Fairfax Media was told that Daley, Blues team doctor Nathan Gibbs, NSWRL chief executive David Trodden and head of football Barrie-Jon Mather all let Bloomfield know their thoughts as they walked up the tunnel after the match. Justin O'Neill is tackled during Origin I. Blues officials believe O'Neill suffered concussion. Credit:Mark Kolbe Mather is also expected to raise the issue with the NRL, although Bloomfield advised on Wednesday night that he was satisfied O'Neill had passed an on-field concussion assessment while play was stopped. He also studied footage from seven camera angles provided by officials in the NRL bunker of the incident in which O'Neill was injured after attempting to tackle Josh Mansour. While Daley made it known at the post-match press conference that he did not want referees Ben Cummins and Gerard Sutton to control Origin II in Brisbane on June 22, it was the decision to stop the game for up to two minutes so O'Neill could be treated that particularly angered him as the Blues were gaining momentum after a strong run by Mansour from a kick return. The decision to blow time off prevented a quick play the ball from Mansour allowed the Maroons to set their defensive line.

Under the NRL's concussion guidelines, club doctors are required to remove a player from the field if they have any suspicion that they may have suffered a concussion. Queensland's Josh Papalii felt the full force of the Blues Credit:Cameron Spencer NSW officials were of the view that O'Neill had "stumbled" and should have come to the field and not returned. They also want to know why Papalii was allowed to continue playing after he attempted to put a big hit on NSW captain Paul Gallen just seconds before half-time and came off second best. Meanwhile, NRL referees boss Tony Archer has responded to Daley's criticism of the match officials and defended the decision by the bunker to disallow a try to NSW centre Josh Morris and overturn a scrum feed to the Blues late in the match.