Live: Origin series on the line as Blues and Maroons light up MCG for Game II

There are no late changes to the starting sides.

NSW coach Laurie Daley and Queensland coach Billy Slater has kept the same teams as listed 1-19.

Coach Billy Slater kept a pretty similar side to the team he named for Game I.

The only change in the starting side is Max Plath dropping to the bench, Reuben Cotter moving from second row to lock, and Briton Nikora starting in the second row.

Brisbane’s centre Gehamat Shibasaki (injured) and Ezra Mam (dropped), who were not used in Game I, are not part of the 19-man squad.

Broncos star Reece Walsh, and Cowboys winger Murray Taulagi have replaced them.

QLD Game I

1. Kalyn Ponga
2. Selwyn Cobbo
3. Rob Toia
4. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
5. Jojo Fifita
6. Cameron Munster (C)
7. Sam Walker
8. Tom Flegler
9. Harry Grant
10. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui
11. Reuben Cotter
12. Kurt Capewell
13. Max Plath
14. Briton Nikora
15. Lindsay Collins
16. Pat Carrigan
17. Trent Loiero
18. Ezra Mam
19. Gehamat Shibasaki

QLD Game II

1. Kalyn Ponga
2. Selwyn Cobbo
3. Rob Toia
4. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
5. Jojo Fifita
6. Cameron Munster (C)
7. Sam Walker
8. Tom Flegler
9. Harry Grant
10. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui
11. Briton Nikora
12. Kurt Capewell
13. Reuben Cotter
14. Max Plath
15. Lindsay Collins
16. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki
17. Trent Loiero
18. Reece Walsh
19. Murray Taulagi

Coach Laurie Daley has been forced into some changes for Game II.

Canterbury centre Stephen Crichton and Penrith centre Casey McLean are both injured.

Tolutau Koula moves from the wing to centre, partnering Kotoni Staggs. Mark Nawaqanitawase will make his Origin debut on the wing.

Mitchell Moses is healthy and will start at five-eighth after missing Game I. That means Ethan Strange, who was brilliant in Moses’s absence, will be on the bench.

Dylan Lucas also makes his Origin debut in the second row, with Manly’s Haumole Olakau’atu a surprise omission from the side.

Payne Haas returns from injury to start at prop while Apisai Koroisau and Jack Bostock are new additions to the six-man bench.

NSW Game I

1. James Tedesco 
2. Brian To’o
3. Stephen Crichton
4. Kotoni Staggs
5. Tolutau Koula
6. Ethan Strange
7. Nathan Cleary
8. Addin Fonua-Blake
9. Reece Robson
10. Mitch Barnett
11. Hudson Young
12. Haumole Olakau’atu
13. Isaah Yeo (C)
14. Cameron Murray
15. Victor Radley
16. Jacob Saifiti
17. Blayke Brailey
18. Casey McLean
19. Matt Burton

NSW Game II

1. James Tedesco
2. Brian To’o
3. Tolutau Koula
4. Kotoni Staggs
5. Mark Nawaqanitawase
6. Mitchell Moses
7. Nathan Cleary
8. Payne Haas
9. Reece Robson
10. Mitch Barnett
11. Hudson Young
12. Dylan Lucas
13. Isaah Yeo (C)
14. Cameron Murray
15. Victor Radley
16. Addin Fonua-Blake
17. Apisai Koroisau
18. Ethan Strange
19. Jack Bostock

New South Wales pulled off the largest comeback in State of Origin, overcoming a 20-point deficit to win 22-20 at Stadium Australia in Sydney.

Queensland raced out to a 20-0 lead in the first half, and led 20-6 at half-time.

But the defining moment of the match came in the 57th minute when Maroons fullback Kalyn Ponga was sent off for a shoulder charge that made contact with the head of Blues winger Tolutau Koula.

The visitors were down to 12 men for the remaining 23 minutes, desperately trying to hold on to their 14-point lead.

But the Blues would score three tries, including a stunning individual effort from fullback James Tedesco in the 79th minute, to steal the win.

NSW Blues

1. James Tedesco
2. Brian To’o
3. Tolutau Koula
4. Kotoni Staggs
5. Mark Nawaqanitawase
6. Mitchell Moses
7. Nathan Cleary
8. Payne Haas
9. Reece Robson
10. Mitch Barnett
11. Hudson Young
12. Dylan Lucas
13. Isaah Yeo (C)
14. Cameron Murray
15. Victor Radley
16. Addin Fonua-Blake
17. Apisai Koroisau
18. Ethan Strange
19. Jack Bostock

Queensland Maroons

1. Kalyn Ponga
2. Selwyn Cobbo
3. Rob Toia
4. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
5. Jojo Fifita
6. Cameron Munster (C)
7. Sam Walker
8. Tom Flegler
9. Harry Grant
10. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui
11. Briton Nikora
12. Kurt Capewell
13. Reuben Cotter
14. Max Plath
15. Lindsay Collins
16. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki
17. Trent Loiero
18. Reece Walsh
19. Murray Taulagi

Here is when the kick-off is scheduled in your location.

• 8:05pm: NSW, Queensland, ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, Papua New Guinea
• 7:35pm: South Australia, Northern Territory
• 6:05pm: Western Australia
• 10:05pm: New Zealand, Fiji
• 11:05pm: Samoa, Tonga
• 12:05am: Cook Islands

Good evening, Australia.

Welcome to ABC Sport’s live digital coverage of the men’s State of Origin Game II.

My name is Michael Doyle, and I am joined by Jon Healy with Nick Campton at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

NSW can win the State of Origin series tonight after a remarkable comeback win in Game I three weeks ago.

Queensland must win tonight to keep the series alive.

Join us throughout the night as we bring you all the action from Game II at the famous MCG.

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