{"id":676687,"date":"2026-05-17T12:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/676687\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T12:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:21:23","slug":"state-of-origin-2026-teams-predictions-nrl-round-11-updates-nsw-blues-tolu-koula-role-revealed-patrick-carrigan-faces-nervous-wait-after-crusher-tackle-big-cha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/676687\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Origin 2026 Teams Predictions, NRL Round 11 Updates: NSW Blues & QLD Maroons team lists for Game 1; Tolu Koula role revealed; Patrick Carrigan faces nervous wait after crusher tackle; Big changes loom after Latrell Mitchell injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

While teams won’t officially be named until tomorrow morning, thing are starting to become a little bit more clear in regards to selection, according to various reports.<\/p>\n

Addin Fonua-Blake, Ethan Strange, Lindsay Smith and Blayke Brailey are all closing in on debuts for NSW, while the wing spot could come down to Tolu Koula and Casey McLean.<\/p>\n

For the reigning champions, Jojo Fifita and Jack Howarth appear set for a call-up in a new-look backline that will also feature Kalyn Ponga at halfback.<\/p>\n

Max Plath and Briton Nikora are also being tipped for their Origin debuts. <\/p>\n

Possible NSW team: 1. Dylan Edwards\/James Tedesco 2. Brian To’o 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Tolu Koula\/Casey McLean 6. Mitchell Moses 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Reece Robson 10. Mitch Barnett 11. Haumole Olakau’atu 12. Hudson Young 13. Isaah Yeo Bench: 14. Ethan Strange 15. Cameron Murray 16. Lindsay Smith 17. Angus Crichton 18. Blayke Brailey 19. Jacob Saifiti<\/p>\n

Possible QLD team: 1. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 2. Jojo Fifita 3. Robert Toia 4. Jack Howarth 5. Selwyn Cobbo 6. Cam Munster 7. Kalyn Ponga 8. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui 9. Harry Grant 10. Lindsay Collins 11. Reuben Cotter 12. Kurt Capewell 13. Patrick Carrigan 14. Max Plath 15. Tom Flegler 16. Trent Loiero 17. Briton Nikora 18. Reece Walsh 19. Jaxon Purdue<\/p>\n

\"Tolutau<\/p>\n

Tolu Koula.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While teams won’t officially be named until tomorrow morning, thing are starting to become a little bit more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-676687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}