’O 7.5
MATTE BURTON 8
STEPHEN CRICHTON 4
DANIEL TUPOU 7.5
JAROME LUAI 6
NATHAN CLEAR 9
PAYNE HARE 6.5
APISAI KOROISAU 5
JAKE TRBOJEVIC 8
CAMERON MURRAY 7
LIAM MARTIN 6.5
ISAAH YEO 7.5
DAMIEN KOOK 5
ANGUS CRICHTON 7
JUNIOR PAULO 7.5
SIOSIFA TALAKAI 5
Stephen Crichton is ecstatic after his Penrith team-mate Jarome Luai scored in the 58th minute
The look on Patrick Carrigan’s face says it all. He was one of the best in Queensland, but the Maroons were never really on the hunt after the break
QUEENLAND
KALYN PONGA 5
SELWYN COBBO 1
VALENTINESHOLM 4
DANE GAGAI 1
MURRAY TAULAGI 2
CAMERON MUNSTER 6
DALY CHERRY EVANS 4
LINDSAY COLINS 3
BEN HUNT 3
JOSH PAPALII 3
KURT CAPEWELL 3
FELISE KAUFUSI 3
TINO FA’ASUAMALEAUI 4
HARRY GRANT 3
JAI ARROW 2
PATRICK CARRIGAN 6
JEREMIA NANAI 2