Brad Fittler swings surprise 11th-hour re-shuffle for Origin II
Brad Fittler has dropped Paul Vaughan back to the bench in a surprise re-shuffle for State of Origin II.
NSW rookie Dale Finucane has been promoted to start at lock, with original No.13 Jake Trbojevic moving into the front row.
NRL journo Paul Kent first reported the switch on Triple M radio on Sunday.
It’s a bold move from Fittler with the series on the line after Queensland took the opener.
Queensland are 1-17.
Mbye to play despite near-death emergency
Queensland assistant Justin Hodges admits Moses Mbye had been in a "bad way" after a severe allergic reaction, but says nothing would stop the utility playing in Perth.
Maroons team doctor Matt Hislop found Mbye slumped on the floor at the team's Perth hotel on Friday morning after the Wests Tigers captain called him for help.
It is believed Mbye went into anaphylactic shock and his airways were closing before Hislop revived the 25-year-old with an anti-allergy injection EpiPen.
Asked if it was life-threatening, Hodges said on Sunday: "I am not a doctor but he was in a bad way.
"But he will be ready to go, he was buzzing last night.
"It was a strange thing that happened to him. We are just glad that he's OK; he's got three little kids at home so his health is the most important thing.
"We are just lucky we have great medical staff here who looked after him."
Remarkably, Mbye will run out for Queensland barely 48 hours after the frightening incident.
It will mark his second Origin game, after he made his debut in Queensland's 18-14 series opening victory.
"It was an accident, he wasn't aware he was allergic to something but he is not going to give up this opportunity (to play Origin)," Hodges said.
"You wait your whole life to play for Queensland."
Maroons officials said Mbye would undergo extensive tests when he returns to Sydney after Game II.
Final teams
NSW
James Tedesco
Blake Ferguson
Tom Trbojevic
Jack Wighton
Josh Addo-Carr
James Maloney
Nathan Cleary
Daniel Saifiti
Damien Cook
Jake Trbojevic (13)
Boyd Cordner
Tyson Frizell
Dale Finucane (14)
Tariq Sims
Cameron Murray
Wade Graham
Paul Vaughan (10)
QLD
Kalyn Ponga
Corey Oates
Michael Morgan
Will Chambers
Dane Gagai
Cameron Munster
Daly Cherry-Evans
Dylan Napa
Ben Hunt
Josh Papalii
Felise Kaufusi
Matt Gillett
Josh McGuire
Moses Mbye
Jarrod Wallace
Tim Glasby
David Fifita
with AAP
