Ethan Strange's ankle injury puts his participation in the State of Origin decider in doubt, prompting NSW to consider an outside player replacement.
NSW are on stand-by to call in a player from outside their squad for the State of Origin decider after Ethan Strange rolled his ankle at training.
The Canberra young gun suffered the injury at the Blues' first field session of their camp for game three, held at Gold Coast's Cbus Super Stadium on Thursday.
NSW remain hopeful bench playmaker Strange could shake off the injury in time to be fit for Wednesday's match against Queensland in Brisbane.
But staff will monitor the situation and are ready to request NRL permission to draft in a player from outside their 20-man squad.