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How Bennett’s gut feel turned champion’s son into an Origin bolter
It took a gut instinct from master coach Wayne Bennett to transform Max Plath from a fledgling five-eighth into one of the NRL’s most well-rounded utilities.
Now, that vision has the Dolphins star on the cusp of achieving what his father fell short of – a State of Origin debut for Queensland.
Plath will have one final chance to prove he warrants a place in Billy Slater’s first Maroons team of the year during his side Magic Round clash with Bennett’s South Sydney Rabbitohs on Friday night.
Slater will name his Game One squad on Monday, and Plath is in serious contention to unseat Kurt Mann in the state’s No.14 jumper, having put himself near that reality last year before suffering a ruptured ACL.
How Bennett’s gut feel turned champion’s son into an Origin bolter
It took a gut instinct from master coach Wayne Bennett to transform Max Plath from a fledgling five-eighth into one of the NRL’s most well-rounded utilities.
Now, that vision has the Dolphins star on the cusp of achieving what his father fell short of – a State of Origin debut for Queensland.
Plath will have one final chance to prove he warrants a place in Billy Slater’s first Maroons team of the year during his side Magic Round clash with Bennett’s South Sydney Rabbitohs on Friday night.
Slater will name his Game One squad on Monday, and Plath is in serious contention to unseat Kurt Mann in the state’s No.14 jumper, having put himself near that reality last year before suffering a ruptured ACL.
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Who will Billy Slater pick in the Maroons No.7 jumper?
Queensland Maroons veteran Ben Hunt says Sam Walker and Tanah Boyd are up to the task of filling the state’s halfback void left by Tom Dearden.
A syndesmosis injury has ruled Dearden out of the series opener in Sydney on May 27. He is no guarantee of being available for game two in Melbourne on June 17.
Dearden’s absence strips the Maroons of a man in form – leading the competition for line engagements (79) while sitting third for try assists (11), second in line break assists (14) and second for line break involvements.
Coach Billy Slater’s safest options are the veterans – Daly Cherry-Evans, Jamal Fogarty and Hunt, the latter pairing both just returning from calf and knee injuries respectively.
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