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For Perth, the Blues will look to Graham or even Burton in the back-up utility role, provided there are no fresh injuries between now and the time Daley picks his second squad.
The coach is a huge admirer of second-rower Olakau’atu, who is tipped to be on the plane to Perth, while the final spot on the bench will either be given to a playmaker or middle forward, pitting Wests Tigers’ Terrell May, Penrith’s Lindsay Smith, Manly’s Jake Trbojevic and South Sydney’s Keaon Koloamatangi in a four-way shootout.
Koloamatangi will start in the front row for just the fifth time on Sunday, but has a slight advantage over the others because of his ability to also play in the second row.
Souths coach Wayne Bennett would love to see Koloamatangi return to the Origin arena.
“It’s pretty hard to get into that NSW team, there are a lot of good players, but he wouldn’t let them down,” Bennett said on Saturday. “He needs to play well on Sunday to make sure the selectors are talking about him.
“I’ve been amazed at the fact that he can virtually play the full game and have the work rate that he has. It’s pretty exceptional. Not too many players can do that.”
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The Parramatta-Canterbury game on Monday means the Blues will need to delay naming their squad until Monday night, while the Maroons, who only have Kurt Mann involved in that fixture, will release their squad on Monday morning. The big debate has been whether the Maroons will stick with Daly Cherry-Evans at halfback or replace him with North Queensland’s Tom Dearden.
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For Perth, the Blues will look to Graham or even Burton in the back-up utility role, provided there are no fresh injuries between now and the time Daley picks his second squad.
The coach is a huge admirer of second-rower Olakau’atu, who is tipped to be on the plane to Perth, while the final spot on the bench will either be given to a playmaker or middle forward, pitting Wests Tigers’ Terrell May, Penrith’s Lindsay Smith, Manly’s Jake Trbojevic and South Sydney’s Keaon Koloamatangi in a four-way shootout.
Koloamatangi will start in the front row for just the fifth time on Sunday, but has a slight advantage over the others because of his ability to also play in the second row.
Souths coach Wayne Bennett would love to see Koloamatangi return to the Origin arena.
“It’s pretty hard to get into that NSW team, there are a lot of good players, but he wouldn’t let them down,” Bennett said on Saturday. “He needs to play well on Sunday to make sure the selectors are talking about him.
“I’ve been amazed at the fact that he can virtually play the full game and have the work rate that he has. It’s pretty exceptional. Not too many players can do that.”
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The Parramatta-Canterbury game on Monday means the Blues will need to delay naming their squad until Monday night, while the Maroons, who only have Kurt Mann involved in that fixture, will release their squad on Monday morning. The big debate has been whether the Maroons will stick with Daly Cherry-Evans at halfback or replace him with North Queensland’s Tom Dearden.
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Michael Chammas and Andrew “Joey” Johns dissect the upcoming NRL round, plus the latest footy news, results and analysis. Sign up for the Sin Bin newsletter.
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