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Ok, thank you all for sticking with me tonight. Congratulations NSW, commiserations Queensland. We’ll be back to do this all again in three weeks with game 2 in Perth.
Until then, here’s Jack Snape’s match report from the Suncorp Stadium press box. Stay tuned for plenty more reaction over the coming days.
New South Wales deserve all the praise in the immediate aftermath of their victory. Laurie Daley did well with his selections, even if the Cleary-Moses axis was a little clunky at times. Leaders stepped up. Discipline was good when the game was on the line.
But once the confetti has been swept away all the fallout will have to be about Queensland. They weren’t great last year, they have a shallower squad this time around – many of which are struggling for form, so it’s hard to see how Billy Slater can turn things around without going nuclear.
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