Second Origin 'open slather' - Gilly

Queensland legend Trevor Gillmeister has lit the fuse for Origin II, declaring the soft treatment by the referees to Paul Gallen's punches means the Maroons now have a green light to fight.
Gillmeister, who is part of the Maroons' support staff, said the Queensland players were dirty at Gallen's actions and the fact he seemed to get off scot-free with the officials.
The NSW skipper landed a flurry of punches to the head of Queensland forward Nate Myles in one of the defining moments of the Blues 14-6 win on Wednesday night.
But Gillmeister believes the referees now have a standard to follow for the rest of the series which has given any player a licence to start swinging.
"What it's going to do now is if one of the Queenslanders does the same thing you won't, or shouldn't, be sin-binned or sent off,'' Gillmeister said on Triple M on Friday.
"We'll see what happens in the next (Origin).
"We had dinner after the game and the boys aren't real happy.
"So it will be interesting to see what happens in the second one.''
Gillmeister's comments just add to what promises to be a fierce contest at Suncorp Stadium on June 26 as the Maroons aim to square the series.
Gallen is already being viewed as public enemy no.1 north of the border and the home fans will be baying for some payback against the Blues prop.
And the Origin arena is the best place to seek it, with Gillmeister conceding different rules always apply in the interstate series compared to the NRL.
"I don't know the reason behind it but it has been (different) since day one,'' said Gillmeister, who played 22 Origin games for the Maroons.
"As a young fella I remember (Queensland forward) Greg Dowling just grabbed me and said 'you can get away with murder here'.
"It's just the way it is.''
Already there is talk the Maroons are set to beef-up their pack, with Canberra's Josh Papalii set to earn a debut for game two.
Papalii is a noted hit-man in the NRL with the Raiders and has history with Gallen, crunching the Sharks skipper with a couple of big hits when their two club sides met in the NRL finals last year.
"I don't really care about Papalii. He hit me with a dog shot with a swinging arm and once in the back without the ball," a furious Gallen said after that clash.
"He was coming from the blindside a lot.
"He got me high and from the back. He did well the boy."
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