{"id":711109,"date":"2026-06-02T20:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711109\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T20:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:49:12","slug":"mitchell-mosess-eels-absence-raises-concerns-over-potential-origin-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711109\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitchell Moses’s Eels absence raises concerns over potential Origin return"},"content":{"rendered":"

NSW coach Laurie Daley is facing a crunch call over the make-up of the Blues’s spine with Mitchell Moses still sidelined with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Moses was ruled out of the State of Origin series opener against Queensland, which the Blues won 22-20 in Sydney, after sustaining a minor hamstring strain at the Blues’s penultimate training session<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Maroons hit with double injury blow<\/a><\/p>\n

Queensland’s task of levelling the State of Origin series has become more difficult after confirmation two of its stars have been ruled out of Game II at the MCG.<\/p>\n

He will not play a match before Daley names his squad for Origin II.<\/p>\n

Moses was left off the Parramatta team list for their King’s Birthday match with Canterbury on Monday.<\/p>\n

Daley values Moses’s long kicking game and has said the Eels captain would be in his squad for Origin II if he could prove his fitness.<\/p>\n

The second match of the series will be played at the MCG on June 17.<\/p>\n

Moses was replaced by Canberra’s Ethan Strange in the Blues’s line-up in Origin I.<\/p>\n

His absence is also offset by the return of several of Daley’s star players to the NRL.<\/p>\n

Tolu Koula, who received NRL clearance to play after his Origin I concussion, and Haumole Olakau’atu are back for Manly’s match with South Sydney on Thursday.<\/p>\n

After resting Nathan Cleary, Isaah Yeo and Brian To’o last week, Penrith has named the trio of Blues stars for Sunday’s clash with Wests Tigers.<\/p>\n

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