Maroons in box seat for decider

Try time: Sam Thaiday scores for Queensland in the second state-of-origin clash. Photo: Mark Kolbe Before Australia decides, a decider. Backs to the wall has never been a particularly fun place for anyone playing Queensland to be, and so the 2013 Blues became the latest to be ambushed by a Queensland side scratching and clawing its way out of a tough situation. Having made so many strides in game one, the Blues have now lost ground dramatically. When the dust settles from the second-half fight which resulted in four players – Trent Merrin, Greg Bird, Justin Hodges...