New South Wales has claimed a dominant, series-levelling 38-6 victory over Queensland in State of Origin game two.
A hat-trick from centre Tom Trbojevic and another masterful performance by James Tedesco at full-back saw the Blues put Queensland to the sword in front of 59,721 fans, a record for any match at Perth Stadium.
New South Wales' slick ball handling and dynamic outside backs blew Queensland away, with the Maroons never really in the contest and rarely threatening the Blues line.
With the series all square, the two sides will head to Sydney's Olympic Stadium for the decider on July 10, although the Blues will consider themselves clear favourites to retain the Origin shield after such a clinical performance.
Blues coach Brad Fittler made seven changes to the side that was beaten in game one amid much criticism, but he will feel vindicated by his selections as James Maloney and Trbojevic in particular scythed Queensland apart.
The Blues got off to a perfect start when Trbojevic claimed a towering Maloney bomb over the top of Kalyn Ponga, inside the opening 10 minutes.
Queensland did not look the same fluent team that came from behind to win the series opener at Lang Park but were gifted a way back into the game on their first foray into NSW territory thanks to a penalty try.
Jack Wighton impeded the progress of opposing centre Will Chambers when the Storm centre was the sole pursuer of a Ben Hunt kick into the in-goal.
Chambers failed to ground the ball but Gerard Sutton referred up to the video referee who agreed that the centre was impeded and awarded the penalty try, allowing Queensland to pull level with the kick in front of the posts.
But the parity did not last long.
Tyson Frizell regained the lead for the Blues with some exceptional hands to hold on to a Maloney pass and crash over from short range, after a bulldozing run from Daniel Saifiti put the Maroons on the back foot.
Despite having a Josh Addo-Carr try called back for a forward pass by Maloney, the Blues were still celebrating their third before half-time thanks to some Tedesco magic.
The Roosters full-back was NSW's best in game one and continued his sparkling form in Perth.
Picking up the ball from dummy half, Tedesco ghosted around five seemingly static Maroons defenders before fending off Morgan and shovelling an inside pass to Trbojevic, who breezed over untouched for his second.
The Blues made three line breaks to zero in the first 40 minutes, running for 250 more metres than the Maroons in a dominant first-half display.
Trailing by 12 points at the break, Queensland would have hoped to muster the same fighting spirit that saw them overturn an eight-point deficit in game one.
But a similar fightback never looked like materialising in Perth as the Blues dominated possession to the tune of 60 per cent.
Despite Cleary failing to take the field in the second half with an ankle injury, the Blues barely missed a beat, with Maloney slotting two penalties after the restart to take the game away from the Maroons.
If the decision to take a second two points was strange at that stage of the game, the Blues ensured it was a moot point moments later when Trbojevic scored his third.
Addo-Carr broke the line and offloaded to Tedesco, who got his arms free and flicked the ball out the back to Trbojevic who raced under the posts unopposed.
Addo-Carr got in on the act himself moments later, dotting down after a chip through the line by Wade Graham as the Blues ran riot, and adding a second in the final 10 minutes to add the gloss to what was a perfect night for the Blues.
Relive all the action as it unfolded in our live blog below.
