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Fulltime at ANZ and the Blues have run out victors 6-4 over Queensland.

New South Wales Blues 6-4

PENALTY Blues after Thurston and Reynolds "clash heads"

New South Wales Blues 6-4

Inglis looks to find Slater on the inside but he can't find him and Reynolds has the ball.

New South Wales Blues 6-4

Hoffman tries to dive over from dummy half and he's tackled 1m from the line.

New South Wales Blues 6-4

Knock on from Hodges and the Blues will pack a scrum. Under five to go.

New South Wales Blues 6-4

Hayne kicks ahead and reclaims possession. He's tackled 3m from the Qld line. Changeover.

New South Wales Blues 6-4

Did he or didn't he touch it? Controversy at ANZ!

New South Wales Blues 6-4

PENALTY Blues. The Maroons have put the ball out on the full from the kickoff!

New South Wales Blues 6-4

Jennings gets around his man and Hodges gets a hand to the ball to defuse the situation. Blues with six again.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Fantastic tackle from Jennings to force Hodges in-goal. Queensland dropout.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

PENALTY Blues. Queensland don't release the tackled player.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Trysaver from Slater!

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Six more for the Blues.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Taylor throws the ball to no one which was intended for McQueen. Massive chance for the Blues here.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Hodkinson goes to the air but Thurston comes up with the ball.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Queensland error and the Blues with the ball near halfway.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Lewis puts the ball down.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Quick hands from DCE to Hodges and McQueen puts the ball down with the line looming. Blues scrum 10m from their own line.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Cam Smith forces the ball free and Queensland go back on the attack.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Myles passes to Gillett who puts the ball down. Blues scrum on halfway.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Tate helped from the field as Hopoate claims possession for the Blues.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Big trouble for Brent Tate here who appears to have suffered a lower leg injury. Time called off.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Reynolds jumps out of dummy half and he had Thurston who managed to squeeze a pass out. Cherry-Evans kicked to Tate who rolled him over to defuse the situation.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Reynolds passes to no one and McQueen wins the race to the ball for Qld.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Reynolds goes to the air and Slater comes up with a fantastic catch.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Jarryd Hayne has remarkably saved the day for the Blues when Thaiday appeared certain to score.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

VIDEO REFEREE: Possible Queensland try.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Reynolds has the ball stolen in what looked to be a two-man tackle. Play on.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Hodkinson kicks for Tupou who puts his boot to the ball but Slater picks up possession 30m from his own line.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Farah goes with the runaround and Scott comes up with the error.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Tate loses the ball. Blues on the attack.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Farah kicks out of dummy half and leads the chase to cut Boyd down.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Gillett turns the ball back inside for Slater who puts it down.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Thurston grubbers into the in-goal and Hodkinson is claimed. NSW dropout.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

PENALTY Queensland. Guerra gets himself into a dangerous position.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Second half underway!

Queensland Maroons 4-0

And Paul Gallen leads the Blues back out onto what they hope to be their field of dreams. They're 40 minutes away from their first win in eight years.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Cameron Smith and Qld back out onto ANZ for the second stanza

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Halftime at ANZ and Queensland lead the Blues 4-0 in a tryless opening half.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Cherry-Evans comes out of dummy half and kicks in behind the defence after Hayne was stuck at marker. Reynolds wins the chase to kick the ball dead.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Hodkinson's kick trickles dead. Qld 20m restart.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Farah jumps out of dummy half and kicks for Tupou who didn't know the kick was coming. Qld 20m restart.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

Ball lost in the play-the-ball from Hodges. Blues scrum.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

The Blues shift the ball to their right but run out of room as Hopoate is bundled into touch. Queensland scrum.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

PENALTY Blues. Slater slows the play the ball down off Hayne.

Queensland Maroons 4-0

PENALTY Queensland. Tamou ruled to have come down with a forearm on Myles.

Queensland Maroons 2-0

The natives again get a bit restless. Interesting replay ahead.

Queensland Maroons 2-0

Gallen offloads into the arms of Thurston who races up field.

Queensland Maroons 2-0

PENALTY Blues. Queensland coming up with the feet through Smith.

Queensland Maroons 2-0

Hodkinson puts a kick into the corner despite pressure from Te'o. Queensland scrum.

Queensland Maroons 2-0

Thurston gets a kick away under heavy pressure from Reynolds.

Queensland Maroons 2-0

Farah jumps out of dummy half and plugs a kick into the corner. It finds touch 5m from the Queensland line.

Queensland Maroons 2-0

Farah passes to Hayne who puts the ball down. In back play Gallen remonstrates with Reynolds after the quick tap was taken. The skipper wanted to take the two.

Queensland Maroons 2-0

PENALTY Blues. Another hand on the ball from the Maroons. Blues on the attack.

Queensland Maroons 2-0

PENALTY Blues. Hand on the ball.

Queensland Maroons 2-0

Queensland continue to win the field position battle as they again go over halfway.

Queensland Maroons 2-0

PENALTY Maroons. Bird ruled to have interfered with the play-the-ball.

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Cherry-Evans is hit in a solid tackle from Farah but he manages to somehow get the pass away.

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Gallen is ruled to have lost the ball in a four-man Queensland tackle. The crowd aren't happy about it but Gallen needs to hang onto the ball a bit better.

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PENALTY Blues. Thurston penalied for the unnecessary slap.

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The boys are getting a bit testy after Thurston slapped Scott from second marker.

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Great goal line defence from Scott with the help of Reynolds pulls Smith down short of the line.

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Push and shove from the boys after Inglis skipped clear of the Dugan tackle. Play on.

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Slater slow to his feet after being hit in a solid tackle from Gallen and Woods.

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Smith kicks to the corner and Hayne is tackled 10 from his own line.

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Reynolds chips to the posts and the ball goes dead under a mass of players. Qld 20m restart.

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Hodkinson finds touch 15 out from the Maroons line.

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PENALTY Blues. Two men in the tackle and the Maroons are ruled offside. First chance on the attack for the Blues here.

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Thurston goes to the air and Hayne comes up with a good catch on his own 20m line.

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It's taken four minutes but the first New South Wales chant goes up around ANZ.

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Terrible kick from Thurston goes across field and Hoffman claims possession for the Blues.

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Dugan races up and puts Inglis on his backside.

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PENALTY Qld. Farah ruled to have stolen the ball off Smith after held was called.

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Mistake free from the Blues first up. Reynolds with the kick.

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Cameron Smith gets us underway!

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The stage is set.

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We will now pause for the national anthem of Australia.

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The Blues are led out by Paul Gallen and greeted by 84,000 fans to an incredible roar as they go through a guard of honour formed by the 1985 members.

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The "New South Wales" chant reverberates around ANZ Stadium as they await to welcome their heroes in their quest to end the Queensland dominance.

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Queensland enter ANZ Stadium led out by Cameron Smith to a deafening chorus of boos.

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Fulltime in the under 18s curtain-raiser and the Blues have registered a 24-10 win to claim the first success on the field of play. Kickoff in the main one a little under an hour away!

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Queensland has registered the first win of the night and have won the toss. They will defend the northern end of ANZ Stadium in the first half.

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LATE MAIL: NSW Blues will be unchanged tonight and hunt for their first series win in 8 years, 1-17.

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TEAM NEWS: Queensland will take the field 1-17 as named last week which means Daly Cherry-Evans will take his place at halfback. Ben Hunt, Anthony Milford and Willie Tonga drop off the 21-man squad with Ben Hunt to warm up as 18th man to cover any last-minute emergencies.

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Good evening footy fans and welcome to ANZ Stadium for tonight's crucial game two encounter between the Blues and Maroons. The Blues are fresh from a nailbiting 12-8 victory at Suncorp three weeks ago and would no doubt fancy their chances of ending Queensland's eight-year dominance.

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