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Let me start this by saying I don’t think Queensland fear any side that NSW can put on the park.
But I do believe there are players they would prefer not to see in the sky blue this year. As a Queensland fan, here are my top players I hope the Blues don’t pick.
James Tedesco
He’s lightning quick, has slick hands, reads the game fantastically and is downright dangerous.
I know he won’t be fit for Origin 1, but Queensland will be happy if he doesn’t pull on a Blue jersey at all.
Matt Moylan
He’s just class and reminds me so much of Darren Lockyer. Even if they were both fit, you would just find a place for both Tedesco and Matt Moylan.
James Roberts
He is quick and pace like that can burn you very easily. If the Blues were smart they would get him on the park and give him early ball with space. He can hurt Queensland.
Michael Jennings
For the past few years, every time Jennings gets the ball my Queensland mates and I get nervous. He’s quick and evasive and can easily cause us trouble.
Bryce Cartwright
Freakishly talented, he will offer us a mistake or two but so do players like Greg Bird – without Cartwright’s brilliant upside. He can offload, break tackles, pass, kick, fend, there is very little he can’t do.
Wade Graham
Tough. Last year when the Cowboys flogged the Sharks in the semis Graham was the only Sharks player on the same level as the Cowboys. He plays fast and hard and tough.
Of these six players I’ve chosen, five are yet to play Origin – which is a bonus. They don’t have the baggage of previous series losses. Aside from Cartwright, the debutants are all 23-25 years old and definitely not too young for Origin.
And they are all good attacking players something the Blues have struggled with in recent years outside of Jarryd Hayne. They don’t have a Johnathan Thurston so they need to compensate in other areas with these skillful and attacking players.
These are the players that would concern me most as a Queenslander. Having said that I at most three of these six will picked. Jennings will be in, plus Cartwright and maybe Moylan.
Keen to hear everyone else’s thoughts.
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