There were no outrageous celebrations on Wednesday night.
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Sure the NSW players were ecstatic to secure a thumping 34-10 victory over Queensland, but they also know the job is only half done.
A trip to Queensland next Wednesday beckons, the side attempting to become just the third Blues team to win a decider at Suncorp Stadium.
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Coach Brad Fittler has challenged his men to emulate those great teams, a 1994 squad led by Ben Elias, while Andrew Johns guided NSW to a convincing 32-10 victory in 2005.
For halfback Nathan Cleary, the players are ready to embrace the challenge.
"Any time you win a game, especially an Origin game, with a team performance like that, it's always pleasing," Cleary said.
"We're very happy with it and we'll enjoy the win, but we've still got another job to do next Wednesday night.
"We all know that, so once we get back up into camp, we'll focus on what we have to do to win that game."
In dropping game one before bouncing back in the second clash, the Blues are hoping to replicate last year's effort.
Cleary was absent for the 2019 decider with an ankle injury, Damien Cook and James Tedesco instead playing a key role in the side's stunning last-gasp victory.
Cook has been a mainstay in the NSW team in the past two years, however there is one box he is yet to tick off.
"For me personally, and a lot of us, we haven't won up at Suncorp at all," Cook said.
A victory over the Maroons in a decider on enemy territory. That would prove ever so sweet for the Helensburgh product.
"It would be a great feeling. I haven't won at Suncorp, so to win a series up there would be very special.
"I know we've won the last two, but we've got to put that behind us now, it's a whole different series.
"We can take confidence from last year that it is doable, but then it is at a different location. This will be a first for a lot of us, but we've got a lot of confidence and belief."
Suncorp Stadium has been a scene of nightmares for the Blues of late, the side winning just two of 13 games at the venue since 2010.
Losses include an 18-14 defeat in game one last year, while a 22-6 drubbing in the 2017 decider was a particularly painful affair.
Cook is confident, however, history will not play a factor in determining the outcome on Wednesday.
"Tonight we realised the style of footy we wanted to play," Cook said post-match. "It was a lot better than game one. We played the style that NSW does, what works for us.
"We've just got to make sure we rest up, recover as best we can and prepare right. We can only go up there and play to the best of our ability and give it our best shot."
The hooker is hoping to experience a less turbulent preparation for the decider, Cook spending Monday night in hospital as he battled a leg infection.
While the doctor initially feared his chances of playing on Wednesday were slim, the 29-year-old was confident his place in the final 17 was never in doubt.
"I don't think [the doctor] really wanted me to play game two. He was talking about game three."
"I was never ruling myself out, I told Freddy that. I just had a plan, one of the trainers wasn't letting me get ruled out either. He just told me what needed to be done and we got it done."