Most. Enjoyable. Game. Ever.
Even at 22-2 I was still keeping my emotions in check. 30 points I was confident. 40 points I wanted to run in the back yard and yell QUEENSLANDER but my daughter was asleep in my arms.
Three blemishes:
* Gillett's stray pass. Would have loved to have kept them tryless.
* Gagai. When the melees were on, he was too cocky for my liking. Reaching over to rub Ennis's hair. Laughing in Blues faces. He hasn't earned the right to do that yet. He did everything required of him, showed desperation where it was needed, but if anything he needed to show the Origin arena more respect, even if the Blues don't deserve it. He was lucky that NSW had no ball tonight, because there will be games in his future where he'll be made to look foolish.
* I wish Hodges could have got a try (though the goal was sweet). Or Qld had surpassed the Blues' 56 points from 2000. I genuinely think that was the discussion on full time - go for one more for the record books - but they decided they'd done what they needed to.