Billy Slater considers bringing Josh Papalii out of retirement and praises Gehamat Shibasaki's rise for inspiration.
Billy Slater contemplated calling Canberra warhorse Josh Papalii out of Origin retirement for two years and says Broncos bolter Gehamat Shibasaki's stunning rise to the Maroons should inspire Queensland.
Slater dropped two selection bombshells on Monday ahead of next Wednesday's State of Origin series decider in Sydney.
With the series on the line and the Maroons staring down the barrel of back-to-back series defeats, Slater has issued Raiders enforcer Papalii an 'SOS' to start in the front row against Blues star Payne Haas and inject a hard edge into Queensland.
He also made one of...