Reece Walsh headbutts Jarome Luai in State of Origin II as Queensland beat NSW

Reece Walsh seems to have no problem with his status as the No. 1 public enemy in New South Wales after throwing fuel on the fire in his stoush with the Blues.

The young gun of the Maroons was sent off Wednesday night in a chaotic end to his side’s tearing up of their arch-rivals after video replays showed him headbutting Jarome Luai in an on-field fight.

He was seen gesturing ‘keep talking’ with his hands and waved goodbye to Josh Addo-Carr after the winger was sent off for punching him prior to the headbutt.

But Walsh didn’t last long on the pitch either, and was seen booing the crowd and celebrating when he was sent off.

Keen to stir up the rivalry with NSW, Walsh, who makes his series debut this year, angered Blues fans with his antics following Queensland’s Game I victory in Adelaide.

He motioned for Blues players to ‘shut up’ and later insulted them for ‘thinking they own rugby league’.

‘They would always come [for me],” he said after Game I. “They think they’re better than everyone down there in blue. They think they own the game.’

The night ended with a resounding 32-6 scoreline in Queensland’s favour, as the Maroons retained state of origin bragging rights in Brisbane.

The Blues lost center Tom Trbojevic to injury in the third minute, but had ample opportunity to build an early lead in front of 52,433 at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday.

But the Maroons’ defense held on until their clinical offense kicked into high gear, and Coach Billy Slater’s men now watched the first Origin clean sweep since 2010 into Sydney’s dead rubber.

The Blues controlled 64 per cent of the territory but paid the price for a lack of shine as the Maroons ran to one in six tries.

Captain Daly Cherry-Evans provided the decisive moment by chasing down a flying Stephen Crichton and then making a break himself which led to the Maroons’ second attempt.

Valentine Holmes scored twice to take his Origin tally to 13 – good enough for third on the all-time Origin list – fullback Reece Walsh was an ever-present danger and prop Lindsay Collins produced another barnstormer for man of the match to claim.

However, there was drama of late with Walsh and Jarome Luai being sent off for headbutting each other and Josh Addo-Carr sin-binding for a swinging arm on the Maroons fullback.

The Blues script flipped after just three minutes when center Trbojevic left the game with a chest injury.

Versatile backrower Cameron Murray was left on the bench and hooker Damien Cook was brought in instead in the unknown position.

The South Sydney rake, used on the left with Stephen Crichton shifted on the right, was heavily involved, but often for all the wrong reasons.

Twice the game broke on its edge despite the Blues having numbers, as Jeremiah Nanai Cook stepped in for an early line break.

Both of Holmes’ attempts came into his corner, the first a grounded high ball that he got his fingertips on and the second a diving attempt after calming down a half-volley.

Winger Murray Taulagi then repeated his defensive exploits in the first game, this time holding Crichton over the line.

He then went in after Harry Grant made it on the last tackle, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow running on the lucky bounce for his fourth try in three Origin starts.

Finally the Blues found an answer, Cook broke the Queensland defense in broken play.

But it was a fleeting moment of respite, as Walsh once again tormented Cook’s right edge to coax Xavier Coates for another try before Nanai hit the final nail in the coffin.

Payne Haas was huge in a defeated side while Mitch Moses looked dangerous early on as he tried to fill the injured Nathan Cleary’s boots as Blues halfback, but otherwise had little impact.