Controversial call on potential try angers Queensland fans

The rowdy Queensland crowd at Suncorp Stadium were none too pleased when what looked to be a certain try for Dylan Napa was waved off in the first half.

A loud chorus of boos erupted when the try was overruled on replay.

It was one of four first-half scoring opportunities the Maroons failed to capitalise on.

Napa’s effort was waved away after it was ruled he had knocked the ball on following a terrific kick from Daly Cherry-Evans.

Fans on social media matched the vocal outrage of fans at the venue, with many saying it should have been a try.

Channel 9 commentator Andrew Johns said it should have been a try.

“From someone who bleeds blue, the game isn’t played in super slow motion,” he said.

“Play it in real time, that’s a try every day of the week.”

Queensland denied penalty tried

The Maroons were denied a penalty try and Blues star Latrell Mitchell was sin-binned after a controversial play on the Queensland line.

Mitchell laid a professional foul on Matt Gillett, before the Maroons star was taken high by James Tedesco.

On review, referees decided it wasn’t certain that Gillett was going to score once he took control of the ball, electing not to award a penalty try.

Key moments from the first half

* 5th minute: Speedy NSW hooker Damien Cook makes the game's first serious inroads out of dummy-half after a bruising opening, pinning the hosts on their tryline

* 13th: An under-fire Queensland give away the game's first penalty as the Blues press, with Nathan Cleary slotting the first points. SCORE: 0-2

* 17th: Will Chambers bursts through a gap before Corey Oates launches himself at the line on the opposing wing from the next tackle, only to be denied by a stray foot on the line

* 20th: Cleary squares up the defence, James Tedesco skips to the right and finds Josh Morris on his Origin return, who barges over from close range. SCORE: 0-8

* 26th: Cook again goes straight through the ruck but, from the ensuing kick, NSW had debutant Payne Haas to thank after he pulled down a runaway Dane Gagai

* 29th: Daly Cherry-Evans hits the goalpost with a grubber, Gagai gets a piece of it, Dylan Napa dives on the ball and 'try' is the soft-signal call, before officials judge Napa to have knocked on

* 32nd: Another Queensland try goes begging as Chambers, set up by a brilliant Cameron Munster run, is chased down by Tedesco and Josh Addo-Carr just metres from the corner post

* 36th: Ben Hunt manufactures a 40-20 to give Queensland prime position for another raid, but again they can't turn it into points.

WITH AAP