Minute-by-minute report: Join Jonathan Howcroft for the third and final instalment at Suncorp Stadium
Brad Fittler shook up his selection before Origin II and it worked so well he’s barely needed to touch his side for the decider. He has had to replace Payne Haas, who misses out with a shoulder injury, as well as the logical replacement Jordan McLean to a hamstring. The outcome is Jacob Saifiti finds a place in the 17.
But then the news broke that Cameron Munster and Murray Taulagi had both failed Covid tests, forcing a late reshuffle. Slater responded by handing a debut to 21-year-old Tom Dearden at five-eighth with Corey Oates coming in on the wing.: Kalyn Ponga, Selwyn Cobbo, Valentine Holmes, Dane Gagai, Corey Oates, Tom Dearden, Daly Cherry-Evans , Lindsay Collins, Ben Hunt, Josh Papalii, Kurt Capewell, Jeremiah Nanai, Patrick Carrigan.Tom Dearden has been thrown in at the deep end.
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