Woods later explained he had felt the need to “ruffle up some feathers” after a lacklustre build-up to Origin I and a first game he said was “boring”.

Woods, who was later referred to by former Queensland forward Corey Parker as “Sharon Woods”, did not wish to comment when contacted and said: “Tune into Triple M in the morning.”

Queensland skipper Cameron Munster said the Maroons would use Woods’ attack on their coach as ammunition on Wednesday night.

“When you’ve got a guy like Billy Slater as a coach, and what he’s done in the game, it does hurt a bit, especially the comments from someone in particular,” Munster said.

“We’ve got a lot of pressure on us at the moment, we’re 1-0 down, and he [Slater] is copping a lot of slack, but he’s doing everything he can. We need to stand up for him, and we need to do that Wednesday night.”

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When a fan yelled out to Slater that he was “under pressure” at the start of the media conference, Slater said: “What is pressure? To me, the opposite to pressure is comfort, so you’re either comfortable or in a pressure situation. Of course there’s pressure. The day there’s no pressure, I’ll be a bit worried.”

Slater’s Queensland side will try to avoid losing the series at Optus Stadium on Wednesday night after NSW won the opening game 18-6.

There has been plenty of debate about whether the Maroons will start Harry Grant at No. 9 or relegate him to the interchange.

“We still have another training session to go, and we don’t have to make our final decision until tomorrow, but that’s the plan [to start Grant] at this stage,” Slater said.