Queensland will show a desperate New South Wales no mercy with a plan to keep their boot firmly on the Blues' throat in Wednesday night's third Origin at Suncorp Stadium.
With history and the series safely in the bag, Queensland want to make sure NSW start Origin 2010 under the pump with a 3-0 series loss hanging over their heads.
NSW haven't been "Maroon-washed" since Paul Vautin's no-names sprung Origin's biggest upset in 1995. That side was a collection of players filling in for a host of internationals who jumped ship to Super League.
Mal Meninga's current crop boasts a Hollywood backline with 29-game veteran Darren Lockyer cast in the lead role.
"If we win, it would certainly build pressure on them having lost four in a row and being whitewashed as well," Storm hooker Cameron Smith said. "We're not going soft. You never go soft on the Blues - ever."
Smith, who hasn't missed a game since his debut in the third match of the 2003 series, said it was important Queensland played well in front of 50,000 fans wanting to celebrate.
"It would be a pretty shallow feeling lifting the trophy up [in front of our fans] if we lose that game.
"If we play well and still get beaten then there's not really much we can do. We're not going out and treating it as a dead rubber because Queenslanders don't believe in dead rubbers."
Speculation has been rife Wednesday night would be Lockyer's last Origin game but Smith said he didn't know.
"He hasn't indicated to any of the players or the staff that this is going to be our last game. I'd love to be captain of Queensland, but I know as long as Locky is playing and he is available for Queensland he is going to be our skipper."
Fullback Karmichael Hunt is ready to play after treatment on his injured ankle.
- AAP
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