State of Origin: New South Wales change three for final game
Monday 4 July 2016 18:51, UK
New South Wales have added James Tedesco, Wade Graham and Josh Dugan to their side to face Queensland in the third and final State of Origin series match as they seek to avoid a series whitewash.
Tedesco replaces Matt Moylan at full-back while Dugan returns from injury for the game on July 13 in Sydney.
Graham has received his Origin call-up at the expense of Greg Bird after returning from suspension.
Coach Laurie Daley has kept veterans Paul Gallen and Robbie Farah in the New South Wales team that suffered a demoralising 26-16 loss in Brisbane in game two. That came after the Blues went down 6-4 in the opener in Sydney.
"The guys who have come into the team deserve their spot and hopefully they'll play as well as they've been playing for their clubs," said Daley.
"There's no such thing as a dead rubber."
Queensland has made two changes, with Gavin Cooper set to make his Origin debut while Nate Myles has recovered from injury. Michael Morgan and Josh Papalii are unavailable due to injuries.
"I know that the 3-0 is a milestone that they want to try and conquer," said Queensland coach Kevin Walters.
New South Wales: 1 James Tedesco, 2 Blake Ferguson, 3 Michael Jennings, 4 Josh Dugan, 5 Josh Mansour, 6 James Maloney, 7 Adam Reynolds; 8 Aaron Woods, 9 Robbie Farah, 10 Paul Gallen (c), 11 Wade Graham, 12 Josh Jackson, 13 Tyson Frizell.
Interchange: 14 Jack Bird, 15 James Tamou, 16 David Klemmer, 17 Andrew Fifita.
Queensland squad: Darius Boyd, Gavin Cooper, Cooper Cronk, Dane Gagai, Matt Gillett, Aidan Guerra, Greg Inglis, Jacob Lillyman, Josh McGuire, Nate Myles, Corey Oates, Justin O'Neill, Corey Parker, Matt Scott, Cameron Smith (capt), Johnathan Thurston, Sam Thaiday.
