Cameron McInnes and Harry Grant are set to be among the new faces...
Ryan Papenhuyzen and Cameron McInnes are set to be among the new faces in the NSW squad for November’s State of Origin series, while Queensland are likely to bolster their forward stocks with the inclusion of Tino Fa’asuamaleaui, Pat Carrigan and Lindsay Collins.
Scheduled at the end of the season for the first time, Origin will be played with the NRL’s new six-again and captain’s challenge rules under the control of a single referee and players will have just one week between each match to recover. The additional two players would likely include a utility and another middle forward, as up to six will be needed for each match.
As with end-of-season Kangaroos selection, the deeper a team goes into the finals the better the prospects of players from that club being chosen and a bolter often emerges from the grand final. With the intensity of Origin estimated to be 15 per cent higher than normal NRL matches, confirmation that the six-again rule would be used during the series is likely to result in unprecedented speed and fatigue.
For the Maroons, the return of Valentine Holmes from the NFL offsets the loss of Will Chambers and the North Queensland star is likely to play on the wing, with Dane Gagai shifting to the centres.Newcastle’s Kalyn Ponga is expected to be Queensland’s first-choice fullback but Walters has a number of options, including Holmes, Wests Tigers captain Moses Mbye and Cowboys utility Michael Morgan.
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