Five quick hits: Blues trounce Maroons in State of Origin II as Zac Lomax takes a 'speccy' at the MCG

📆 26/06/2024 10:04 PM
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New South Wales was dominant, Mitchell Moses steered the pack around the MCG like a dream, and Zac Lomax flew high in front of 90,084 at the MCG. Here's the five quick hits from State of Origin Game II.

Five quick hits: Blues trounce Maroons in State of Origin II as Zac Lomax takes a 'speccy' at the MCG The Blues have set up a State of Origin decider with a 38-18 trouncing of the Maroons in front of 90,084 spectators at the MCG .

They had 68 per cent of the ball and completed 21 of 22 sets, while their post-contact metres tally was a whopping 333 metres to the Maroons’ 147. Playing his first Origin match since 2021, Mitchell was solid on both sides of the ball, giving the Blues a dose of confidence that they lacked in in the first match of the series.

On the final tackle of a Blues set in the 23rd minute, Moses sent a cross-field bomb to the right flank, creating a one-on-one contest between Lomax and his opposite number, Murray Taulagi.Inside the Maroons’ in-goal area, Taulagi was all at sea as Lomax sprinted through and leapt in the air to take possession and touch down to score his first try.

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