{"id":720232,"date":"2026-06-07T03:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/720232\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T03:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:07:10","slug":"state-of-origin-2026-queensland-maroons-team-selections-live-news-billy-slater-injuries-ezra-mam-dropped-news-videos-highlights-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/720232\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Origin 2026: Queensland Maroons team selections, live news, Billy Slater, injuries, Ezra Mam dropped, news, videos, highlights, updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Origin Game II is a must-win clash for the Maroons in their bid to take the series to a decider and Billy Slater has some huge decisions to make after a pair of injury blows.<\/p>\n

Both Pat Carrigan (ankle) and Gehamat Shibasaki (knee) are sidelined, while bench utility Ezra Mam was dropped to the bench by Michael Maguire.<\/p>\n

Mam looks set to make way for Queensland \u2014 leaving three spots to be filled for Slater as Queensland travel to the MCG for Game II.<\/p>\n

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Slater is expected to name his side on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Catch all the live news surrounding the Maroons team selections in the blog below, if you can\u2019t see it click here!<\/a><\/p>\n

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