State of Origin AS IT HAPPENED: 'Desperation' play from Connor Watson seals result for Blues in road win at Suncorp Stadium

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A crucial win for NSW puts them ahead 1-0 in the series with a game on their home turf of Accor Stadium still to come later in the series.

We'll catch you back here tomorrow for the final game of the women's Origin series.

Max King gives a long interview after his Origin debut and Phil Gould couldn't be happier when asked about the Canterbury front-rower.

"I thought he was really good," the Bulldogs boss said.

"He played his part, I watched him in defence and he moved really well.

"It's a great experience for him and he will come back and won't stop talking about it."

Payne Haas proved once again why he's an absolute marvel tonight.

"He didn't train all week," Brad Fittler said post-game.

"He has that strength and agility to find a little bit of space to get through and he did it all night, with a few offloads and half breaks after not training all week."

Darren Lockyer was also full of praise for the Broncos prop.

"He's one of the fittest players in the team," Lockyer said.

"No matter what teams think they can do to stop him, they just can't."

Isaah Yeo speaks after his first victory as an Origin captain.

"This is what it's all about," he told Nine post-game.

"I'm really proud of how we started. We did really well - we made it hard for ourselves a couple of times in the second half."

Payne Haas is named Man of the Match!

An enormous performance from the Blues front-rower, finishing with 18 runs for 154 metres and more than 30 tackles without a miss.

One of the best players in the world right now was unstoppable against Queensland.

Cameron Munster is dejected speaking to Nine after the match and admits it wasn't the type of performance the Maroons desired at Suncorp Stadium.

"No, not in front of our home fans," he said.

"We shot ourselves in the foot in the first half. Our attack looked a bit scrappy at times.

"It's pretty frustrating. Unfortunately when you don't execute or complete sets, it puts a lot of pressure on you."

Mitchell Moses is pleased with the gritty performance from the Blues.

"Our back five and our middle were outstanding and it allowed me and Nathan to play on the front foot for the whole game," he told Nine post-game.

Lomax and To'o in particular were enormous, both running for over 200 metres.

Queensland get one last chance to set up a grandstand finish, but a ball from Dearden to Holmes floats forward and that will do it.

NSW were in total control for the majority of the contest and could have won by more.