NSW coach Michael Maguire arrived in Cronulla hoping to watch his side’s next playmaker – he just thought it would be Nicho Hynes, not Jarome Luai.
Last-man standing Jarome Luai looks all but certain to wear the NSW No. 7 for the State of Origin opener after Nicho Hynes became the latest halfback to break down with an injury on Saturday night.
“He had it a couple of weeks ago. He did well to get through last week. He was getting through tonight. is still there. I don’t know the severity of it. It’s not like it is completely gone.”Hynes looked a shattered man on the sidelines, which was not helped by his side getting thumped 42-0 by a Luai-led Panthers.
But Luai will not care about that if he’s chosen to face Queensland, and with a point to prove after being dropped for Origin III last year.Luai was meant to partner Hynes in the halves. Matt Burton looms as the likely No.6 option given South Sydney’s Cody Walker missed Saturday’s clash with the Eels.
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