{"id":691376,"date":"2026-05-24T11:22:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T11:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/691376\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T11:22:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T11:22:38","slug":"state-of-origin-2026-cameron-munster-misses-queensland-maroons-training-injury-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/691376\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Origin 2026: Cameron Munster misses Queensland Maroons training, injury, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Queensland is adamant Cameron Munster will line up in Wednesday\u2019s State of Origin decider despite the Maroons captain sitting out Sunday\u2019s full training session.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the NRL Premiership LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Munster was a notable absentee, instead reduced to passing drills with Allan Langer while centre Robert Toia trained in a no-contact bib.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779017096_680_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>Toia has been cleared to play after suffering a category two HIA at Magic Round and Munster is also set to take his place in the line-up at Accor Stadium despite his reduced load on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe pulled out his pensioner\u2019s card, swiped it and he said he\u2019s having the day off&#8230; he\u2019s getting old so we had to look after his load,\u201d Storm teammate Harry Grant joked to \u2018Sunday Night with Matty Johns\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It was a similar message from Queensland forward Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui earlier on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s just getting a bit old. He just calls when he wants to train,\u201d Fa\u2019asuamaleaui said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut no, I think he\u2019s just had a bit of soreness and he\u2019s getting looked after.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s getting more experienced he is getting a bit older, so you\u2019ve got to look after your body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Titans captain shot down any suggestions the Maroons were playing mind games, replying: \u201cThat\u2019s them (NSW) doing the most of the talking. I don\u2019t look into it too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest NRL news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=NRLArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Scary thing&#8217;: Maroons support Arrow | 03:18<\/p>\n<p>If Munster was to miss Wednesday\u2019s game, Ezra Mam will be called up after training in his place on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Fa\u2019asuamaleaui, meanwhile, also opened up on a rare down year at the Titans by his lofty standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely been a learning curve for me. I\u2019ve probably never had a slump in my form in my career,\u201d Fa\u2019asuamaleaui said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I got caught up in a lot (of talk) about not running the big metres and doing the big shots that I usually do and always on that borderline, testing the ref with my aggression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I wouldn\u2019t be in this team if it wasn\u2019t for the hard work I was doing that the people that sit on the lounge wouldn\u2019t see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBilly wanted to pick me and he\u2019s made it real clear to all of us that he understands our game more than anyone, even us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queensland is adamant Cameron Munster will line up in Wednesday\u2019s State of Origin decider despite the Maroons captain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-691376","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\/691376","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=691376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}