State of Origin 2018 Game 1: NSW Blues v Queensland Maroons – live!

57 min: Tedesco tries to crawl out of his own 10m line such is his desperation. Qld throwing the kitchen sink at NSW in an attempt to keep them pinned down. NSW kick but Qld come again.

55 min: Trbojevic takes a bomb nicely. He looks so at home on this stage. As does Cook. And Inglis, but there’s no surprises there. He’s been immense tonight, Inglis.

54 min: NSW working it out from their own half before it’s kicked to the Qld 20m line. Chambers is met by a gang of Blues who now have their tails up.

52 min: Credit to Tedesco for the hand he had in both those tries. Maloney, too ,who could have been hanging his head after his two errors led to two Qld tries. Phil Gould has just said Maloney has a terrible memory which in football can sometimes be an asset it seems.

50 min: On the halfway line Tedesco does a two-step on Kaufusi and Chambers and races to the Qld 20m. Next play Maloney kicks wide for Trbojevic ...

47 min: A big break for NSW! Gagai, on his own 20m, gets up to play the ball and loses it as Angus Crichton peels away from the tackle. Crichton helped but Gagai’s hold on the ball was tenuous. Can NSW strike right back?

Yes! I think. Mitchell crashes over out wide but the on-field call is ‘no try’ due to a possible obstruction.

45 min: Since I’ve mentioned it a few times I should update you on the speed men. Addo-Carr has recorded the top speed so far: 36.3 kph ahead of Holmes 35.2.

43 min: Maloney makes up for it with daisy cutting tackle on Chambers after Hunt seemingly put him over the line. But it hardly matters because...

41 min: A deep kick by Hunt on tackle 4. Tom Trbojevic traps it delicately with his right boot before picking it up.

Late in the count Maloney passes left to Mitchell but it’s ruled forward. If that’s forward, every pass Cameron Smith has passed since the under 8s has been forward.

Anyway, players are back out. We’re good to go!

Lots of talk on social media about sartorial matters.

Another has said the NSW coaching staff look like they are about to launch a new iPhone.

Not spectacular, but a solid half of Origin football all the same. No sign as yet that the 14 debutants on the field look overawed. The momentum has swung from team to team. At first it was with Qld until NSW gained the upper hand and scored. They looked like doing so again until Holmes’ intercept try in the 28th minute put Qld back on the front foot.

Back soon.

Half-time reading? This will fill the time and more:

40 min: Hunt bombs to Tom Trbojevic’s wing this time and the young Manly man does brilliantly to hold onto the pill in the shadows of half-time.

39 min: NSW run it on the last, 30m out, with Maloney passing left to Mitchell who immediately passes back inside to Cordner. But it’s slightly behind him and NSW turn it over.

37 min: A quick play the ball sees Morgan cut into NSW’s 20m line dragging Blues jerseys behind him. Qld shift right and Hunt kicks cleverly in behind where Addo-Carr and Gagai contest the bouncing ball on the try-line. It goes dead in goal.

Initially the call is for a NSW drop out but the replay shows Gagai got the last touch. A welcome break for NSW who look to be feeling it at the moment.

36 min: Great tackle by Frizell on his own goal-line to stop a flying Arrow from point blank range. Don’t think Arrow realised that was the last tackle. Handover.

35 min: Chambers kicks for himself from 20m out and Tedesco tries to shepherd it over the dead-ball line with Chambers in pursuit. The margins are so fine at the end that Tedesco has no option but to run the ball dead. Drop out.

33 min: That Holmes try:

31 min: Cleary slips but offloads on the half before Cook grubbers for himself. Optimistically. He’s nowhere near regathering and it gives Qld a run into NSW territory for the first time in a while.

Hunt bombs to Addo-Carr on the last and he takes it safely despite three maroon jerseys bearing down on him like missiles.

30 min: Qld needed that and no doubt that will give them a fresh take on things just when they were looking weary. How will NSW respond to the setback?

27 min: BOOM! Greg Inglis leaves the line and blindsides Tom Trbojevic with a mammoth hit, the young Blues’ head rocking back like he’d been hit by a bumper car. But it’s a penalty to NSW because Inglis was metres offside when he took off.

24 min: Chambers drops the ball again, although this time he may have had a hand. Either way, NSW are on the attack again.

But now they drop it. A let off for Qld.