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<\/p>\nRadley has been picked to make his NSW debut in next Wednesday\u2019s series-opener in Sydney to wreak havoc on the Maroons.<\/p>\n
But if his record is anything to go by, it could be a costly night out at Accor Stadium for NSW and one of the worst behaved players in NRL history.<\/p>\n
\u201cVictor the Inflictor\u201d has been charged a stunning 22 times by the NRL\u2019s match review committee in a 166-game career with the Roosters.<\/p>\n
Only former Roosters teammate Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (38 charges), Melbourne\u2019s Nelson Asofa-Solomona (26) and ex-Broncos prop Josh McGuire (24) were sanctioned more in the NRL era.<\/p>\n
Radley has spent 14 weeks sitting on the sidelines suspended since his 2017 debut, only one week less than fellow Blues bad boy Hudson Young.<\/p>\n
Radley\u2019s on-field behaviour could cost the Blues dearly given he is the second-most sin-binned player in NRL history.<\/p>\n
The England international has been sent to the bin 11 times, with only South Sydney\u2019s Latrell Mitchell (13) having spent more 10-minute stints off the field.<\/p>\n
Radley has been named on the bench and ex-Maroons forward Billy Moore believes the NSW rookie could have a brain explosion trying to make an impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cVictor Radley coming on the field will be one of the must-see moments of the series,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love watching him play because he\u2019s a lunatic and he throws himself into the contest.<\/p>\n
\u201cRadley has to be careful. He could be rocks or diamonds. He and Hudson Young are crazy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe issue for him is Origin moves so fast, the pace will be quicker than anything he has experienced. There is that risk he can get his timing wrong and get carried away with the occasion.<\/p>\n
\u201cRadley isn\u2019t used to coming off the bench, so sometimes you try too hard and go harder and faster because you want to make a statement that you don\u2019t belong on the bench.\u201d<\/p>\n
Debutant Maroons halfback Sam Walker plays next to Radley every week for the Roosters.<\/p>\n
Walker is expecting Radley to come out firing in the Origin arena.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes for sure,\u201d he said when asked if Radley would rip and tear.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really happy for him. He\u2019s worked really hard and obviously with the new eligibility rules, there\u2019s a few players that are sort of in the mix now and it\u2019s good for the game that he\u2019s playing Origin.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Radley will play the enforcer for NSW, the Maroons have their own muscle up front in Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui and Tom Flegler.<\/p>\n
Moore expects Radley to go after Queensland\u2019s big men.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think Queensland will even need to niggle him because he will already be fired up, which can play into our hands,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe will want to make a statement to say \u2018hey, I belong in this arena, look at what you nearly missed out on\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be a lot of pressure on him to make a difference off the bench. His main danger is himself \u2013 he will run the risk of being untidy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI reckon he will have crack at Tino or Flegler. Tino will be coming towards the end of his rotation, but Tino has enough movement to dodge the bullet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he goes hammer and tongs at Flegler or Reuben Cotter. (Pat) Carrigan will come off the bench for Queensland and he will have to match the intensity of Radley.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Radley has been picked to make his NSW debut in next Wednesday\u2019s series-opener in Sydney to wreak havoc…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136,158],"class_list":["post-683989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-nrl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683989","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=683989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}