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Queensland have suffered a third injury drama with winger Selwyn Cobbo to miss Origin II due to the hip problem he picked up in the game-one victory with Billy Slater making three injury-enforced changes to his squad.
With second-rower Tom Gilbert (dislocated shoulder) and Jai Arrow (ankle) also out, it has prompted Billy Slater to recall Storm speedster Xavier Coates on the wing with Jeremiah Nanai and Moeaki Fotuaika returning to bolster the pack next Wednesday at Suncorp Stadium.
Slater has named Tino Fa’asuamaleaui in the starting side this time around after he was a late inclusion in the run-on side at Adelaide for Origin I while Nanai slots straight into the second row for Gilbert with player of the match Reuben Cotter remaining on the bench despite playing all 80 minutes in game one.
Fotuaika has not represented the Maroons since 2021 while Coates and Nanai were part of last year’s series-winning side.
Uncapped Raiders firebrand Corey Horsburgh is part of the extended squad for the first time with Titans utility AJ Brimson also part of the reserves bench.
Fa’asuamaleaui is free to play after being found to have no case to answer for the Api Koroisau incident on Thursday night when his forearm broke the NSW hooker’s jaw while the Titans skipper hit the ball up.
(Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)
Storm prop Christian Welch, who was another candidate to come into the pack, has been rubbed out by the match review committee, copping a ban of 1-2 weeks after he was sin-binned in the 75th minute for a hip-drop tackle on Cronulla’s Royce Hunt on Sunday.
Cobbo scored two tries in his return for Brisbane on Saturday night but aggravated his hip injury and Coates has been brought back. Storm coach Craig Bellamy said he was unlucky not to have made the squad for the 26-18 win in Adelaide to start the series.
The Blues are set to name their squad later on Monday or on Tuesday morning after the final match of Round 15 between Parramatta and Canterbury, featuring several selection candidates including Mitchell Moses, Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Tevita Pangai jnr, Matt Burton and Josh Addo-Carr.
1 Reece Walsh
2 Xavier Coates
3 Valentine Holmes
4 Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
5 Murray Taulagi
6 Cameron Munster
7 Daly Cherry-Evans
8 Lindsay Collins
9 Ben Hunt
10 Tino Fa’asuamaleaui
11 Jeremiah Nanai
12 David Fifita
13 Patrick Carrigan
Interchange
14 Harry Grant
15 Tom Flegler
16 Reuben Cotter
17 Moeaki Fotuaika
18 AJ Brimson
19 Corey Horsburgh
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