{"id":403476,"date":"2024-06-16T09:32:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T09:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=403476"},"modified":"2024-06-16T10:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T10:04:49","slug":"hynes-axed-as-new-look-blues-squad-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=403476","title":{"rendered":"Hynes axed as new-look Blues squad confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/nsw-blues-1lvd\" title=\"NSW\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NSW<\/a> have a new-look spine for their must-win clash against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/state-of-origin\/queensland-maroons\" title=\"Queensland\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queensland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a devastating loss in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/state-of-origin\/nrl\" title=\"State of Origin\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State of Origin<\/a> opener, head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/person\/michael-maguire-262i\" title=\"Michael Maguire\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Maguire<\/a> has made a host of changes to his squad in a bid to save the series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/person\/latrell-mitchell-1n2p\" title=\"Latrell Mitchell\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Latrell Mitchell<\/a> will make his long-awaited return to the Origin arena, with the Rabbitohs star answering the call to replace the suspended Joseph Suaalii. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-isaiya-katoa-eligbility-nsw-blues-tonga-new-zealand-australia-wayne-bennett-dolphins\/2e0db362-232c-4b84-9d2f-cb5cc638f863\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"&#x27;Murky&#x27; situation revealed in young gun&#x27;s eligibility battle\"><strong>&#x27;Murky&#x27; situation revealed in young gun&#x27;s eligibility battle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-sea-eagles-dragons-round-15-result-manly-injuries-highlights-daly-cherry-evans-haumole-olakauatu\/8203c4b3-c0fe-4c85-9a70-e8a5b6702f08\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Dragons implode in &#x27;memorable&#x27; Sea Eagles triumph\"><strong>Dragons implode in &#x27;memorable&#x27; Sea Eagles triumph<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/t20-world-cup-2024-australia-v-scotland-results-highlights-travis-head-marcus-stoinis-england-through-super-8\/be876df3-b775-422d-9f98-934edb091f4a\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Aussies scrape home as England breath sigh of relief\ufeff\"><strong>Aussies scrape home as England breath sigh of relief\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It ends a three-year hiatus from the Blues for the polarising superstar, who missed the last two series due to injury before being overlooked for the 2024 opener.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"81c28ac9-9a26-4302-a4a5-c3cc10da52dd\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/81c28ac9-9a26-4302-a4a5-c3cc10da52dd\" alt=\"Latrell Mitchell of the Blues scores a try during game three of the 2021 State of Origin Series between the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland Maroons at Cbus Super Stadium on July 14, 2021 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde\/Getty Images)\" data-width=\"3473\" data-height=\"1954\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old, who celebrated his birthday on Sunday, has scored six tries in seven games at Origin level and has been in strong form for South Sydney in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, Dylan Edwards and Mitchell Moses have been called into the starting lineup in the spine, replacing James Tedesco and Nicho Hynes after the 38-10 loss.<\/p>\n<p>Jarome Luai has held his spot in the No.6 jumper and will partner Moses, who missed out on selection for game one due to a foot injury suffered early in the season.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the 2024 State of Origin series exclusively live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.app.link\/1QDVFYZrWab\"><em><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>.\ufeff<\/strong><\/em>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Connor Watson has been named to make his debut for the Blues on the bench, with Matt Burton missing out on the 17 once again despite being named in the squad.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"ad75aed5-b094-4f28-b2af-37bf672c85d5\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ad75aed5-b094-4f28-b2af-37bf672c85d5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"4608\" data-height=\"2592\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cameron Murray &#8211; who was in the mix to captain NSW prior to a hip injury &#8211; has been recalled to the squad by Maguire and will start at lock in place of Cameron McInnes.<\/p>\n<p>Hudson Young\ufeff has also been left out of the side from game one, while there is no room for Matt Burton in the squad this time around.<\/p>\n<h3>NSW Blues Game II full squad\ufeff<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Dylan Edwards <strong>2.<\/strong> Brian To&#x27;o <strong>3.<\/strong> Stephen Crichton <strong>4.<\/strong> Latrell Mitchell <strong>5. \ufeff<\/strong>Zac Lomax <strong>6.<\/strong> Jarome Luai <strong>7.<\/strong> Mitchell Moses <strong>8.<\/strong> Jake Trbojevic (c) <strong>9.<\/strong> Reece Robson <strong>10.<\/strong> Payne Haas <strong>11.<\/strong> Liam Martin <strong>12.<\/strong> Angus Crichton <strong>13.<\/strong> Cameron Murray <strong>14.<\/strong> Connor Watson <strong>15.<\/strong> Isaah Yeo <strong>16.<\/strong> Haumole Olakau&#x27;atu <strong>17.<\/strong> Spencer Leniu <strong>18.<\/strong> Mitch Barnett <strong>19.<\/strong> Cameron McInnes <strong>20.<\/strong> Luke Keary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NSW have a new-look spine for their must-win clash against Queensland. After a devastating loss in the State of Origin opener, head coach Michael Maguire <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=403476\" title=\"Hynes axed as new-look Blues squad confirmed\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":401886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403476"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403479,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403476\/revisions\/403479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/401886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}