Queensland wins fourth straight Origin

A busted and bruised Queensland has repelled a brave New South Wales fightback to record a 24-14 win in game two and claim a history-making fourth consecutive State of Origin series.

Before a capacity crowd of 80,459 at ANZ Stadium, the Maroons opened up an 18-0 lead before holding off a spirited Blues comeback and hanging on for a memorable win.

It's the first time in Origin's 29-year history that one state has won four consecutive series.

NSW trailed by four points deep in the game but couldn't conjure up the try that may have given it the lead for the first time in the match.

The Blues tried hard but simply made too many mistakes, handing Queensland three tries through errors.

"We scored a few opportunist tries but I thought we had a few decisions go against us so we did well to hang in there tonight - it's awesome," Queensland's Darren Lockyer said.

The Blues went on the attack early but a wayward pass from Paul Gallen resulted in Israel Folau grabbing possession and motoring 70m downfield.

The Maroons received a penalty after catching the NSW defence offside and a few plays later Greg Inglis accepted an inside ball from Johnathan Thurston and powered over the top of Kurt Gidley to post first points after six minutes.

Thurston converted the eighth try of Inglis' nine-game Origin career and Queensland had the lead 6-0.

The Blues' woes deepened in the 17th minute, winger David Williams hit in a Willie Tonga tackle and surrendering possession 30m out.

Folau picked up the loose ball, put on a step and sliced through ineffective tackles from Robbie Farah and Justin Poore to score under the posts.

Thurston added the extras and things looked very ominous for the hosts at 12-0.

Queensland lost Inglis to concussion shortly after, the Maroons centre hit in a high shot by Trent Barrett, who was placed on report.

But the visitors didn't break stride, crossing again in the 24th minute after yet another NSW mistake.

Ben Creagh was unable to clean up a poor pass from dummy half and Darren Lockyer swooped on the loose ball and strolled 15m to the line.

Jarryd Hayne kept NSW in the fight four minutes later, intercepting a Billy Slater pass and racing 93m to touch down.

Gidley landed the conversion to narrow the gap to 12.

Queensland thought it had gone in for a fourth try when Tonga flopped a pass out for Ashley Harrison to pick up the scraps and walk over.

The video referee ruled the ball travelled forward before reaching Harrison and the relieved Blues had dodged a bullet.

The match erupted four minutes before the break after Poore and Mick Crocker got up swinging punches following a disagreement at the play-the-ball.

A minute and 51 seconds before the interval, Hayne collected his double to continue the NSW revival.

After a long break from Luke O'Donnell, the Parramatta star swivelled out of dummy half and went through three defenders to slam the ball down.

There were suggestions O'Donnell had taken out the markers, but the video referee ruled benefit of the doubt and the Blues were back in the contest, behind 18-10.

Inglis began the second half on the bench but would play no further part in the game, leaving a banged up Queensland down a man.

"We spoke at half-time about just being composed and we just dropped a bit of