NRL: Billy Slater was asked back-to-back questions on the Selwyn Cobbo selection, making the Maroons boss a little prickly.
Maroons coach Billy Slater has refused to rule out making late changes to his side for the State of Origin opener in a tense press conference .
“We’ve still got a little bit of time to go but we’ll make that decision closer to kick off. We’ve got until an hour before kick off before the team goes in and that’s when it’ll be final,” Slater said. “Selwyn’s been great. He’s really matured over the last couple of years. He’s a wonderful player. He can play a number of positions. At the end of the day you just want Selwyn Cobbo out on the field,” Slater said.
With seemingly no changes to his 17 ahead of tomorrow night’s kick off, speculation is growing about what, if any, changes Slater will make to his starting side before the Sydney series opener. At no point in his Origin coaching career has Slater altered his hooker rotation on gameday, meaning Ben Hunt will likely retain his starting role with Harry Grant to be injected from the pine.History would suggest any game day Maroons changes will come in the forwards.
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