DYLAN Walker isn’t alone when it comes to questionable State of Origin selections.

New South Wales coach Laurie Daley raised a few eyebrows after naming the Manly back on the bench for Origin I, but it was the 21-year-old’s measly nine minutes of game time that attracted the most criticism.

Walker watched 71 minutes of his Origin debut pass by before he was thrown on to the field, but failed to provide any sort of impact.

Daley has since defended his selection of Walker, saying the Sea Eagle was picked to cover injuries to the outside backs.

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Dylan Walker (left) sits on the bench during Origin I. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: News Corp Australia

Replacements for Walker have been tossed up for Origin II in Brisbane, but the question remains whether he or anyone else will get genuine game time.

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In fact, apart from Walker, there have been seven other bench players during the NRL era to receive 10 minutes or less in an Origin clash — and they’re all Blues!

Queensland’s selection ‘pick-and-stick’ policy has paid dividends for more than a decade and incredibly, since 1998, they’ve never made the ‘mistake’ of underusing a bench option.

Walker’s short stint in Origin I drew comparisons to Sea Eagles forward Jamie Buhrer who played in the opening game of 2012. Then-NSW coach Ricky Stuart picked Buhrer as Robbie Farah’s understudy, but gave him just seven minutes of game time. While Buhrer hasn’t played Origin football since, he’s still the butt of many a joke today.

Jamie Buhrer (centre) before his only Origin appearance. Source: News Limited

But hey, at least Buhrer and Walker made it off the bench.

Josh Reynolds (game one, 2013) and Ken McGuinness (game one, 1998) are the only two players since 1998 to watch a whole Origin encounter from the pine.

In that 1998 opener, the Blues effectively only used two of their bench players in forwards David Barnhill and Steve Menzies. While McGuinness had the best seat in the house, the highly respected Matthew Johns played just four minutes.

Ken McGuinness never made it off the bench in Origin I, 1998. Source: News Corp Australia

Hard-running Michael Vella earned a Blues call-up for game one in 2000 but was given just nine minutes before being overlooked for game two. He was recalled for the final match in the series as a replacement for Melbourne prop Rodney Howe who had been suspended.

For the series decider in 2011, Ricky Stuart decided to prop Trent Merrin for Wests Tigers big man Keith Galloway. Stuart handed just nine minutes of game time to Galloway — the ginger-bearded prop never played for the Blues again.

Another infamous story worth mentioned happened one year before the formation of the NRL.

Aaron Raper, son of Immortal, Johnny Raper, was named on the bench for game two of the 1997 series but was never used.

NSW coach Tommy Raudonikis later joked that he had “forgotten” to use Raper, who never got another shot in the Origin arena.

Origin players in the NRL era with 10 mins or less off the bench:

1998, game one: Matthew Johns — 4 mins

1998, game one: Ken McGuinness — 0 mins

2000, game one: Michael Vella — 9 mins

2011, game three: Keith Galloway — 9 mins

2012, game one: Jamie Buhrer — 7 mins

2012, game three: Ben Creagh — 10 mins

2013, game one: Josh Reynolds — 0 mins

2016, game one: Dylan Walker — 9 mins

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