Enforcer to debut, Brimson gets nod in Maroons side

Queensland has made respective changes for Origin III, arsenic the broadside targets the archetypal bid cleanable expanse successful 13 years.

AJ Brimson and Corey Horsburgh person been added to Billy Slater's 17, portion Ben Hunt and Harry Grant person switched from crippled 2 — Grant named astatine No.9 and Hunt astatine No.14.

Tom Dearden and J'maine Hopgood person besides added themselves to the mix, rounding retired the Maroons' extended squad.

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Brimson has been named astatine fullback to screen the suspended Reece Walsh, portion Horsburgh volition rotate disconnected the bench. The Titans' regular No.1 has played 3 games for the Maroons - his past astatine fullback coming successful his debut successful 2020.

Corey Horsburgh is acceptable to marque his Origin debut for the Maroons. (Getty)

Thomas Flegler's wounded has forced a reshuffle to the pack. Reuben Cotter and Tino Fa'asuamaleaui are the props.

Cotter's determination to prop brings Nanai into the 2nd enactment alongside Fifita. Carrigan remains astatine lock.

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Hunt volition beryllium joined connected the seat by Lindsay Collins, Mo Fotuaika and Corey Horsburgh.

It volition beryllium Horsburgh's debut, having been successful the extended squad successful crippled two.

Queensland manager Billy Slater. (Getty)

"There's a crushed helium was successful the squad successful crippled two. He's been awesome done the archetypal fractional of the play and built immoderate truly bully habits into his game," Maroons manager Billy Slater said.

"You tin archer erstwhile players person a large disconnected season. Corey's 1 of those guys. (He) built a large basal to his fittingness levels, regularly plays 70 minutes consecutive for the Raiders.

"Ricky Stuart and the coaching unit person done a large occupation with the improvement of Corey, (but) no-one much impactful than himself. Corey's knuckled down, focused connected ... what's important successful his footy.

"That's the crushed wherefore Corey's earned the accidental to play for Queensland."

Titans fullback AJ Brimson volition regenerate the suspended Reece Walsh astatine fullback. (NRL Imagery)

Slater said helium would tinker with the palmy Queensland crippled program to let Brimson and Horsburgh to play their earthy games.

"Corey is simply a small spot antithetic to Thomas Flegler, truthful he'll play a somewhat antithetic benignant of footy," the manager said.

"We privation Corey Horsburgh to beryllium Corey Horsburgh, and we privation AJ Brimson to beryllium AJ Brimson, not Reece Walsh, similar we didn't expect Reece to beryllium Kalyn (Ponga).

"They'll bring their ain strengths and we'll effort and tinker with the crippled program to bring them into the crippled the champion we can."

MAROONS ORIGIN III TEAM

1. AJ Brimson 2. Xavier Coates 3. Valentine Holmes 4. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 5. Murray Taulagi 6. Cameron Munster 7. Daly Cherry-Evans (C) 8. Reuben Cotter 9. Harry Grant 10. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui 11. David Fifita 12. Jeremiah Nanai 13. Patrick Carrigan 14. Ben Hunt 15. Lindsay Collins 16. Moeaki Fotuaika 17. Corey Horsburgh 18. Tom Dearden 19. J'maine Hopgood

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