Blues leave out Addo-Carr for State of Origin I

NSW coach Brad Fittler has made the brutal call to drop Josh Addo-Carr and hand Daniel Tupou a State of Origin recall as part of a plan to counteract Queensland's looming aerial threat.Stephen Crichton and Kotoni Staggs are set to debut in the centresFittler unveiled his 22-player squad in alphabetical order for next week's series opener, with Stephen Crichton and Kotoni Staggs both set to debut in the centres.

Instead, Tyson Frizell and Reagan Campbell-Gillard have both won back their Blues jerseys, with Tariq Sims also retained alongside Cameron Murray in the back row. But it is former Melbourne-turned-Canterbury flyer Addo-Carr who can consider himself the unluckiest player, given he has scored 10 tries in 12 matches for NSW and sits second all-time for the state.

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