State of Origin 2024: Burning questions, Billy Slater team selections, Mitchell Moses pressure, Payne Haas , NSW Blues, Queensland Maroons , videos, analysisIt’s Origin II game day and the series is on the line for the MCG with both New South Wales and Queensland making a host of changes.
Meanwhile, Michael Maguire has selected Connor Watson as his No.14 and he’s one of the most versatile players in the game. “Whether or not he thinks the conditions are going to be a little bit different in Melbourne... whether he’s just rolling the dice, I don’t know.”Should one of Jarome Luai or Mitchell Moses go down, Watson could slot straight into the halves. He can also play in the centres, at lock and in the middle forwards.
Coach Billy Slater during a Queensland Maroons State of Origin Training Session at Sanctuary Cove on June 24, 2024 in Gold Coast, Australia. Michael Maguire said Connor Watson reminds him of Craig Wing, who plugged holes across the team in his 12 games for the Blues. Robson was tireless in Origin I, making a game high 48 tackles, but many coaches and smart rugby league minds believe teams needs two hookers.
When exactly Watson is brought on is a question only Maguire has the answer to, though you’d suspect it would occur at a similar time to Harry Grant’s injection. In five State of Origin matches at Australia’s most famous stadium, the Blues have won four from five, including the past three. “I think Mitch Moses has a very good kicking game in terms of the long and the short, but Cherry-Evans has played at this level a long time and we saw what he did in Game I.
He easily allowed Queensland to reshuffle after a backline injury, and he was also a strong chance of being picked in the run-on side to begin with. So Queensland lose a ready-made replacement, and chances are they will need Capewell to fill in the backline at some point in Game II, potentially weakening their team.It was a big decision to make, but Mitchell Moses took over from Nicho Hynes as the Blues’ halfback ahead of Game II.But now, after earning his call-up, Moses’ form leading into what is shaping up to be a crucial game for the Blues has come into question.
The Panthers five-eighth believes that Moses has been a leader since arriving in camp, dispelling that train of thought.
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