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After a tight first half punctuated by a controversial sin bin, the NSW Blues turned on the afterburners to blitz Queensland in the second 40 minutes, led by dynamite games from half Nathan Cleary and James Tedesco.
It was a bleak night for the Maroons at Perth's Optus Stadium as they crumbled under the relentless NSW attack and displayed some uncharacteristically soft defence in the later stages.
Here's how the players fared...
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
MATT BURTON 8
STEPHEN CRICHTON 4
DANIEL TUPOU 7.5
JAROME LUAI 6
NATHAN CLEARY 9
PAYNE HAAS 6.5
APISAI KOROISAU 5
JAKE TRBOJEVIC 8
CAMERON MURRAY 7
LIAM MARTIN 6.5
ISAAH YEO 7.5
DAMIEN COOK 5
ANGUS CRICHTON 7
JUNIOR PAULO 7.5
SIOSIFA TALAKAI 5
Stephen Crichton is ecstatic after his Penrith teammate Jarome Luai scored in the 58th minute
The look on Patrick Carrigan's face says it all. He was one of Queensland's best but the Maroons were never really in the hunt after halftime
QUEENSLAND
KALYN PONGA 5
Mixed bag. Laid on the pass for the first try, set up the second and stood up to the test of wicked high balls from Burton. Let the team down on the defensive end with some lazy swipes that led to tries.
SELWYN COBBO 1
A horror night for the young talent with four crucial errors in the face of the rushing NSW defensive line and incredible kicking from Cleary and Burton.
VALENTINE HOLMES 4
Gave away an escort in the lead-up to a crucial
