GET ‘em back.

That is the warning NRL head of football Todd Greenberg has issued his referees ahead of the State of Origin II blockbuster after Queensland got away with repeatedly standing offside in game one.

Origin I referees Gerard Sutton and Ben Cummins both kept their places for Wednesday night’s match at the MCG despite The Daily Telegraph revealing the pair failed to penalise the Maroons for offside infringements on a staggering 19 occasions.

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Amid fears that a similarly poor attempt by Sutton and Cummins to keep NSW and Queensland apart could ruin Wednesday night’s MCG spectacle in front of an audience largely new to rugby league, Greenberg has been given assurances from NRL referees boss Tony Archer that both teams will be policed accordingly.

media_camera Queensland captain Cameron Smith at the MCG. Picture: Gregg Porteous

Greenberg added that Archer had also spoken with both NSW coach Laurie Daley and Queensland coach Mal Meninga to reinforce the edict.

“I have spoken with Tony Archer and we have agreed that the referees will be vigilant when it comes to the 10 metres at the MCG,” Greenberg said.

“I will support the officials to ensure that both teams are kept apart and Tony will be encouraging them to police that area strongly.

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“Tony has communicated this to both coaches. Neither team should be under any illusions that the officials on the night will take action to enforce the 10 metres.”

Not surprisingly, Meninga said he had no issue with the way the 10-metre rule was policed during the Maroons’ 11-10 Origin I victory.

“I just want the refs to ref the appropriate way,’’ Meninga said.

“I thought the referees did a fantastic job in game one, I’m not quite sure if anything will be different in game two.”

media_camera Mal Meninga and Laurie Daley at the MCG. Picture: Gregg Porteous

Despite The Daily Telegraph revealing his team was found to be off-side in 19 of the Blues’ 38 sets in game one, Meninga declared: “But for us we just want to play a game where the 10 metres is good and open the game up, so we can display our skills and I’m pretty sure Laurie is the same.

“We want to this to be a spectacular event, a great game and the best way for that to happen is to keep the teams apart.”

The Blues felt they were forced into more errors and incomplete sets in Origin I due to the Maroons’ short and advancing defensive line.

While the Blues were seething with the way the Maroons repeatedly stood off-side, a dignified Daley wasn’t willing to buy into the performance of the match officials ahead of tonight’s blockbuster, saying only: “I agree with Mal.’’