NSW footy stars let their hair down after Origin win (and you'll never guess who went the hardest)

Beer showers and a greasy McDonald’s breakfast were on the menu for Blues players after they partied hard through the night following their spectacular State of Origin win on Sunday night.

The party broke out immediately following the match in the Blues shed with the players showering each other with beer and donning blue wigs.

It then raged on into the night with none other than Blues coach Brad Fittler leading the charge for his side dubbed the ‘Baby Blues.’

Fittler, no stranger to controversial post match celebrations, lived up to his name last night according to 7 News and showing the younger players how it’s done.

The post-match celebrations started early for Blues stars James Roberts and Josh Addo-Carr

Victory against the Maroons has never tasted so good for the NSW Blues

Many of the Blues players somehow found the strength to get up for a greasy McDonald’s breakfast, or perhaps hadn’t slept at all.

‘I’m just about to get some breakfast, hotcakes and a McMuffin you know,’ Angus Crichton told KIIS 1065’s Kyle & Jackie O on Monday morning.

‘I’m with a couple of boys who shall remain nameless, I’ll call them N. Cleary and J. Tedesco,’ the Blues number 16 joked.

When asked where they were, Angus replied they were still in Homebush near the stadium after keeping it relatively low key at the team’s base of the Novotel Hotel.

‘It was a real team effort and everyone played really well. Jake Trbojevic came away with players player but it was a real team effort,’ said Crichton of the win.

No doubt there were a few sore heads in the NSW Blues camp on Monday morning.

NSW Blues players celebrated the series win with a few messy beverages

Celebrations kicked on into the wee hours after the Blues clinched the State of Origin series in Game Two on home soil at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium on Sunday night.

The party started in the players shed post-match, where Blues players tasted the sweet taste of a Origin series win for the first time since 2014 and drenched themselves in beer showers.

Elsewhere, state Premier Gladys Berejiklian organised for the Sydney Harbour Bridge to be lit it up in blue for the night.

The Blues will be aiming for a clean sweep of the series before they are inevitably handed the Origin trophy at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on July 11.

The Blues players’ shed was party central on Sunday night

The Sydney Harbour Bridge was lit up in blue on Sunday morning

The NSW Blues celebrate clinching the 2018 State of Origin series after the full-time siren of game two

NSW Blues are on top of the world after claiming the Origin series on home soil in Sydney

NSW Blues stars David Klemmer and James Tedesco celebrate a rare NSW Blues series win

It was the Blues second State of Origin series win against the Maroons in 13 years.

The Blues led 12-10 at half-time on home soil at ANZ Stadium in front of more than 82,200 fans.

They extended their lead early in the 49th minute with a try to centre Latrell Mitchell to lead 18-10 before Queensland hit back with Will Chambers scoring in the corner in the 61st minute to narrow the deficit to four points.

Disaster for NSW struck in the 69th minute when they were reduced to 12 men with the sin-binning of centre James Roberts for a professional foul when he dragged down Gavin Cooper off the ball.

The Blues players went around ANZ Stadium post-match to thank and celebrate with the capacity crowd

Blues skipper Boyd Cordner led the celebrations, despite leaving the field concussed with six minutes to go in the game

James Tedesco celebrates the series win with Blues fans at ANZ Stadium

Sydney’s ANZ Stadium was a sea of blue on Sunday night

But the baby Blues valiantly held out a late charge from the Queenslanders to claim the match – and the series – with a 18-14 victory.

The Blues were without inspirational skipper Boyd Cordner for the final six minutes after he he was forced from the field concussed after a bruising head-to-hip collision.

NSW last won the series in 2014 and before that, in 2005.

‘We were going to have to face adversity at some point, it was how we reacted to that,’ Blues five-eighth James Maloney said.

‘That’s Origin. A lot of these guys are playing their first series. They don’t understand and don’t appreciate the significance of it. It’s a special moment and hopefully it’s the start of something.’

Blues winger Josh Addo-Carr got NSW on the board in the 25th minute

Disappointed Maroons skipper Greg Inglis was left to ponder what could have been.

‘It was ours for the taking, we just didn’t do the little things,’ he told Channel Nine.

‘We kicked the ball dead three or four times in the second half when we had them on the ropes, we had space but we just tried the fancy stuff and that’s not what Origin’s about. Origin’s about getting the little things done and grinding out to until the 80th minute.’

It was Queensland who drew first blood with two tries within 10 minutes against the Blues.

The Maroons almost got off to a dream start after winger Dane Gagai was disallowed a try in the eighth minute.

But after countless replays, the video referee ruled Gagai’s knee made contact with the touchline.

Maroons winger Valentine Holmes had a busy first half. He’s pictured tackling James Roberts

Maroons five-eighth Cameron Munster tried to spark a Queensland revival

The early pressure proved too much for New South Wales, letting in two quick Queensland tries to lead 10-0 after 19 minutes.

The Blues hit back at the 25th minute with a try to winger Josh Addo-Carr to make it 10-6.

The Blues equalised just five minutes later with a penalty try after Maroons player Ben Hunt took out Boyd Cordner and kicked the conversion to lead 12-10.

Queensland were unable to hit back with a third try in the dying seconds of the first half.

‘Dear NSW.. enjoy your penalty try and 2 pt halftime advantage,’ sports presenter and proud Maroons fan Yvonne Sampson tweeted.

Valentine Holmes celebrates with Greg Inglis after scoring the first try of the game

Maroons fullback Billy Slater was in the thick of the action early on

The NSW Blues have clinched their second series win in 13 years

Earlier on, the NSW Blues side broke tradition by entering the stadium surrounded by die hard supporters.

Fans at the sold-out blockbuster were treated to a performance by Australian rock band Jet prior to kick-off.

ANZ Stadium was a sea of blue and maroon tonight, where more than 83,000 rugby league fans have flocked to Sydney Olympic Park for the much anticipated clash.

More than 83,000 State of Origin fans were at ANZ Stadium. The game were a sell-out

These dogs knew the time was right for the NSW Blues

The Footy Show’s funnyman Beau Ryan was not happy about his wife Kara dressing their kids in Maroons gear. ‘As soon as I leave to go to the origin my wife does this to our poor kids,’ he tweeted

Fans took to social media to post photos of themselves showing off their true colours and declaring their allegiance to either the cane toads or the cockroaches.

Even the pets are rugged up at home in their footy gear.