Fullback: Reece Walsh / (min cost $ 0 ) or signup to continue reading Age: 21 Origins: 2 Origin tries: 0 They call him "Reece Lightning" and with good reason. Few players light up a rugby league field like the Broncos' whiz kid. Bold, brash and brilliant, Walsh and NSW pantomime villain Jarome Luai have an old-fashioned Origin feud going that should be a centrepiece of the action.
Winger: Xavier Coates Age: 23 Origins: 8 Origin tries: 3 Coates has scored tries no-one else could due to his speed and athleticism. He wanted to be an Olympian in his youth and utilise his jumping prowess. It was a NSW Blues stalwart Matt Geyer who encouraged Coates on his league pathway and he has been backed to the hilt by Maroons coach Billy Slater.
Centre: Valentine Holmes Age: 28 Origins: 16 Origin tries: 13 There are those deemed to be "Origin players" and Holmes is one of them. His strike-rate for tries of 0.81 per game in the Origin arena has the North Queensland weapon on track to surpass Greg Inglis (18 tries) as the state's all-time best.
Centre: Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow Age: 22 Origins: 4 Origin tries: 5 They call him "Hammer" and Tabuai-Fidow does exactly that across the turf. Once clocked at 10.85 seconds for 100m as a 16-year-old, he scored one of the all-time great individual tries in Origin 1 in Adelaide last year.
Winger: Murray Taulagi Age: 25 Origins: 4 Origin tries: 1 Taulagi could have pursued a career at the elite level in rugby union. He has a habit of coming up with big plays wh.