Brad Fittler has rung the changes in a bid for NSW to save the State of Origin series, bringing seven new faces into camp for the must-win game in Perth | SMHsport
, who was controversially overlooked for the opening game of the series in Sydney a fortnight ago. Fittler will also hand an Origin debut to Sharks wrecking ball Siosifa Talakai, who will come off the bench and cover any injury in the centres.
It is a reprieve for Koroisau, who feared for his Origin future after breaching COVID-19 protocols by Asked about his bubble breach before game one of this year’s series, Koroisau said: “Definitely, I thought that was the end of it for me. I thought that was it. But all I could do at the time was learn from it and grow as a person out of it.”
But the biggest talking point was Burton, who has sprung to life in the past month after a tough start to life at the Bulldogs.His trademark rain-making bombs will be used as a second kicking option alongside vice-captain Nathan Cleary, and he will have no problem playing on the left side alongside former Penrith teammates Jarome Luai and Brian To’o.
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