Football fans were on the edge of their seats at the start of the first State of Origin game, but Maroon fans quickly became disheartened as the Blues ended up winning by 50-6.
Blues fans were thrilled by the result, as it was the biggest winning margin for the Blues since the State of Origin began.
However, even the QLD police force couldn’t stop themselves from being bitter about the result of the match and posted it on their Facebook page.
“QPS is investigating the disappearance of the Maroons winning edge, missing since 8.10 pm in Townsville,” the social media post read.
“Concerns are held for the Maroons, as this behaviour is out of character.
“Investigations indicate it was last seen in company with Kurt Capewell.
“Please return it to QRL.”
Queensland captain Daly Cherry-Evans felt the result of the match the hardest.
“That hurts a fair bit, mate,” Queensland captain Daly Cherry-Evans said. “Just missed it, missed the jump. Had a good chat at half time then came back out and didn’t learn from our mistakes so we’ve got lot of improvement left in us and the Blues were good tonight.
“Two games left, mate. We’ve got to shrug it off. We’ve got to.”
He’s not wrong. Despite the crushing victory of the Blues, the important number to focus on is 1-0, with the Blues ahead in the best-of-three series.
Blues skipper James Tedesco said that the win was “pretty crazy”.
“We knew we had a great side we’ve got the best players in the game,” he added. “We knew if we worked together as to team we’d put in a good performance but 50 points is really pleasing.”
Fox League’s Michael Ennis said that the Queensland side wasn’t playing the same game as the Blues.
“I thought Queensland played a club style of footy rather than an Origin style of footy tonight,” Michael Ennis said. “I felt like NSW really adjusted their aggression into an Origin style of performance but I also felt that they got the important stuff right tonight. That’s running hard, winning that battle through the middle, kicking long. They were patient but they didn’t have to be patient for long because Queensland fell apart.”
