Superstar Storm duo Harry Grant and Cameron Munster didn’t take part in Friday’s captain’s run and aren’t guaranteed to face the Roosters this weekend, but Queensland bench forward Trent Loiero will play after getting through limited minutes in the State of Origin opener.

Grant was fantastic for the Maroons with a game-high 46 tackles to go with an audacious flick pass that led to a Thomas Flegler try, while Munster had 14 runs and set up a try as Queensland coughed up a 20-0 lead in Sydney.

The Storm hasn’t made a call on whether they’ll play on Saturday night, with Trent Toelau and Keagan Russell-Smith expected to start if they are rested.

“Whether they play or not, I’m not quite sure yet. We’ll just see how they pull up tomorrow,” Storm coach Craig Bellamy said.

“They won’t be doing any training today.

“They’d like to play, but whether it’s best for them or not, we’re not quite sure yet. They need to have a few more checks and then go from there.

“We think Trent’s going to be OK because he only played 15 minutes so he’s really keen to play, and I think he’ll train today.”

Meanwhile, Knights coach Justin Holbrook confirmed that his Origin contingent would all play against the Eels on Saturday.

Kalyn Ponga will lead the side after he was sent off and copped a fine for a shoulder charge, while Blues duo Jacob Saifiti and Dylan Lucas were part of the squad but didn’t get on the field.

“After Origin, Kalyn’s feeling good, so he’ll back-up,” Holbrook said.

“The other boys didn’t get a run, so we’re all good to go as what we’ve named.”

The Storm need their Origin duo to play if they are to knock off a Roosters side that could look very different if Trent Robinson decides to rest a few of his stars.

Melbourne is coming off a disappointing loss to the Bulldogs last week when they again surrendered a big halftime lead that infuriated their coach.

“We’ve already tried to tweak a few things, but there are only so many things you can tweak. The tweaks we’ve made might take a week or two to work,” Bellamy said.

“I can’t remember the last time in my coaching career that I’ve been so confused about that.

“We’ve tried a few different things, but we just can’t seem to get it right in the second half. If we keep talking about it and thinking about it, we’ve got to worry about the rest of the game.”

Originally published as ‘They’d like to play’: Storm stars sit out training session as Knights make big call on Kalyn Ponga