New South Wales coach Brad Fittler is weighing up switching his two hookers’ roles for Origin II — but that’s not the only tactical move he’s set to make.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports Fittler is expected to switch wingers Brian To’o and Josh Addo-Carr.
To’o will swap from the left to the right — where he is most comfortable — and vice versa for Addo-Carr, who has been playing on the left all year at club level.
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It does mean, however that To’o will move away from his Penrith teammates Stephen Crichton and Jarome Luai, who play on NSW’s left edge.
But it’s for good reason. Pint-sized To’o won’t have to come up against towering Queensland winger Xavier Coates after the move.
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According to the Herald, the Blues trialled the switch in Sunday’s training session.
It comes after Queensland skipper Daly Cherry-Evans revealed his intention to use Coates’ aerial skills in Wednesday’s game at Suncorp Stadium by directing the ball to his wing.
“It’s probably naturally a part of my game anyway, I’m going to work with the wingers,” he told reporters on Monday.
“The fact that we’ve got someone like Xavier in the side, I’ll probably be a bit more conscious of it at that part of the field.”
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