LIVE: Blues reveal left-field star in line for debut

Blues advisor Greg Alexander revealed to News Corp that Sharks fastener Cameron McInnes and Cowboys hooker Reece Robson are being considered for Origin debuts.

With the wounded to Api Koroisau, Damien Cook is expected to beryllium named astatine hooker.

But Robson would beryllium the 2nd hooker and play disconnected the bench.

We're backmost successful enactment up of today's Queensland squad announcement.

The Maroons are expected to sanction their squad precocious morning, oregon conscionable aft lunch.

They person the luxury of an other day, with nary Queensland contenders playing successful this afternoon's game.

It's goodnight from the Wide World of Sports team, but not goodbye.

We'll beryllium backmost time greeting with much updates and quality arsenic the Maroons hole to sanction their team.

Stay tuned!

Reports are emerging that Selwyn Cobbo has been ruled retired of Origin II.

The winger was sensational for Queensland, scoring 2 tries in crippled one, but did not backmost up for the Broncos pursuing clash against Cronulla.

Cobbo was past a cardinal subordinate against the Knights, scoring different double.

Coach Billy Slater volition person a fig of options up his sleeve, namely Xavier Coates, who besides scored 2 tries connected Sunday day against the Sharks. 

When Queensland's Origin I broadside was named, determination was nary country for Xavier Coates successful a prima studded backline, contempt the Storm winger's occurrence successful the Maroons jersey.

Coach Billy Slater alternatively went with Murray Taulagi and Selwyn Cobbo connected the wings, with some men earnestly impressing successful the opener.

However, 1 antheral was amazed by his snubbing successful Storm manager Craig Bellamy.

"I thought helium would've been picked successful the archetypal one, with each owed respect," helium said aft the Storm's triumph implicit Cronulla.

"Having said that, Billy's got a pugnacious job. When you commencement talking State of Origin there's a full heap of players that names travel up and they'd acceptable successful that broadside good. It's truly hard to prime 17."

Coates was 1 of the standouts for Melbourne successful the 54-10 thrashing of the Sharks, scoring 2 tries and being a changeless menace successful the air.

Bellamy was highly complimentary of the winger and the enactment he's done disconnected the field. 

"He carried connected again contiguous with his form, I deliberation his signifier implicit the past six oregon 7 weeks has been truly accordant and truly good," helium said.

"He's a wonderfully hard idiosyncratic arsenic well, the things helium wants to enactment connected successful his game, helium ever puts the clip and effort successful and he's getting reward for that."

Melbourne Storm manager Craig Bellamy has thrown his enactment down Nicho Hynes successful his effort to regenerate Nathan Cleary arsenic NSW halfback.

Hynes was portion of the Sharks' dismal 54-10 nonaccomplishment to Melbourne and was incapable to alteration the tide of the crippled astatine immoderate constituent but continued to perserve.

Bellamy was beardown successful his proposal that determination should lone beryllium 1 replacement for Cleary.

"His squad got beaten by a beauteous large people contiguous and that wasn't each Nicho's fault," helium said post-game.

"I don't recognize it, he's a Dally M winner, helium won that past year, helium was connected the seat for NSW past crippled and lone came connected for 5 oregon six minutes ... it's hard sitting determination for 75 minutes and coming connected and trying to marque an imprint, that's not casual to do.

"To maine with Nathan out, I'd beryllium picking him each time of the week, he's done capable implicit the past 18 months to beryllium that he's an Origin player."

Hynes besides had an state successful Queensland Origin rival Christian Welch.

"I echo that, you look astatine Cronulla's emergence , peculiarly past twelvemonth however good they've gone, I deliberation he's a large idiosyncratic and large crippled manager, he's similar for similar astir with Cleary and a large crushed wherefore Cronulla person been going truthful well," helium said.

"I truly anticipation helium gets picked, you can't justice him connected that past lucifer wherever helium came connected successful the centres and played 7 minutes oregon whatever. I deliberation a afloat mentation wherever helium gets to ain the squad (would beryllium good)."

Billy Slater said helium "felt" for Api Koroisau aft the blues Game I hooker suffered a breached jaw from a stray forearm from Maroons large antheral Tino Fa'asuamaleai.

The wounded has ruled Koroisau retired of the remainder of the Origin series, but Slater said helium was ne'er acrophobic astir losing Fa'asuamaleai.

"When I heard the wounded to Api I felt for him," Slater said connected Nine's Sunday Footy Show.

"The 1 happening I couldn't find is the amerciable enactment from Tino, truthful I wasn't definite which mode the lucifer reappraisal committee were going to lean.

"Obviously it was a beauteous superior injury, but the 1 happening I kept going backmost to was I couldn't spot an amerciable enactment from Tino. 

"The lucifer reappraisal committee saw it that mode and I'm gladsome they did."

Fellow panellist Andrew Johns past poked the carnivore and stoked their earlier feud asking if Slater had his "Queensland glasses on" portion watching.

"No but I cognize you had your NSW glasses on," came Slater's reply.

The Eighth had the past connection though: "Too right, they're ever connected Bill."

Has this show against the tempest wounded Nicho Hynes' chances of a Blues jersey?

With Adam Reynolds' Broncos getting up - albeit lone conscionable - volition Hynes chances hinge connected Mitch Moses show time erstwhile the Eels instrumentality connected the Bulldogs?

Moses has conscionable 1 Origin nether his belt.