LIVE: 'Whispering campaign' to rattle Latrell revealed

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.