LIVE: Johns riles Slater with 'Queensland glasses' barb

Queensland manager Billy Slater and New South Wales large Andrew Johns had a tense infinitesimal erstwhile the second suggested the erstwhile was "wearing Queensland glasses".

On Nine's NRL Sunday Footy Show, Slater was asked to remark connected Maroons enforcer Tino Fa'asuamaleaui getting cleared for precocious interaction connected Wests Tigers hooker Api Koroisau connected Thursday night.

Koroisau's jaw was breached and helium volition miss Origin II, portion Fa'asuamaleaui is escaped to play.

"When I heard the wounded to Api I felt for him," Slater said.

"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."

Johns, with a grin connected his face, couldn't assistance but effort to get a emergence retired of the Maroons coach.

"Did you person your Queensland glasses connected erstwhile you were watching?" Johns asked.

Slater was triggered, responding with a consecutive face, "No but I cognize you had your NSW glasses on".

Johns remained lighthearted with, "Too right, they're ever connected Bill".

Nathan Cleary says helium is simply a accidental to beryllium acceptable for crippled three, should the Blues propulsion the bid to a decider successful Sydney.

Cleary injured his hamstring past week erstwhile playing for Penrith, and has been ruled retired of crippled two.

He appeared connected Nine's Sports Sunday and was asked if helium volition beryllium disposable for the third.

"There is astir apt a chance, but to beryllium honorable I haven't thought astir it excessively much," Cleary said.

"I'm conscionable trying to get the process close now. It's not thing you privation to unreserved either, it's not truly a symptom tolerance thing. You spot a batch of radical unreserved backmost aboriginal and bash it again, truthful that's the past happening I privation to do.

"We'll play it by receptor and spot however it goes."

New South Wales has already mislaid halfback Nathan Cleary (hamstring) and hooker Api Koroisau (jaw) for the 2nd Origin game.

Now the Blues look apt to suffer backrower Liam Martin, too, who was concussed connected Saturday and judged to person class 1 symptoms, requiring an 11-day stand-down.

Martin was 1 of NSW's champion successful crippled one, but with 11 days betwixt being concussed and Origin II, helium volition astir surely person to miss out.

Nine writer Danny Weidler has revealed a "whispering campaign" was started successful an effort to undermine New South Wales' enactment of Latrell Mitchell.

In his file for The Sun-Herald, Weidler says Maroons figures tried to commencement rumours that Mitchell wasn't keen to play for the Blues successful crippled one.

Having missed past year's bid owed to injury, Mitchell was acceptable to reclaim his spot astatine near centre until a calf wounded during campy ruled him out, and opened the doorway for Stephen Crichton to play.

"Queensland figures with connections to the Maroons are trying to thrust a wedge betwixt the Blues and superstar Mitchell," Weidler wrote.

"They are sniping distant successful the inheritance suggesting that Mitchell wasn't hopeless to play for the Blues successful Origin I erstwhile helium pulled retired conscionable 4 days earlier the game.

"The Blues are alert of it and are unsurprised and unimpressed."

Mitchell missed Saturday's crippled against the Dragons but is hoping to beryllium acceptable to play the 2nd Origin game.

Welcome to our unrecorded rolling sum of each things State of Origin selections up of crippled two.

The Maroons won the bid opener successful Adelaide, and present the Blues person to triumph astatine Suncorp Stadium connected Wednesday week to support their chances alive.

Queensland is expected to sanction its squad connected Monday morning, but New South Wales won't until aft the Bulldogs and Eels play connected Monday afternoon.

Until then, we volition person the latest news, wounded reports, suspensions, and connection from some coaches starring up to selections.

Stay tuned.