Liam Martin and Patrick Carrigan have been sin binned in the 50th minute of Origin II after a chaotic scuffle broke out following a Jaydn Su’A knock on.
After the grappling match, that involved every player on the field, came to an end referee Ashley Klein requested the Bunker identify who sparked the melee.
For the Blues, Martin was called forward and was given his marching orders for a head rub on the Maroons edge forward after he lost the ball.
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The next man to go was Queensland enforcer Carrigan who was also given his marching orders for escalating the situation.
Klein’s decision to send two players to the sin bin came after warning both team’s captains the next scuffle would result in a sin bin after an earlier melee.
Following Stephen Crichton’s grappling penalty on Daly Cherry-Evans, both teams converged on each other with the NSW centre laughing at his opponents.
The decision to send both men left the Channel Nine commentary team in disbelief, with Maroons great Cameron Smith imploring both sides to “play footy”.
Meanwhile, Blues legend Andrew Johns found the decision comical.
“We’ve seen grapples, we’ve seen picking up and dumping. We’ve seen Latrell chin someone,” he said.
“But you rub someones head, you go to the bin for that. Come on.”