LIVE: Fittler's cheeky response to Maroons twist

Blues large Andrew Johns has predicted a "bash-up" betwixt the 2 sides successful Origin I.

Johns was successful the Blues sheds arsenic Brad Fittler gave his broadside a last rev-up and revealed a cardinal connection from the NSW coach.

"He said, 'Make definite you're physical, enactment physical', truthful determination mightiness beryllium a bash-up," Johns told Nine.

Expect immoderate fireworks bully and aboriginal then! 

Phil Gould says the Blues won't beryllium capable to triumph the bid if they don't get up tonight.

He and Maroons large Paul Vautin person some assessed the changes made by Billy Slater to Queensland's guardant pack.

"I deliberation it's a bully determination and they'll get Queensland disconnected to a bully start," Gould told Nine's coverage.

"I deliberation the Payne Haas-Tevita Pangai Jr operation astir apt brought astir that change."

"It says to maine that Billy wants workers successful the archetypal 20 minutes," Vautin adds.

"Reuben Cotter isn't the biggest prop successful the world, but helium loves to enactment hard.

"They've some (Cotter and Fa'asuamaleaui) got truly bully enactment rates, they'll bash the hard yards and past Lindsay Collins and Flegler volition backmost them up."

We're inching ever person to footwear disconnected clip now, with the players conscionable minutes from coming retired onto the ground.

The pre-game amusement is conscionable astir the country present astatine the Adelaide Oval.

Aussie stone legends The Living End are conscionable minutes distant from taking the stage!

Brad Fittler says helium pre-empted Billy Slater's precocious line-up power to bring Reuben Cotter into the starting 13.

"I ever thought Cotter would start," helium tells Nine's Phil Gould successful the sheds.

"Watching past year, they usage his velocity astir the ruck, and Tino has much acquisition maybe. We tin lone power what we tin do."

Fittler says helium "feels good" astir his side's mentation up of the Origin opener.

"The grooming during the week, they bid astatine specified a precocious level now, it's rather impressive," helium said.

"They conscionable ticked each the boxes."

Billy Slater is pumped up and acceptable to go. He says the Maroons are going to beryllium "aggressive" successful the bid opener.

"We've got to gain it. We've got to spell and get our crippled on. We're not ignorant to the information that they're a bully side," helium told Nine's Paul Vautin successful the sheds.

Walsh wants his fullback Reece Walsh to beryllium "himself".

"That's wherefore helium is here. He's been fantastic this twelvemonth for the Broncos," helium says.

"He's much acceptable present than he's ever been. He's had a large week astatine grooming and a bully squad that he's in."

A power up successful the beforehand enactment for Queensland with Tino and Cotter starting up beforehand with Collins and Flegler benched.

New South Wales

1. James Tedesco 2. Brian To'o 3. Stephen Crichton 4. Tom Trbojevic 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Tevita Pangai Junior 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. Payne Haas 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Hudson Young 13. Isaah Yeo 14. Junior Paulo 15. Cameron Murray 16. Liam Martin 17. Nicho Hynes 20. Matt Burton

Queensland

1. Reece Walsh 2. Selwyn Cobbo 3. Valentine Holmes 4. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 5. Murray Taulagi 6. Cameron Munster 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 15. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui 9. Ben Hunt 16. Reuben Cotter 11. Tom Gilbert 12. David Fifita 13. Patrick Carrigan 8. Thomas Flegler 10. Lindsay Collins 14. Harry Grant 17. Jai Arrow 18. Tom Dearden

Ahead of his 20th State of Origin match, Daly Cherry-Evans spoke astir the accomplishment to Johnathan Thurston pre-game. 

"Origin is evidently a large idiosyncratic honour but it's much astir the household tonight, successful peculiar for a milestone," helium told Nine's coverage.

"They've followed maine connected this journey, they've been with maine each measurement of the way, I'd beryllium truly blessed if we tin enactment successful a bully show and our closest friends and household tin bask the triumph tonight."