Blues coach Brad Fittler will look to a front-row partnership forged in Queensland to lay the platform in Wednesday night’s Origin series opener, but he wants Tevita Pangai Junior to stay disciplined.
Former NSW captain Paul Harragon is excited by the selection of Pangai and revealed he had personally congratulated Fittler on the team chosen for the series opener."The two new guys have the same style, they are firebrands, they are mobile and they are really aggressive, so they are suited for this team."
Fittler also confirmed that 2022 Dally M Medallist Nicho Hynes would be used at dummy half to give hooker Api Koroisau a rest. Noting that the team who wins the opening Origin has gone on to win the series on 72 per cent of occasions, Fittler said the Blues would come out firing and has no plans to reshuffle his backline after the loss of Latrell Mitchell with a calf injury.
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