The two State of Origin teams announced their squads today and the surprise news is that full back Karmichael Hunt is to begin the first game at five-eighth (stand off). Peter Wallace, Broncos youngster, was also called up to play in the scrum half role for New South Wales after Kurt Gidley’s injury ruled him out. Staying with the Blues camp, Craig Fitzgibbon returns to the Origin cauldron after an absence of two years on the interchange bench while Israel Folau remains in the position he played for Australia against New Zealand last weekend on the wing outside Justin Hodges. Newbie Jarryd Hayne, who scored one of the finest Origin tries I have ever seen last year, is back on the NSW wing up against Folau playing outside Mark Gasnier. Johnathan Thurston will partner Hunt at scrum half while Greg Bird will partner Wallace at five-eighth. The full backs will be Billy Slater for the maroons and Brett Stewart for the Blues.
The full teams are listed below.
Queensland
Billy Slater
Brent Tate
Greg Inglis
Justin Hodges
Israel Folau
Karmichael Hunt
Johnathan Thurston
Carl Webb
Cameron Smith (c)
Petro Civoniceva
Michael Crocker
Sam Thaiday
Dallas Johnson
PJ Marsh
Ben Hannant
Nate Myles
Jacob Lillyman
New South Wales
Brett Stewart
Jarryd Hayne
Mark Gasnier
Matt Cooper
Anthony Quinn
Greg Bird
Peter Wallace
Brett White
Danny Buderus (c)
Ben Cross
Ryan Hoffman
Willie Mason
Paul Gallen
Anthony Laffranchi
Anthony Tupou
Craig Fitzgibbon
Ben Hornby
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