LIVE: Star's insight into 'argumentative' debutant

North Queensland fullback Scott Drinkwater has fixed a unsocial position connected NSW Blues debutant Reece Robson.

Robson arrived astatine the Cowboys successful 2020, a twelvemonth aft Drinkwater came from the Storm.

The fullback admitted it wasn't each rosy erstwhile helium archetypal turned up successful Townsville. 

"He's gotten a spot amended but erstwhile helium archetypal travel up present helium was a precise stubborn, argumentative bloke," helium laughed connected SEN's The Run Home with Joel & Fletch.

"He could reason astir anything, helium didn't adjacent cognize what we were arguing about, he'd conscionable argue.

"He's gotten a spot amended but it benignant of, I guess, shows the mode helium plays, he's stubborn retired there, helium refuses to fto his teammates down and anyone that comes adjacent him with the ball, helium dormant acceptable whacks them and won't fto anyone get implicit the apical of him."

Speaking successful NSW Blues campy past week, Cameron Murray wasn't ready to telephone Wednesday's State of Origin fixture the biggest situation he's had successful a Blues jersey, but the fastener knows it's surely up there.

"We'll person to hold and see, astir apt reply that aft the game, we're not naïve to the information it's going to beryllium pugnacious up there," helium told Wide World of Sports.

"Obviously played successful a fewer games up determination astatine Suncorp ... truthful it's going to beryllium tough.

"They're playing immoderate truly bully footy, assemblage against us, force turf truthful it's going to beryllium truly pugnacious but successful saying that we're truly confident.

"There's a batch of content present successful this group, we cognize if we play our champion footy, we're unsafe and hard to stop, truthful astir of our absorption volition beryllium connected us, preparing the champion we tin and hopefully get the occupation done."

Greg Alexander said Latrell Mitchell's aboriginal withdrawal from Origin II minimised disruption connected the squad.

Mitchell withdrew a week agone arsenic helium continues to conflict a calf wounded picked up successful campy up of Origin I.

"The information Latrell pulled retired a week agone allowed the squad clip to hole without a distraction — not that it was," helium said.

"I deliberation we arsenic a coaching unit were prepared to springiness him arsenic overmuch clip arsenic helium needed, but Latrell said 'I'm not going to beryllium ready'.

"I conjecture that's evident present that he's not successful the South Sydney broadside this weekend, truthful his wounded wasn't improving arsenic rapidly arsenic we would like.

"It's been large having Mitch, Cooky and Reece Robson arsenic portion of the camp. I cognize it seems disrupted, determination volition beryllium immoderate retired determination saying 'the Blues are confused', but that couldn't beryllium further from the truth."

Blues advisor Greg Alexander believes Origin II contiguous could beryllium arsenic carnal arsenic the brutal crippled 3 clash past year.

Last year's decider is wide regarded arsenic 1 of the astir brutal successful a decade, arsenic some sides came retired looking to enforce themselves connected the other.

The effect was galore HIAs and concussions.

Alexander said the Blues are "ready for anything".

"Cast your caput backmost to crippled 3 past year, that was the astir brutal commencement to a crippled I tin remember," Alexander said.

"Both teams privation it desperately. We privation to triumph to support the bid alive, they privation to triumph to wrapper it up successful beforehand of their ain crowd. 

"I'm assuming contiguous volition beryllium arsenic brutal arsenic it was successful crippled 3 past year."

"It's the radical – the radical the squad represents, and that's successful the forefront of the players minds erstwhile they propulsion connected the jersey, and past erstwhile they tally retired to their fanatic fans. 

"I've been fortunate capable to play successful antithetic arenas astir the satellite … and this is dissimilar immoderate other. The ambiance provided present and however adjacent the fans are, it's beauteous special."

And what does helium privation to spot from the fans tonight?

"Do what they usually do. They're precise parochial, marque a batch of sound for the boys erstwhile they get retired there, bask what their Queensland squad is going to do."