State of Origin: Tyson Frizell blow adds to NSW Blues’ back-row curse

  • Frizell ruled out with ankle injury suffered in Newcastle win
  • NSW call up Penrith’s Liam Martin for his Origin debut

If NSW were ever going to have a last-minute State of Origin selection hiccup, it was always destined to be in the back row. And the blow came in the cruellest fashion for Tyson Frizell who shaped as the Blues’ most experienced player.

Frizell was ruled out of Origin on Sunday night after suffering an ankle injury in Newcastle’s NRL win over Manly. NSW’s back row has seemingly been cursed since the start of the last series, when Boyd Cordner suffered a concussion in Game One and Cameron Murray lasted just five minutes replacing him.

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