LIVE: Maroons options take a hit with star's ban

Christian Welch has been offered a one-game prohibition by the lucifer reappraisal committee for a hip-drop tackle.

It means helium won't beryllium disposable for the 2nd State of Origin crippled unless helium fights it astatine the judiciary and wins.

Welch was a accidental of being elevated from the Queensland extended seat owed to a fig of injuries successful the forwards.

A mates of Parramatta players could beryllium shooting for Origin recalls this day erstwhile they instrumentality connected the Bulldogs.

Mitchell Moses is hoping to drawback the No.7 jumper near vacant by Nathan Cleary's injury.

Adam Reynolds was beneath par against the Knights connected Saturday earlier scoring the winning try, portion Nicho Hynes had a shocker for the Sharks connected Sunday.

"Mitchell Moses, each eyes volition beryllium connected him to spot if helium tin unit his mode into the NSW side, the No.7 jersey," NSW large Phil Gould said connected Nine's Today.

"A mates of competitors didn't enactment their champion ft guardant implicit the weekend, truthful I'm definite the selectors volition beryllium having a bully look astatine his show today."

Eels prop Reagan Campbell-Gillard is besides backmost from wounded and an extracurricular accidental of playing himself backmost into the Blues team.

Billy Slater volition request to marque a fig of changes erstwhile helium names his squad aboriginal this morning.

Queensland suffer Tom Gilbert and Jai Arrow to injury, portion reports assertion winger Selwyin Cobbo is besides retired with a hep issue.

He is expected to beryllium replaced by Storm flanker Xavier Coates.

Slater has already flagged Jeremiah Nanai and Felise Kaufusi - who were unavailable for crippled 1 - to travel into the guardant pack.

Christian Welch, who was successful the extended squad successful the archetypal game, faces a tense hold aft being sin-binned for a hep driblet tackle yesterday.

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."