By Shayne Bugden for Daily Mail Australia
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This is how the teams will look except for last minute changes
Slater and Maguire didn’t make any last-minute modifications for the first game, and if they keep it up, this is what the teams will look like come game time.
1. Dylan Edwards 2. Brian To’o 3. Stephen Crichton 4. Latrell Mitchell 5. Zac Lomax 6. Jarome Luai 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Jake Trbojevic 9. Reece Robson 10. Payne Haas 11. Liam Martin 12. Angus Crichton 13. Cameron Murray 14. Connor Watson 15. Isaah Yeo 16. Haumole Olakau’atu 17. Spencer Leniu 18. Mitchell Barnett 19. Cameron McInnes
1. Reece Walsh 2. Xavier Coates 3. Valentine Holmes 4. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 5. Murray Taulagi 6. Tom Dearden 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Reuben Cotter 9. Ben Hunt 10. Lindsay Collins 11. Jaydn Su’a 12. Jeremiah Nanai 13. Patrick Carrigan 14. Harry Grant 15. Moeaki Fotuaika 16. Felise Kaufusi 17. Kurt Capewell 18. Dane Gagai 20. Trent Loiero
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Nate Myles jokes about outburst after Sua’ali’i trashes Reece Walsh
The Maroons’ great-turned-Queensland assistant was seen shouting “I hope you enjoyed your bloody debut” at the Rooster after he was sent off in the first game.
Now he has responded in hilarious style, saying: “It’s a bit funny, I’m a bit disappointed that people think I’m saying bad words to an upstanding citizen of the game.”
“I just wanted to be honest with him and let him know quietly how he performed.”
And if you believe that, we’d like to sell you the Sydney Harbor Bridge.
The rivalry between Billy Slater and Michael Maguire goes up a level
They were team-mates who worked together at the Melbourne Storm when Billy was playing and Madge was coaching, but that went out the window thanks to the NSW boss’s comment about “glass houses”, and today it emerged that a simple act by Slater put the Blues on the back foot once again.
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Thanks for joining us as we cover all the action as the Blues face a must-win game to prevent the Maroons from winning a third straight series for the first time since 2017.
From team news to the latest scores, controversies and social media reactions, we’ll have you covered as a new-look New South Wales team tries to bounce back from the 38-10 drubbing they took in Sydney.
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