Both Origin camps wrapped up their first Wednesday training session ahead of Game 1 at Accor Stadium on Wednesday 27 May. Laurie Daley took the Blues through their first field block on the Central Coast at the Tuggerah base, with all 20 named players on the park. Billy Slater's Maroons trained in Brisbane after entering camp on Monday, with debutant halfback Sam Walker telling reporters he was honoured to follow in the footsteps of Allan Langer in the No.7 jersey. Six days from kick-off, both sides ran clean sessions and neither carries a fitness cloud serious enough to put the named team in doubt.
NSW: Cleary, Moses Connect on the Central Coast
The Blues' opening session focused on the new halves combination. Nathan Cleary and Mitchell Moses had played together in trial Origin scenarios under previous regimes but Wednesday was their first paired training block as the locked-in Game 1 halves. James Tedesco, recalled at fullback after missing 2025, trained with the back three of Brian To'o, Tolutau Koula and Stephen Crichton. Daley told the press conference Addin Fonua-Blake had ticked every box in the first session and that the Cronulla prop's eligibility through the new dual-pathway rule had not produced any awkward moments in the dressing room. Casey McLean and Ethan Strange both fronted media duties as debutants. Latrell Mitchell, ruled out of the series with the leg injury sustained at Magic Round, is recovering with the Rabbitohs. The Blues will train through Thursday and Friday on the Coast before flying to Sydney on Sunday.
Queensland: Walker the Story, Ponga Settles in at Fullback
Walker's first day in camp drew a full media scrum. The Roosters playmaker, who debuts at halfback in place of injured Tom Dearden, said the comparison to Langer was a humbling one and that Munster would do the talking from the six. Kalyn Ponga ran the back-three drills alongside Selwyn Cobbo and debutant winger Jojo Fifita. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui spoke about Thomas Flegler's return from nerve-graft surgery, calling it the front-row injection the Maroons needed. Max Plath debuts at lock and looked the part in opposed sessions. The dropped Reece Walsh was not at the training base, with the Broncos fullback now back at club training and ruled out of Origin contention for Game 1 as a result of the Slater axing. Briton Nikora trained on the bench. The Maroons will hold a captain's run in Sydney on Tuesday next week.
Where the Markets Land
Series odds have not moved off the Tuesday lines. NSW around $1.55 to win the series across our reviewed bookmakers dabble, Ladbrokes and Picklebet, the Maroons at $2.40. Game 1 head-to-head has Blues at $1.62 with the line at -3.5. The Wally Lewis Medal market is the live one. Cleary is the favourite at the Blues number. Munster sits next as the Maroons captain. Yeo and Crichton both shorten on the captain-of-NSW-and-veteran prop. The first tryscorer market has To'o at the second line as he is the named left winger and the Blues' attack normally targets the right edge first up. Cobbo is the Maroons' first-try favourite. Walker debut anytime tryscorer is the bench prop the Maroon-leaning punters are warming to. The captain's runs and final media obligations roll out next week ahead of the Wednesday kick-off. Full Origin camp lead-up coverage via ABC Sport.