NRL: The NRL 360 panel discuss if Billy Slater will be feeling the effects of a nasty game 2 loss going into game 3.
The verdict is in for this year’s State of Origin decider, with Matty Johns and Cooper Cronk having their say on some of the biggest talking points ahead of next Wednesday night.
It will be the fullback’s first hit out for Queensland since 2022 after he made himself unavailable for the entire 2023 series following successive concussions that threatened to end his career. “It’d be like you getting selected as a young player in Origin and they put Johnathan Thurston on the bench. How do you manage it?”“It would be like picking Moses and Cleary together and then getting Joey Johns to sit with them and say ‘this is how we’re going to play’,” Cronk said.
NSW centre Latrell Mitchell’s withdrawal from Game Three with a foot injury is a huge blow for the Blues after the 27-year-old terrorised Queensland’s right edge last month. “But the problem was he wouldn’t have played for a month and we’ve seen that in Game Two with Reece is that you need to be playing football. Suddenly you hit that standard you can’t be carrying ring rust.”
Maroons veteran Dane Gagai earned a call-up for the decider after being overlooked for the entire 2023 Series. “Every single game he went out and gave it all he’s got. Two Wally Lewis medals of course from the wing which is incredible.
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