Rabbitohs coach Michael Maguire is the latest high profile figure to lend his support to the idea as Origin took its toll on the NRL

NSW legend Brad Fittler has accused Laurie Daley's Blues of lacking a killer instinct after failing to close out the State of Origin series in game two.

NSW wrecking ball Andrew Fifita insists he wasn't able to replicate his game one heroics in the second game of the series because his Blues teammates didn't give him enough ball.

No Johnathan Thurston, no hope. That was certainly the case in game one when the Blues humiliated the Maroons in their own backyard to take a 1-0 series lead.

Laurie Daley believes Queensland will use Johnathan Thurston's season-ending injury as extra motivation to honour their absent hero in the State of Origin decider.

Johnathan Thurston feared he would compromise his health after football if he delayed shoulder surgery and tried to nurse his battered body through to a State of Origin farewell next month.

'Did Jarryd Hayne lose us the Origin series?' This was the first call I received on Thursday morning. No preamble, no commiserations, straight into it. The very first call.

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Johnathan Thurston will be robbed of his State of Origin farewell with a shoulder injury set to rule the Maroons No.6 out of next month's decider and potentially the rest of the season.

The hero of NSW's only winning campaign of the past decade has emerged as the villain-in-chief for the capitulation against Queensland.

Josh Papalii wants State of Origin win to ignite the Canberra Raiders' season.

"Dumbest half of football NSW has played"? Really? When the eighth Immortal speaks, it usually pays to listen. But what were the key moments in a second half in which NSW possibly let State of Origin supremacy slip?

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The Blues skipper is in doubt for the decider with a calf injury – and in the rooms after the Origin II defeat he knew it

With a cloud over Johnathan Thurston due to a shoulder problem Queensland suffered another blow ahead of the series decider in Brisbane.

NSW prop Andrew Fifita believes relocating from The Star to Kingscliff will provide the Blues with the ideal launching pad into the Origin decider.

The NSW Blues say they were left dumbfounded by some of the decisions made by the referees in Origin II, accusing the officials of treating the Maroons as "protected species".

Johnathan Thurston may be calling time, but Billy Slater has given the strongest indication yet that he'll be back to torment NSW again next season.

NSW prop Andrew Fifita has revealed a verbal tirade from the Queenslanders after full-time will be stored in the memory bank as motivation as the Blues head to Suncorp Stadium for a decider.

Kevin Walters hopes a scathing pre-game critique of NSW's attempt to influence the State of Origin referees won't stifle his friendship with Laurie Daley, who has found an unlikely ally with his coaching career to hinge on the result of next month's decider.

Johnathan Thurston denied there was further structural damage to his suspect shoulder and won't feel the pressure to play his 300th NRL game in Townsville on Saturday night after carrying a limp arm - and the entire to state of Queensland - to a series decider next month.