{"id":83605,"date":"2021-06-11T13:13:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T13:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=83605"},"modified":"2021-06-11T13:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T13:59:57","slug":"cronulla-young-star-firming-as-maroons-saviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=83605","title":{"rendered":"Cronulla young star firming as Maroons saviour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Queensland great Johnathan Thurston has hinted at the possibility of the Maroons selecting Sharks winger Ronaldo Mulitalo for Game Two of the State Of Origin series.<\/p>\n<p>Mulitalo was instrumental in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores-2021-manly-cowboys-sharks-panthers-start-time-results-news-round-14\/e48a8bd4-742d-420a-ad80-c088480f1bff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Sharks&#x27; 19-18 win over Penrith\">Sharks&#x27; 19-18 win over Penrith<\/a>, finishing the match with a try, one try assist, two line-breaks and 140 run metres.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/state-of-origin-2021-game-1-live-nsw-blues-qld-maroons-score-updates-latest-news-results-videos-highlights-townsville\/37a7469b-46d1-4a96-82c1-b2d2f71e0dd7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"After the Maroons on Wednesday were blown off the park by the Blues\">After the Maroons on Wednesday were blown off the park by the Blues<\/a> in Townsville, it&#x27;s expected a number of changes will be made by coach Paul Green ahead of Origin II.<\/p>\n<p>Thurston, an assistant coach of the Maroons, was first asked about the possibility of veteran Will Chambers making a return but opted to remain tightlipped.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#x27;s a decision for coaches and selectors,&quot; Thurston told Nine.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"e69b3e62-c75e-49f8-be5b-bdef1a64a949\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e69b3e62-c75e-49f8-be5b-bdef1a64a949\" alt=\"Ronaldo Mulitalo\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Chambers has been there before and has done it. A couple of years ago Latrell really stood him up in that arena.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>But when pressed again on any potential changes, Thurston admitted Mulitalo was firming as a possible selection.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old during the Sharks&#x27; previous clash against the Titans notched two tries, three line-breaks and ran for 163 metres.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I will tell you, Ronaldo Mulitalo didn&#x27;t hurt his chances [tonight],&quot; Thurston added.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s really strong, he&#x27;s got a great carry out of the backfield, which is what you need.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He set Matt Moylan up for that try [during the first half]. He&#x27;s great under the high ball.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><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<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Queensland great Johnathan Thurston has hinted at the possibility of the Maroons selecting Sharks winger Ronaldo Mulitalo for Game Two of the State Of Origin <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=83605\" title=\"Cronulla young star firming as Maroons saviour\">[&#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\/83605"}],"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=83605"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83607,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83605\/revisions\/83607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}