State of Origin Game 1 is in the books for 2019, with Queensland coming from behind to stun the Blues – and most pundits – with an 18-14 victory.
If you’d only watched the first half, however, you could be forgiven for rubbing your eyes at the final score.
While the Maroons were far from poor in the first half, they looked to be massively under the pump down 8-0 at the half with the Blues all over them.
But the second half was a totally different story, with Queensland dominating the visitors to walk out of Lang Park four-point victors.
How did they turn it around?
We got Roar NRL expert AJ Mithen on the Game of Codes podcast to explore just what turned things around for the Maroons last night.
Listen to the discussion:
The Blues entered Game 1 – and this whole series – as warm favourites, but will now have to do it the hard way if they want to win consecutive series for the first time since 2005.
Game 2 takes place on Sunday, June 23 at Perth’s Optus Stadium, while Game 3 will be on Wednesday, July 10 at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium.
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