Both coaches have decided to stick with their selected line-ups for the State of Origin series decider with no changes listed when the final squads were submitted an hour before kick-off.
Blues prop Payne Haas raised eyebrows when he was wearing a back brace for the team’s traditional walk on game-day morning but assistant coach Matt King said they trusted the Broncos star to know that he is fit to play.
Haas had been hampered by a bulging disc in his back, stopping NSW’s most powerful forward from training over the past week.
NSW coach Laurie Daley had earlier confirmed Brian To’o was fit to play despite a ligament tear in his knee.
Star half Nathan Cleary is expected to be fine to kick in general play, but Zac Lomax will take shots at goal due to the half’s ongoing groin complaint.
Jacob Kiraz and Reece Walsh will be the standby reserves on each bench after Blues forward Lindsay Smith and Queensland counterpart J’maine Hopgood were the final names cut from the squads.
For the Maroons, coach Billy Slater has made changes to his side despite striking on a winning combination in game two at Perth last month.
Josh Papalii has displaced Moeaki Fotuaika as a starting prop while Gehamat Shibasaki will make his Origin debut at centre with Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow switching to fullback following Kalyn Ponga’s foot injury.
Maroons skipper Cameron Munster rejoined the team on Tuesday after taking a few days off to grieve the death of his father, Steven.

Payne Haas. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)
NSW: 1. Dylan Edwards 2. Brian To’o 3. Stephen Crichton 4. Latrell Mitchell 5. Zac Lomax 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Max King 9. Reece Robson 10. Payne Haas 11. Liam Martin 12. Angus Crichton 13. Isaah Yeo (c) 14. Connor Watson 15. Spencer Leniu 16. Hudson Young 17. Stefano Utoikamanu 18. Jacob Kiraz 19. Lindsay Smith 20. Bradman Best
Queensland: 1. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 2. Xavier Coates 3. Robert Toia 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Valentine Holmes 6. Cameron Munster (c) 7. Tom Dearden 8. Josh Papalii 9. Harry Grant 10. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui 11. Reuben Cotter 12. Kurt Capewell 13. Trent Loiero 14. Kurt Mann 15. Lindsay Collins 16. Jeremiah Nanai 17. Patrick Carrigan 18. Reece Walsh 19. Josh Kerr 20. J’maine Hopgood
with AAP