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Corey Horsburgh is ready for State of Origin, but the Canberra Raiders lock will be happy if he just makes the Queensland squad.
The fiery redhead admitted he needed to be smarter after he was sent to the sin bin for punching Parramatta forward Ryan Matterson, although Horsburgh felt it was more of a push than a punch.
Former Maroons coach and Raiders legend Mal Meninga labelled it as "dumb" during the Green Machine's 26-18 victory over the Eels on Saturday night.
Parramatta and NSW enforcer Junior Paulo might be on report for a cannonball tackle, but his coach doesn't think he has a case to answer.
Paulo appears unlikely to cop a lengthy ban that would keep him out of State of Origin's series opener in two weeks, despite leaving Canberra prop Joe Tapine requiring medical attention after hyperextending his knee.
He's one of two players from the Eels' 26-18 loss to the Raiders who'll be checking the judiciary's charge sheet on Sunday morning and assessing their Origin eligibility.
Ricky Stuart has launched a stinging attack on the NRL and the referees after his side's 26-18 victory over the Eels.
Stuart took exception Corey Horsburgh's sin-binning for a punch on Ryan Matterson, while he also weighed in on the hip drop tackle debate.
It was tough. We had to play tough. Especially with having to play a man down for 10 minutes, played with 12 there in a really tight part of the game, Stuart said.
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