New South Wales are well and truly back in contention for this year's State of Origin crown after a dominant thrashing of the Maroons at Perth Stadium.
The Blues racked up seven tries and an incalculable amount of confidence in the 32-point rout on Sunday ahead of the decider at the Lang Park cauldron on July 13.
Whether it was a controversial sin binning or just some Nathan Cleary brilliance that made the difference, here are the five key talking points from State of Origin II.
16th minute: Bouncy Cobbo
New South Wales started the game at a tremendous pace and enjoyed the lion's share of possession in the opening quarter of an hour.
So when Queensland were given a gift of a chance through Selwyn Cobbo, it's one they should have taken.
Cobbo was probably somewhat surprised when the speculative grubber from Daly Cherry-Evans skidded past Brian To'o and bounced invitingly in front of him, but he should have still scored it.
39th minute: Get your magnifying glass out, Kaufusi is in the bin
Queensland led 12-8 in the shadows of half-time, but were being put under serious pressure from New South Wales on their own line.
Referee Ashley Klein awarded the Blues four repeat sets for Queensland ruck infringements but eventually he had enough and sent Felise Kaufusi to the bin.
Blues coach Brad Fittler had complained about the ruck after Origin I, so would have been thrilled to see his side get the rub of the green, but were they all legitimate six-again calls?
Let's ask former Blues coach, Gus Gould.
"All of those six agains he gave to get them into sin-bin territory, you need a magnifying glass to work out exactly what had gone wrong or why it needed to be penalised," Gould said Channel Nine.
"You don't need it."
Well there you go.
50th minute: Did Taulagi drop Origin II?
Queensland had come out of the sin-bin period relatively unscathed, conceding just the one converted try just before half-time.
It was a monumental effort, but the biggest danger the Maroons faced was assuming they were out of the woods when back up to 13 men.
Spoiler alert, they were not, and a knock-on by Murray Taulagi 15 metres out off a Nathan Cleary bomb did not help matters for the desperately fatigued Maroons, who had only just been restored to a full compliment.
58th minute: Luai loses his man
Jarome Luai had been having a relatively quiet game up until the hour mark.
It's uncharacteristic for the Panthers star to go absent in games, but it was another uncharacteristic switching-off that cost the Maroons midway through the second half.
Luai got the ball at first receiver 20 metres from the line with little happening ahead of him, but saw Dane Gagai and Jeremiah Nanai slow to close the gap, so skipped through the line and touched down to score a simple try.
Was that the moment the Queenslanders clocked off?
60th-68th minute: The Nathan Cleary semi-quarter
Teams often talk about the championship quarter as being the most pivotal, the part of the game where the best players have to dig deep and bring out their best stuff to ice the game.
Well, for State of Origin II 2022, I propose we describe the start of period as the Cleary semi-quarter.
After converting Daniel Tupou's try in the 60th minute — which he set up with a sublime pass over the top — Cleary cut loose to score 14 consecutive points on his own.
Two equally impressive tries, the first a big left-foot step to befuddle and confuse Queensland's tiring defence, and the second he dummied through to score untouched.
Both moments of magic and a reminder of what he is capable of to all those who criticised his performance in Game I.
