Michael Maguire has refused to pick apart the performance of Nicho Hynes as the halfback's position in the NSW side looks set to come under fresh scrutiny following an underwhelming series opener.

Starting for the Blues for the first time, Hynes was part of a NSW side who were reduced to 12 men and fell to a 38-10 loss to Queensland in Sydney on Wednesday.

The Cronulla halfback struggled to leave his stamp on the game as the Maroons ran riot and that will only invite fresh intrigue over Hynes' involvement as the series goes on.

Hynes overcooked a grubberkick to the in-goal which led to Queensland's opening try and from there the Sharks playmaker was swimming against the tide.

Maguire's team must win at the MCG on June 26 to save the series, and with Parramatta No. 7 Mitchell Moses back fit, Hynes' place in the side is set to come under threat.

But pressed on his halfback's performance, Maguire played a straight bat "I won't make any comment about someone's game until I go back and have a look at it," Maguire said.

"There was a pretty disappointed change room and I'm not going to talk about people's performances here. I'll have a look at it first and talk to them individually."

Hynes was one of the few NSW players to opt out of addressing the media in the aftermath of the series-opening defeat.

The whole NSW spine could be up for reconsideration with hooker Reece Robson offering little spark out of dummy-half and fullback James Tedesco returning a mixed bag.

The Blues will rightly point to the send-off of Joseph Suaalii's on Reece Walsh inside the opening 10 minutes as reason for their difficult night on home soil.

Maguire opted against carrying an outside back on his bench for Game I and that proved costly with back-rowers forced to carry the load by covering the centre role vacated by Suaalii.

Canterbury five-eighth Matt Burton, who has played Origin and Test matches at centre was on the Blues' extended bench and his involvement would have been a handy addition.

"I don't think anyone has ever planned for a send-off in an Origin game," Maguire said.

"We had all our rotations covered, 'Huddo' (Hudson Young) went out into the centres and we had Angus (Crichton) in the centres at some stage and they actually covered that really well.

"But when you're 12 men, your middle is just working that hard and I really felt that the boys worked really hard for each other."