The NSW Blues crushed the Queensland Maroons 50-6 in Origin I, inspiring Paul Gallen to declare the squad the beginning of a new era.

Gal marvelled at the “unbelievable” performance of Tom ‘Turbo’ Trbojevic, who last night scored a hat-trick.

Jarome Luai, Brian To’o and Liam Martin also got a shout-out from the former Blues captain.

“The nucleus of this team has been together for three or four years now, and they’re just coming together nicely,” he told Mark Levy.

“I felt a bit of a dynasty coming on for the Blues themselves.”

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