MAROONS PLAYER RATINGS FOR THE STATE OF ORIGIN DECIDER:

1. BILLY SLATER – Vintage Slater performance with damaging runs, linebreaks and offloads. Fittingly one of the chief architects of a famous victory. 9

2. VALENTINE HOLMES – Hat-trick hero displaying superb athleticism to dive over for the opener before reeling in a ball behind him and beating two players to cross in the second half. 8.5

3. WILL CHAMBERS – All the fireworks erupted on the wing outside of him but a solid game nonetheless. 7

4. MICHAEL MORGAN – Lovely offload helped Holmes to open the scoring. Another cog in a supreme attacking display for the Maroons’ backs. 7.5

5. DANE GAGAI – Capped a sparkling series with another strong game. Looked dangerous whenever he got the ball and racked up more than 150m. 9

6. CAMERON MUNSTER – Outstanding debut. Instrumental in setting up Holmes’s second-half try which changed the momentum of the game, then broke Blues hearts to set up Wallace for the sealer. 9

7. COOPER CRONK – Sublime cross-field kick helped Holmes extend the lead to 12 in the second half. Has he ended his glittering Origin career on a dizzying high? 7.5

8. DYLAN NAPA – Impressive debut series showed he can inflict a lot more damage through the middle in Origins to come. 7.5

9. CAMERON SMITH (capt) – Class, courage and captaincy from the front. Another Origin to remember capped slotting three from four shots at goal. 8

10. JARROD WALLACE – Got on the end of some Munster magnificence to score the final points of the night. 7

11. GAVIN COOPER – Likely to be overshadowed by many heroic efforts but a solid display in defence and broke 100 run metres. 7.5

12. MATT GILLETT – Brilliant game in defence with more than 40 tackle. One of the better Queensland forwards. 8

13. JOSH McGUIRE – Great work-rate and made his presence felt with ball in hand. 7.5

INTERCHANGE:

14. BEN HUNT – Not enough time to have a major impact. 6

15. JOSH PAPALII – Had an impact off the bench and had a hand in a try with a classy offload. 7.5

16. COEN HESS – Not a stand-out, but achieving that wasn’t easy in a team performance laden with classy individual efforts. 6

17. TIM GLASBY – Almost strode half the field but his lack of pace denied him a fairytale try. 6