The 31-year-old half has been hailed as New South Wales\u2019 saviour since his heroic efforts in the 2024 series, as well as winning Game I at Suncorp last year before a calf injury ended his series prematurely.<\/p>\n
WHAT’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 It would be a hamstring injury suffered in camp that would sideline Moses from playing in Wednesday\u2019s series opener, instead replaced by debutant Ethan Strange at the eleventh hour.<\/p>\n While a last-gasp winner from James Tedesco still has NSW fan\u2019s adrenaline pumping high, the decision to send off Kalyn Ponga has masked some issues with the Blues side, who could only manage a singular try while it was 13-on-13.<\/p>\n Strange may have been electric in his first taste of the Origin arena, however Laurie Daley was quick to note that Moses is still the first choice five-eighth for the Blues.<\/p>\n \u201cMitch is a big part of our team. He\u2019s a big part of our team,\u201d the head coach said post-match on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not a bad hammy, either. We expect him to play. He\u2019ll be a part of the squad for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n ‘Minibus brought up our injured blokes!’ | 04:16<\/p>\n Moses wasn\u2019t fit to face the Newcastle Knights on Saturday afternoon, forced to watch his side\u2019s narrow 28-22 loss from the sidelines. <\/p>\n Blessed with an eight day turnaround into next Monday\u2019s clash against the Bulldogs, head coach Jason Ryles revealed the halfback isn\u2019t as far off as you\u2019d think.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he (Mitchell Moses) will give himself every chance. It\u2019s one of those ones, if he ticks all the boxes early in the week he\u2019ll be a really good chance, but we\u2019ll have to wait and see how he goes. <\/p>\n \u201cHe had a run today and got up to 80%, which is really good.\u201d<\/p>\n The comments from Ryles come after he told Fox League pre-game that Moses would be ready for the Bulldogs clash \u201cat a pinch\u201d but was more likely to return the week after, either against the Raiders or for Origin II.<\/p>\n It would be the absolute final chance for Moses to put his hand up to travel to Melbourne and help wrap the series up, with both states set to name their 20-man squads just after full-time next Monday.<\/p>\n Should Lucas get an Origin promotion? | 02:09<\/p>\n One player who seemingly won\u2019t be sweating on Moses\u2019 return is fellow half Nathan Cleary, who finally stood tall in the Origin arena and dominated the final 20 minutes, striking up a strong partnership with Strange in the process.<\/p>\n New South Wales will welcome back Payne Haas to the fold for Game II, however Latrell Mitchell looks set to miss selection after the revelation that the game-breaking centre wouldn\u2019t get a game in before selection.<\/p>\n Parramatta will simply be happy to welcome Moses at club level, as Ryles revealed the sad state of affairs that is the Eels\u2019 casualty ward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mitchell Moses looks set to return to the field in next Monday\u2019s clash against Canterbury, leaving the door…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-704063","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\/704063","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=704063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779017096_680_poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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