His fitness has been the biggest talking point in Blues camp all week, with doubts over his condition after he trained separately from his Blues teammates on Thursday despite coach Laurie Daley saying earlier in the week that he had to get through that session. <\/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 But he looked unencumbered on Saturday in a positive sign that he\u2019ll play next week after he suffered a setback before the opener. <\/p>\n Moses injured his left hamstring while doing extras at a training session two days before the Origin opener in Sydney and was ruled out the following day. Ethan Strange was then rushed into the starting side.<\/p>\n The Raiders star was tremendous on debut for the Blues as he and Nathan Cleary helped spark a second-half comeback. Strange is the logical choice to come in if Moses is again ruled out.<\/p>\n GOSFORD, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 13: Mitchell Moses during a NSW Blues Men’s State of Origin training session at Polytec Stadium on June 13, 2026 in Gosford, Australia. (Photo by Scott Gardiner\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cWhatever happens, we\u2019ve got contingencies for both ways. But he\u2019s definitely tracking along well, and I\u2019ll leave that in the hands of the blokes that are supposed to be looking after that,\u201d NSW hooker Reece Robson said before the session. <\/p>\n \u201cJust talking to Mitch, he\u2019s confident that he\u2019ll be right so we\u2019re giving him every chance to get right before we get him out there at training, and hopefully we see a bit more of him at training today. <\/p>\n \u201cWhatever happens, we\u2019re right for both.\u201d<\/p>\n Even if Moses is unable to get through full sessions in the coming days, Robson remains confident that the combinations are there from previous camps to help them connect on the field in Melbourne. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve played a lot of footy with him in the past, which helps that. You don\u2019t need as much footy (together) at all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd to be fair, a lot of it comes down to the reps you get on the field, and we\u2019ve all played a lot of games alongside Mitch so I think he slots in pretty well.<\/p>\n NSW team doctor gives injury updates | 01:58<\/p>\n \u201cWe had a lot more reps with him than we did with Ethan coming in on game one, and you saw the job he did. <\/p>\n \u201cHe came in the day before and went out and did his thing, and everyone just slotted in around it.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it definitely just goes to show you don\u2019t need too much time at all.\u201d<\/p>\n Prop forward Mitch Barnett said he had no doubts that Moses would take the field on Wednesday when the Blues look to wrap up the series. <\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s pretty straight up and down in terms of honesty, and he\u2019s very confident he\u2019s playing,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \u201cI think he\u2019s running, he\u2019s with us today. I don\u2019t know the ins and outs of it, but I don\u2019t have a shadow of a doubt in my mind (that he\u2019ll play).\u201d<\/p>\n GOSFORD, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 13: Mitchell Moses during a NSW Blues Men’s State of Origin training session at Polytec Stadium on June 13, 2026 in Gosford, Australia. (Photo by Scott Gardiner\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Blues players have supported Origin II referee Ashley Klein following reports the game\u2019s leading official used to have a gambling addiction.<\/p>\n Klein reportedly lost more than $400,000 on horse and greyhound racing but declared his gambling was not related to rugby league and didn\u2019t affect his role with the whistle.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s not a topic for me to discuss at all,\u201d Barnett said. <\/p>\n \u201cAs someone who cares about people, I hope he\u2019s doing OK and had all the help he can get, but that has nothing to do with me, and I won\u2019t comment any further on that.\u201d<\/p>\n Robson was full of praise for the work Klein has done in the NRL and rep footy. <\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a great referee,\u201d the NSW hooker said. <\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s done it for a long time, and he\u2019s always delivered on the big stage as being a great referee. That\u2019s why he keeps getting those jobs. <\/p>\n \u201cIn terms of the other stuff, that\u2019s a personal issue for him to work through and I\u2019m sure he\u2019s got the help and the friends and the family around him to help him through that sort of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NSW five-eighth Mitchell Moses is on track to play in Origin II on Wednesday after the Eels superstar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-733240","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\/733240","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=733240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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