{"id":74067,"date":"2021-05-21T13:46:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T13:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=74067"},"modified":"2021-05-21T14:57:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T14:57:40","slug":"chambers-bullish-about-fairytale-origin-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=74067","title":{"rendered":"Chambers bullish about fairytale Origin return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Queensland Maroons great Will Chambers has refused to rule out making a fairytale State of Origin comeback, declaring he&#x27;d &quot;never say no&quot; if new coach Paul Green threw him a jumper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-news-2021-cronulla-sharks-will-chambers-signing-contract\/eac5d92f-342d-4335-a65c-c030159da6ce\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"The former Queensland centre returned from a year out of the game when he signed with Cronulla last month\">The former Queensland centre returned from a year out of the game when he signed with Cronulla last month<\/a> &#8211; and on Friday night he celebrated his <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores-2021-warriors-tigers-sharks-dragons-start-time-results-news-round-11\/9816f518-ba29-4853-9b1f-dbf691b177e4\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"first win with the club\">first win with the club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old was then asked by former Queensland captain Darren Lockyer on Nine&#x27;s post-match coverage if he fancied a return to the Origin stage.<\/p>\n<p>Chambers, who pulled on a Maroons jersey 13 times and was a member of Queensland&#x27;s 2015 and 2017 series wins, said he wouldn&#x27;t ever reject a comeback call because &quot;it&#x27;s something I&#x27;ll always treasure&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"2e4aeeab-87db-4b3b-b9c2-9c197f1a06e5\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/2e4aeeab-87db-4b3b-b9c2-9c197f1a06e5\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yeah, I don&#x27;t know &#8230; I&#x27;d never say no to Queensland,&quot; Chambers laughed.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s obviously a special part of me, it&#x27;s something I&#x27;ll always treasure and if I ever get an opportunity I&#x27;d never say no.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;ll just see how it all pans out.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Rabbitohs weapon Dane Gagai will lock up one of Queensland&#x27;s centre spots but who partners the 16-game Maroons champion on the three-quarter line remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Big-framed Panther Kurt Capewell joined Gagai in the centres in games one and two of Queensland&#x27;s victorious 2020 series, before Storm recruit Brenko Lee slotted into the centres for game three as Capewell moved to the second row.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"e9271a7e-597f-456f-bf6e-61630d4d2f76\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e9271a7e-597f-456f-bf6e-61630d4d2f76\" alt=\"Dane Gagai of the Maroons \" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Green might choose to haul Chambers into the Maroons squad for his invaluable experience.<\/p>\n<p>Queensland will be without inspirational wrecking ball Josh Papalii for game one <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/canberra-raiders-trio-josh-papalii-jack-wighton-and-josh-hodgson-facing-sideline-stints\/0c0f6f42-fbcf-4dc9-a2f9-463d46aafe1b\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"after the Raiders prop was suspended for a high tackle on Bulldogs winger Tui Katoa in Magic Round\">after the Raiders prop was suspended for a high tackle on Bulldogs winger Tui Katoa in Magic Round<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And 31-year-old hooker Jake Friend won&#x27;t feature in this year&#x27;s Origin series <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/roosters-champion-jake-friend-retires-amid-concussion-issues\/1d84d9ee-aaf0-46e0-a2df-dcc2794f1f9b\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"after retiring from the game due to concussion last month\">after retiring from the game due to concussion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here! \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Queensland Maroons great Will Chambers has refused to rule out making a fairytale State of Origin comeback, declaring he&#x27;d &quot;never say no&quot; if new coach <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=74067\" title=\"Chambers bullish about fairytale Origin return\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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\/74067"}],"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=74067"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74069,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74067\/revisions\/74069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}