1 Kalyn Ponga - 8

One of Queensland's best, brilliant in attack as a delightful pass created the opening try and his speed made the Maroons' second, but he lacked helpers as NSW rolled through a lacklustre defence.

2 Selwyn Cobbo - 2

It was the roughest of nights for the young winger, making four errors including bouncing a grubberkick where he easily could have scored a try in the first half.

3 Valentine Holmes - 4

On hand for Munster's try with a nice assist but it was an otherwise muted night, missing five tackles while only completing seven.

4 Dane Gagai - 3

Reasonably invisible display in attack, only producing 35m and lacking any flashy moments.

5 Murray Taulagi - 4.5

Quiet first half and dropped a high ball early in the second stanza, although he did churn out 94m with the ball.

6 Cameron Munster - 4

Was on the scene to capitalise on a Ponga line break with a try, but just couldn't create his usual magic and came up with three errors.

7 Daly Cherry-Evans - 5

Had some moments and did what he could via foot with 427m kicking, but lacked the required punch to lead his side back into the contest.

8 Lindsay Collins - 4.5

Got through a tonne of defensive work with 30 tackles while he only missed two, but only made seven runs after missing some time with a head injury assessment.

9 Ben Hunt - 4

Solid early in laying the foundation for Harry Grant's entrance off the bench, although really did little more than that.

10 Josh Papalii - 4

Made three runs for 25m in a 17-minute stint to start the game and then sat on the bench for nearly the next hour before returning for the last few minutes.

11 Kurt Capewell - 3

Five runs for 27 minutes is all he had to show for the night, as one of a number of quiet Maroons.

12 Felise Kaufusi - 5

Opened the scoring with a bustling run that saw him beat two defenders, but did 10 minutes in the sin bin for a cynical hold close to his own line and NSW immediately scored in his absence.

13 Tino Fa'asuamaleaui - 3.5

Started well with the sort of bruising runs you'd expect from him, but disappeared as the Blues took over.

14 Harry Grant - 3

Entered on 23 minutes but couldn't exert his influence like he did in Game One and missed six missed tackles.

15 Jai Arrow - 3.5

Went off soon after entering the fray for a head injury assessment and only had five runs for the game.

16 Patrick Carrigan - 7

Came off the bench to again give the Maroons a huge energy boost, not putting a foot wrong and making 33 tackles.

17 Jeremiah Nanai - 2.5

Didn't enter until the second half and barely featured when he did, aside from missing four tackles.

Australian Associated Press