Led by the magic hands of fullback Reece Walsh and the cool head of captain Daly Cherry-Evans, Billy Slater’s Queensland Maroons delivered a comprehensive 32-6 humiliation of New South Wales to win Game 2 in Brisbane, claim the series and, more than likely, end Brad Fittler’s five-year reign as Blues coach.
Since snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in Game 1 at Adelaide, NSW had been under siege from every cliche in the book and every rugby league pundit on the planet. “It burns,” seethed Fittler. “But sometimes embarrassment is a pretty good motivator.” Unfortunately, it motivated Queensland more.
