The NSW Blues saved face in front of their home fans with a 24-10 victory in Origin III at Accor Stadium.
After losing the first two matches, the new-look NSW side dug deep to salvage some pride in front of 75,342 fans on Wednesday night.
Blues coach Brad Fittler made a number of changes in the wake of the loss in Brisbane and they were vindicated with Cody Walker claiming man of the match honours in his return to the Origin arena and 21-year-old Knight Bradman Best stealing the show with two tries on debut.
Just three minutes into the contest Best looked to open the scoring but...