3 days Ago By Darren Arthur
Tonight we take a look at State of Origin Game II, where the Blues had all the running in the first half, before the Maroons restored some pride after the break. Read on as we take a look back over some of the biggest hits and misses. One of the keys to turning things around for Game II was always going to be the performance of halfback Mitchell Moses.
The Eels star didn't disappoint, his kicking game was near perfect and his organisational skills on song throughout. Two tries that he set up really stood out. Early in the first half, the Blues were awarded a penalty just inside the Maroons half for a high shot on Angus Crichton.
From there they attacked the Queensland line and were given back-to-back tackle count restarts by Ashley Klein for offside and ruck infringements, but the Maroons held. It wasn't until their next possession that they lined out to the right. The ball found Moses and he had Stephen Crichton, Dylan Edwards and Zac Lomax lined up outside Liam Martin, who was surely on a decoy run.
With the slightest slight of hand Moses threw a short flat pass to Martin who straightened his run to tear through a gap in the Maroon wall. With 19 minutes remaining, the Blues were on the attack again and Moses was screaming for the ball and directing his outside men. This time Martin was a decoy, as was Latrell Mitchell and Stephen Crichton, as Moses threw the perfect pass to Dylan Edwards who beat the battered shoulder of Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow to put the Blues ahead 38-12.
Mos.
