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IT is time for Queensland's forwards to stand up and show who really wants to play Origin this year.
I expect Mal Meninga will show a lot of faith with the team that delivered an eighth straight series win last year, but there are some positions that are safer than others.
Mal doesn't mince his words.
When I asked him on Triple M if the battle between Greg Inglis and Billy Slater was a great headache to have he replied: "What headache? 'GI' will be centre, Billy will be fullback, Cooper (Cronk) will be halfback and (Daly) Cherry-Evans will be 14."
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Mal knows who he wants and how he uses them is all that is to be decided.
The same applies to his forward pack, although I think there is a genuine battle going on for selection.
Cameron Smith, Matt Scott, Nate Myles, Sam Thaiday and Corey Parker are certain starters.
They will take five of the six positions in the forward pack and have done the job for Queensland many times before.
Greg Inglis and Billy Slater's Maroons positions are certain. Source: News Limited
The real battle is for the last spot in the starting back row and on the bench.
The way I see it, Matt Gillett, Ben Te'o, Chris McQueen, Josh Papalii and Dave Taylor are the ones fighting it out for those positions.
It's a pretty exciting time for Queensland when we have those quality players battling for a starting spot and bench spots and there is a chance that one or two of them could be missing out.
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We are probably one great front rower short too. There might still be a chance for someone like Ben Hannant or Dave Shillington to force their way back into the team this series.
Queensland is lacking a genuine big front rower who is playing quality minutes at the moment.
Dave Shillington has work to do to warrant a Maroons recall. Source: News Limited
Shillington and Martin Kennedy are probably the two biggest front rowers we've got, but neither of them has stood up this year.
I'm impressed by Kennedy's size, but at the moment he hasn't played like he is big. Everybody talks about how big and strong he is. At the Broncos they're super impressed by what an athlete he is, well it's not about what sort of athlete you are at training — it's about what you do on the football field.
Of Queensland's genuine big men, only Brenton Lawrence at Manly and Dylan Napa at the Roosters have put their hand up.
Josh McGuire is having a dig at the Broncos and while I would still like to see another front rower in the team, I don't think Mal will change the formula which worked well last year.
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Which means it's a battle between Gillett, Te'o, McQueen, Papalii and Taylor.
We have five guys with two weeks to show Mal how much they want to play for Queensland.
I think Gillett, Te'o and McQueen are slightly ahead — they might have their shorts and socks on but I don't think they have a mortgage on any jersey yet.
Taylor is the one with the best opportunity in the next two weeks.
Will Josh Papalii get another shot at Origin football? Source: News Limited
The Titans play South Sydney and then the Broncos.
He can show what he's got against the guys he is battling with for selection.
If he puts in 80 quality minutes in both games over the next two weeks, he will probably earn himself a spot on the Queensland bench.
I know people say players lift and form doesn't always matter, but the series is so tight now that you have to be going in playing good football.
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I want to see hard players over the next two weeks. No nonsense. Just tough and gritty performances from everyone.
It's not about what you're doing in the 60th minute. I'm watching right at the beginning. I want to see your intensity from the start and then I want to see those same efforts all the way through.
When it comes to Origin football, your intensity cannot drop for a second.
That is what you need to be showing us right now in the NRL.
Show Mal and show Queensland just how much you want that starting spot for Origin.
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