Quick hits: Arrow's standing 'O' and Queensland 'ripped off'

Nathan Cleary broke NSW records in a famous decider performance. (Getty Images: Bradley Kanaris)

Jai Arrow is the only Queenslander to touch the State of Origin trophy as the Blues dominate the decider, but a NSW great questions a pivotal try.

The Telstra outage wreaked havoc all across Australia, so the State of Origin decider was never going to escape unscathed.

Word came through just before kick-off that the bunker in Sydney wasn't getting any bars.

The NRL insisted it had "contingencies" in place and we soon learned those consisted of pulling referees' boss Jared Maxwell out of retirement and sticking him in a van with Gerard Sutton in the bowels of Lang Park.

Let's hope the video referee isn't called on for any major decisive calls.

Jai Arrow was the last Queenslander to carry the shield on Wednesday night. (Getty Images: Bradley Kanaris)

The first standing ovation on a night when Queenslanders didn't have much to cheer about came before the game started.

Recently married former Maroon Jai Arrow, sporting the cane toad hat that he has become synonymous with, was the first man to spark a reaction from the Lang Park crowd when they spied him in the tunnel holding the shield.

As he walked out and placed it on the display plinth, just about everyone left their seats to applaud the brave warrior in his continuing fight against MND.

It turned out to be the last time a Queenslander laid hands on the trophy.

Nathan Cleary's State of Origin record and performances have come under scrutiny.

For the consensus best player in the game, questions were raised about whether he'd truly "dominated" or "owned" Origin.

With two tries and a perfect 5/5 goals, the Blues halfback added 18 points all on his own, a record in a decider, and that took him past Michael O'Connor for the most by a New South Welshman in Origin.

It's been 35 years since O'Connor's career ended. And all those years later, it took an undeniable all-time great to surpass him.

Club and state teammate Liam Martin said he "silenced the critics" with his player-of-the-series performance.

After New South Wales lost fullback James Tedesco to a concussion, the Maroons suffered a knock of their own when Sam Walker was blindsided by a teammate.

Unlike in Game II, when Cameron Munster left for an HIA in the first half and Billy Slater resisted the temptation to inject Reece Walsh, this time he reached for the livewire.

Already trailing 18-4, Queensland needed the sort of boost and miraculous comeback Walsh has become famous for.

So eager to see Walsh make an impact was Slater that even when