There will be no shortage of passion in future State of Origin matches if Wednesday night's fiery curtain-raiser to game two at ANZ Stadium is anything to go by.

The match, comfortably won by the NSW under 18s 16-6 over their Queensland counterparts, erupted five minutes into the second half when a brawl broke out on the Blues' try line.

The scrap started when NSW fullback Nesiasi Mataitonga was set upon after he spilled a grubber kick and escalated into four separate fights.

NSW were fired up by champion Blues prop Glenn Lazarus, who handed them their jerseys pre-game, while coach Craig Sandercock said he had showed his team highlights of some of the great Origin moments during the week.

"I got a little bit of vision and a few highlights of what Origin means and that probably fired the boys a little bit and inspired them to have a bit of a dig," Sandercock said.

Queensland may have won the fight - they received the penalty - but the Blues showed their future looks promising with tries to Sam Coster, backrower Kyle Lovett and Michael Lichaa securing the win.

Showing their never-say-die spirit, Queensland fought until the final whistle and were rewarded with a try in the 53rd minute to Tautau Moga.

Two players left the field with potentially serious injuries, with Blues lock Ben Roose dislocating his knee and Queensland's Caleb Binge suffering an ankle injury.

Binge was the player who accused Penrith centre Timana Tahu of racial abuse last season.

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