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Ashley Klein is tonight’s referee, for the seventh State of Origin match in a row.
The most controversial selection in either squad is Spencer Leniu. The NSW forward has only just returned from an eight-game ban for racially abusing Queensland’s Ezra Mam. Expect fireworks when he enters the game off the bench towards the end of the first half.
The 23-year-old’s Origin debut will be just his fourth game since returning from an eight-match suspension for labelling Brisbane’s Ezra Mam “a monkey” in the US. Mam is part of Queensland’s extended squad, while Broncos teammates Patrick Carrigan, Reece Walsh and Selwyn Cobbo are all part of the Maroons’ starting 17.