"The captain's run will be two parts of you know what. There won't be too much done today. I'm happy. Happy with everything we have done. Can't fault them to now. Just getting their head in the right space. If we do that, we should play well. The prep has been really good. "The opposed sessions took a bit out of them. I just feel as though we need to lighten the load. Get them fresh and ready to go." Maroons coach Kevin Walters was asked about the Blues' tactic to save energy on the eve of the clash and admitted he wouldn't be following suit. "That doesn't surprise me," Walters said of NSW's five-minute session. "They've got some good talent there. Laurie has been in charge of that team for a few years now, so that's his call. I hope to train more than five minutes today though." The Blues have a number of X-factor players at their disposal this year, with Jarryd Hayne and James Tedesco at the top of that list.

Tedesco, who got the nod at No.1 ahead of two other fullbacks in the back line, revealed his desire to be the No.1 fullback in the world. "That was my aspiration at the start of the year [to be the world's best fullback]," Tedesco said. "With all the dramas [at Wests Tigers] and how we've been going, this year probably hasn't gone the way I hoped, but I'll still have those aspirations in the future. "Hopefully, I can take that confidence back to club footy and be the best in the game by the end of the year. That's definitely a goal for me. If I can stamp my authority as the best in this arena, then it'll go a long way to being the best in the game." While Hayne and Tedesco will be expected to be able to produce the superstar play in the big moment, it's halfback Mitchell Pearce who comes into the opening game of the series under the most pressure, given his inability to conquer Queensland in the past. Loading