There was biff, the pantomime kind that didn’t see anyone knocked out, tries and a shock result as State of Origin drew more than 90,000 fans to the MCG on Wednesday night.The Blues came in desperate to keep the series alive and achieved that goal before half-time with a stunning six tries to none before claiming a 38-18 win and setting up a deciding game three in Queensland on July 17.
In the second half, the usually measured Daly Cherry-Evans lost his cool at Blues centre Stephen Crichton, no relation to Angus, who when pushed in the face by the Maroons skipper, flew back comically like a stuntman in a kung fu movie.A second coming together of the teams moments later saw NSW’s Liam Martin and Queensland’s Patrick Corrigan sent for 10-minute spells in the sin bin as referee Ashley Klein cracked down on the silliness.
The bang of fireworks and the smoke that always hangs around the MCG were the highlight of the pregame and, thankfully, it was a clear enough evening that the smoke was gone by kickoff. Mitchell Moses wouldn’t be a player well known to the AFL fans, but he would have made a good impression with his passing and leadership while Latrell Mitchell would be a name known to most and he roared on his Origin return setting up Brian To’o for his first try and diving over himself for their fifth try.Mitchell also scored a try in the 2018 MCG game showing he, like his Blues, does well under the bright lights of the people’s ground.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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