Jul 13th, 2017

Jul 13th, 2017

If NSW wasn't feeling bad enough at letting another State of Origin series slip, now they have to contend with being mocked by two Queensland legends.

Paul Vautin and Wally Lewis openly laughed about the premature talk of a NSW dynasty forming after they were on the wrong end of yet another series loss to the Maroons.

The Blues had been talked up following their dominant performance in game one but things quickly unravelled with the loss in the decider now handing the Maroons their 11th series win from 12 years.

Vautin, who played for the Maroons and coached them to a memorable series win in 1995, couldn't help but take a shot at the Blues as Lewis looked on and laughed.

"You know what happens?" Vautin said.

"Game one here, we get thrashed 28-4 , go back to Sydney, the headlines, "Look at this. It's a NSW dynasty. Here we go. We're going to win for the next 10 years."

"You know what we do. We go (puts hand over mouth and laughs). It's a gee up.

"It doesn't help you and I think some of that rubs off on some of the players."

Gould, who had been adamant at the start of the series that this would the year NSW turned the tide, said he would be stunned if NSW players believed any of their own press.

"The media and commentators around Origin will always come up with plenty of hype," Gould said.

"There's always looking for the next best thing, the next best player or the team, or we're trying to turn this Queensland dominance around. They're going to say all that.

"Why would that have any influence on professional footballers? If it does, it's a flaw in their character.

"I don't think you can put it down to media hype, or what commentators are saying to promote this series and to promote individuals and to promote teams and bring people to support, which everyone does, everyone plays their part in that.

"These fellas are professional footballers. That's got to be the last thing they're thinking about."