North Queensland Cowboys forward Gavin Cooper has been added to the XXXX Queensland Maroons squad.
Cooper is scheduled to arrive in Sydney tomorrow morning and will join the Maroons squad for the Captain’s Run at ANZ Stadium.
Maroons coach Kevin Walters said it was a terrific reward for the premiership-winning back-rower.
“Gavin has been a consistent performer for the Cowboys for a number of years now and this opportunity shows just how close he is to wearing a Queensland jersey,” Walters said.
Cooper, a member of the Queensland Academy of Sport Emerging Origin squad in 2015, joins Cowboys teammates Johnathan Thurston, Michael Morgan, Matt Scott and Justin O’Neill in the Maroons squad.
XXXX Queensland Maroons coach Kevin Walters has today named two debutants in his 17-man team for Game I of the Holden State of Origin series.
Corey Oates will become the 183rd player to represent Queensland at Origin level and Justin O’Neill the 184th when the Maroons take the field at ANZ Stadium on June 1.
QRL Chairman Peter Betros officially announced the team tonight in front of more than 250 guests at the 2016 XXXX Queensland Maroons Series Launch in Brisbane.
QRL TV’s Peter Psaltis spoke to the Queensland coach on Day 1 of Maroons camp about the debutants – Justin O’Neill & Corey Oates, club form and the job ahead for his team.
