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Queensland And New South Wales Have Named Their Teams For State Of Origin Game 2

Queensland And New South Wales Have Named Their Teams For State Of Origin Game 2

There's a big reshuffle in the Queensland side with an 18-year-old rookie set to make his Origin debut.

Max Sherry

Max Sherry

With State of Origin Game 2 just under a week away, both coaches have officially named their squads.

Brad Fittler has called up two new players with both Angus Crichton and Dale Finucane joining the New South Wales side that'll be hoping to close out the series come Sunday.

As for Queensland, head coach Paul Green has recalled veteran hooker Andrew McCullough while also granting18-year-old Reece Walsh his Origin debut.

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The Maroons suffered their worst ever defeat at the hands of the Blues in Game 1 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium, a 50-6 thrashing capped off by a Tom Trbojevic hat-trick.

Now Green has been forced into a serious reshuffle in a bid to salvage the series.

With Warriors youngster Walsh coming in at fullback, Valentine Holmes has been moved out to the wing to make way for injured high-flyer Xavier Coates.

Misfiring forward David Fifita has also been dropped to the Queensland bench while Jaydn Su'A and Joe Ofahengaue have been snubbed from the squad altogether.

Andrew McCullough has been recalled for the first time since 2018.
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When it comes to New South Wales, they remain relatively unchanged following their record-shattering victory in Game 1.

Jake Trbojevic will be a big miss in the forwards, a glute injury keeping him sidelined.

You can imagine either Payne Haas or Junior Paulo will slot into the starting side with Crichton and Finucane on the bench.

You can check out both squads BELOW...

QUEENSLAND MAROONS TEAM FOR GAME 2

1 Reece Walsh

2 Valentine Holmes

3 Kurt Capewell

4 Dane Gagai

5 Kyle Feldt

6 Cameron Munster

7 Daly Cherry-Evans (c)

8 Christian Welch

9 Andrew McCullough

10 Josh Papalii

11 Felise Kaufusi

12 Jai Arrow

13 Tino Fa'asuamaleaui

14 Ben Hunt

15 David Fifita

16 Mo Fotuaika

17 Frank Molo

18 Coen Hess

19 Ronaldo Mulitalo

NRL

NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES TEAM FOR GAME 2

Josh Addo-Carr

Nathan Cleary

Damien Cook

Angus Crichton

Dale Finucane

Campbell Graham

Payne Haas

Apisai Koroisau

Jarome Luai

Liam Martin

Latrell Mitchell

Cameron Murray

Junior Paulo

Daniel Saifiti

Tariq Sims

James Tedesco (c)

Brian To'o

Tom Trbojevic

Jack Wighton

Isaah Yeo

Featured Image Credit: NRL

Topics: Blues, nrl, Australia

Max Sherry is a journalist for SPORTbible Australia. After migrating Down Under from London as a teenager, he instantly fell in love with Aussie sport and its culture. From NRL to AFL, cricket to rugby — you name it, Max watches it (with a beer in hand, of course). During his time at Fox Sports, he worked in the football department covering the Premier League, A-League, Socceroos and Matildas. Born a stone's throw away from West Ham's training ground, Max is obviously a die-hard Liverpool fan.

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