How the Maroons' bench won them State of Origin I against a fancied NSW Blues side

Harry Grant has been earmarked as a future Queensland captain, and based on Wednesday's effort, he could do it from the bench. (Getty Images: Mark Kolbe)

NSW selectors were universally reviled when they picked Kurt Gidley to captain the side off the bench for the 2010 State Origin series.

And why not? It was every bit the disaster you would have expected for a team completely devoid of answers against a legendary Maroons outfit in their pomp.