He was named by Laurie Daley as the Blues’ development player in an extended 20-man squad but Bryce Cartwright’s State of Origin hopes crashed just an hour later.
Cartwright was forced to withdrawal from the team with a thumb injury. It led many on social media to wonder whether Cartwright’s availability was even checked.
Don't they check these things before naming the squad…. #Origin https://t.co/HtDEratJQd
— Adam Santarossa (@adamsantarossa) May 23, 2016
Others couldn’t understand why there was a need for a development player listing in the squad to begin with.
Bryce Cartwright, named as a .@NSWRL 'Development Player'. Really? Is that like the political correct way to say 18th man? ? #Origin #NRL
— Daniel Watson Hayes™ (@dwatsonhayes) May 23, 2016
The 21-year-old Panthers player was earmarked for further representative football after being involved in City’s win against Country earlier in the month.
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Blues coach Laurie Daley will find a replacement for Cartwright according to the NSW Blues official twitter account.
BREAKING: Bryce Cartwright has been ruled out with a thumb injury. Laurie Daley will name his replacement in due course.#uptheblues
— NSWRL (@NSWRL) May 23, 2016
It comes after Daley was reluctant to give away any positions on the team during the press conference.
“We have a couple of players in doubt, we don’t have to name a team for a while, so we will see how it goes,” Daley said.
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» NSW State of Origin team for Game 1: Expert reaction
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