The QRL board have finally reappointed Sydney Oilers coach, Roger Bossert to another stint at coaching Queensland in this seasons State of Origin series.
Bossert was seething over his loss to Magro's Blues last season, but was happy with the improvement shown by most of his squad in last years Origin series.
"We took NSW to the brink of defeat in last years series" commented Bossert. "That decider was seen by many good judges as the best Origin game ever played. Guys like Elton Flately and Josh Hannay really lifted our side to new heights and were very inspirational" added Bossert.
"With the added experience and improvement in our Queensland players, I think Magro will run out of excuses to keep his job by the end of Game Three".

At the press conference, players who are close to selection have been listed below. If a Queensland player has not been named on this list, they still may get picked for the final team, but will need to improve considerably to get a spot.

FULLBACK
Karmichael Hunt (Brisbane Bulls)
Mat Rogers (Northern Cannons)
Clinton Schifcofske (Central Phoenix)
Matthew Bowen (East Coast Tigers)
Billy Slater (Melbourne Executioners)

WING
Chris Walker (East Coast Tigers)
Lote Tuqiri (Adelaide Attitude)
Ty Williams (Brisbane Bulls)
Scott Donald (Canberra Chargers)
Ben Tune (Coffs Harbour Wyrms)
Brett Dallas (Northern Cannons)
Matt Sing (Parramatta Vikings)
Wendell Sailor (Tamworth City Titans)


CENTRE
Paul Bowman (Brisbane Bulls)
Josh Hannay (Brisbane Bulls)
Brent Tate (Melbourne Executioners)
Steve Kefu (Sydney Oilers)
Willie Tonga (Sydney Oilers)
Shaun Berrigan (Woolongong Destructors)

FIVE-EIGHTH
Elton Flately (Adelaide Attitude)
Darren Lockyer (Surfers Paradise Punks)

HALFBACK
Scott Prince (Brisbane Bulls)
Brett Seymour (Geelong Bengals)
PJ Marsh (Parramatta Vikings)

PROPS
Shane Webcke (Brisbane Bulls)
Petoro Civinocieva (Brisbane Bulls)
Danny Nutley (Surfers Paradise Punks)
Steve Price (Sydney Oilers)

SECOND ROW
David Stagg (Brisbane Bulls)
Brad Thorn (Brisbane Bulls)
Michael Crocker (Brisbane Bulls)
Carl Webb (Gold Coast Crusade)
Gordon Tallis (Port Moresby Power)

LOCK
Dallas Johnson (East Coast Tigers)
Ashley Harrison (Northern Cannons)
Scott Sattler (Tamworth City Titans)
Toutai Kefu (Waikato Breakers)
Tonie Carroll (WHAT CLUB IS HE FROM???)

HOOKER
Cameron Smith (Brisbane Bulls)
Michael Ryan (Wests Panthers)

UTILITY
Chris Flannery (Central Coast Falcons)
Chris McKenna (Canberra Chargers)
Casey Macguire (Canberra Chargers)

Carroll is at East Coast, if I remember rightly.

what a shocker gold coast with only one queenslander. man the local community must be angry in seeing all these out of state players

They should be happy I don't decide to play out of Tweed Heads. :P