Overview
- Mitchell Moses reported hamstring tightness after completing an opposed training session and will have scans to assess the injury within 24–48 hours.
- The Blues relocated from the Central Coast to Sydney on Monday after the session and moved quickly to cover the possibility of a late withdrawal.
- Subject to Australian Rugby League Commission approval, NSW provisionally called Canterbury playmaker Matt Burton into the 20-player squad as a standby option.
- Canberra youngster Ethan Strange, who has been in camp all week, is the expected on-field replacement at five-eighth if scans rule Moses out.
- Burton brings recent strong club form and prior Origin experience while a Strange start would hand a 21-year-old his debut, so the final decision will reshape the Blues’ halves pairing and match-day bench use.