New South Wales Blues legend Laurie Daley has labelled Tom Trbojevic and Latrell Mitchell’s two-pronged attack against Queensland the best performance by a centre pairing he’s ever seen.

The Blues ambushed the Maroons with a 50-6 thumping in Townsville with all 17 players contributing to the huge win.

“I haven’t seen two centres absolutely destroy an opposition in a game like that in tandem like Tommy Trbojevic and Latrell Mitchell did,” Daley wrote for Australia Community Media.

“Both were in explosive form and it must have been tough trying to split them for man-of-the-match honours such was their influence on the game.

“Latrell was unstoppable on the Blues left edge and gave his South Sydney teammate Dane Gagai a nightmare night, trying in vain to keep him in check. And Turbo, well, the Maroons didn’t have a clue how to keep tabs on him as he bobbed up on both sides of the field in a roving role that terrorised the opposition.

“The speed at which NSW played the game was breathtaking and the dominance of the forward pack, led by Daniel Saifiti and Payne Haas, allowed the brilliance of the Blues halves Nathan Cleary and Jarome Luai to work their magic on the edges.”

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Meanwhile Daley believes his Canberra Raiders will do enough to beat the Broncos at home on Saturday night despite “plenty going on behind the scenes”.