A NSW selection dilemma looms for the second State of Origin match but coach Laurie Daley insists injured Mitch Moses will be back in the NSW team if fit.
For a second time in three Origin matches, five-eighth Moses needed to be replaced at the 11th hour after injuring himself during Blues camp.
Elevated from the bench with only two days' notice, debutant Ethan Strange was integral to the Blues' comeback from 20-0 down to snatch a heart-stopping 22-20 win on Wednesday night.
Most notably, Strange put Stephen Crichton into a hole down the left side and then backed his centre up in support to cross for the first of the Blues' three second-half tries.
Strange finished with 134 run metres and flaunted his wonderful left-foot step to constantly threaten Queensland's right edge.