NSW Blues confident their game plan can beat the Maroons

NSW are adamant that the game plan they took into State of Origin I needs only some minor tweaking for it to deliver the success they crave.

Akuila Uate

NSW are adamant that the game plan they took into State of Origin I needs only some minor tweaking for it to deliver the success they crave at ANZ Stadium on Wednesday night.

Despite losing the series opener to be on the brink of a seventh consecutive series loss, the Blues steadfastly believe what was close but not close enough in Melbourne will come up trumps in Sydney.

"We've looked a little bit at the video of game one and where we can improve," NSW centre Josh Morris said.

"We were pretty close in game one and I don't think we have to change too much. We just have to improve in a few little areas."

One of those "little areas" is down the Blues' right edge, where the untried combination of Morris and winger Akuila Uate was badly exposed at Etihad Stadium.

Morris did a superb job shutting down his opposite Greg Inglis, but the man on Inglis's outside, Darius Boyd, scored twice in the 18-10 win.

The first try could be excused because the Blues were short-staffed with Michael Jennings in the sin bin.

But a poor defensive read by Uate allowed Boyd to stroll in for his second.

"Communication is the biggest thing," Morris said.

"There was probably a lack of communication there and that's where they got us.

"We have been talking all week about it and we certainly don't want it to happen again."

Morris and Uate are also keen to give Inglis and Boyd a taste of their own medicine.

They say the Blues have worked on ways to get more ball to the right edge after it had naturally gravitated to the side of Jennings and Jarryd Hayne in game one.

"If we can work over their edge defenders, that will help us and probably limit their potency in attack," Morris said.

"We've spoken about a few things to improve and one of them is getting more ball down our right-hand side of the field."

The Blues trained as a full unit for the first time yesterday. Injured trio Paul Gallen, fullback Brett Stewart and interchange forward Anthony Watmough took part after being restricted to the role of onlookers.

Watmough was spared any contact work but neither Gallen nor Stewart appeared to be hampered when they took part in a series of opposed sessions.

Utility forward Ben Creagh said the series-opening loss had not diluted confidence in the camp.

"You've got to stay positive, otherwise it's a hard job," Creagh said.

"We've got to look at the positives we can take out of game one.

"There were patches in that game where we played well."

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