New South snails: Blues seek to stop slow Origin starts

Hudson Young says the NSW Blues are looking to put their sluggish starts behind them. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

NSW back-rower Hudson Young says the Blues must kick the habit of starting slowly, after escaping from the series opener by conjuring the biggest comeback in State of Origin history.

Trailing 20-6 at halftime before winning 22-20, the game-one victory in Sydney - sparked by Kalyn Ponga's controversial second-half send-off - papered over the Blues' cracks.