State of Origin game one LIVE: All the latest updates and scores as NSW take on Queensland

Bryan Fletcher has caught up with some NSW stars to dig deeper into the tactics the team will use tonight… not.

Unlike the Maroons, who have Selwyn Cobbo to cover any injuries in the backline, the Blues have gone with nothing but strength on the bench. But when disaster strikes, Raiders back-rower Hudson Young has confirmed he will be the man to step up. the hole by shifting towards the centers.

NSW have named a bench full of forwards and all indications are that they will adopt Michael Maguire’s favored power play tonight – so they will be doing rain dances in the sheds, hoping for a slippery surface that will make the game more of a slog and help the pace advantage of Queensland at the back to take away.

The weather forecast currently predicts a 90 percent chance of rain, but as I write this none falls within the confines of the Accor Stadium.

After helping the Maroons kick off an era of dominance when he last played for them almost two decades ago, Webb still has a major influence on the way Queensland plays – as revealed by Reuben Cotter, who works for is against a major player. NSW package tonight.

The Blues are playing with an untested half combination in the absence of the injured Nathan Cleary, but as you can see Hynes and Luai are not exactly strangers on the football pitch, having played together in their younger days.

Thanks for joining us for our live coverage of all the action as the Blues look to avenge last year’s 2-1 defeat to the Cane Toads and Michael Maguire makes his Origin coaching debut against Maroons maestro Billy Slater.

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