Queensland coach Kevin Walters seems certain what roles Jack Bird and Matt Moylan will play for NSW from kick-off on Wednesday night. "Jack Bird in the six, we saw what he could do in Origin II," Walters told the ABC on the weekend. "I think he was only on for 20 minutes but he was quite damaging when he was on there." Reminded that rival Laurie Daley had not actually confirmed who would play five-eighth, Walters said: "Laurie rang me before and told me just to clear the air. It was very kind of him, wasn't it? No, I'm just making that assumption." Matt Moylan is also expected to play in the pivot position. UK return for Anderson? Would banned Parramatta official Daniel Anderson be permitted to return to coaching in England where he is highly respected and successful? The Super League, Challenge Cup and World Club Challenge winner was named BBC's coach of the year across all sports in 2006. He is one of five Eels officials de-registered because of his involvement in the club's salary cap scandal. Out of the game: Kieran Foran's immediate future is uncertain. Credit:Getty Images

While disciplinary bans on players apply to the sport worldwide, administrative sanctions are a grey area. Anderson would be widely sought-after in the UK. Set of Six approached RFL chief executive Nigel Wood and his media adviser for comment but received no response. A Liddle piece of history Young NRL players don't share the fear of the fourth estate that their elders hold. Raised in the social media age, they are comfortable in front of a mic and a camera. Try-scoring Wests Tigers debutant Jacob Liddle sounded delightfully natural when interviewed on Saturday night. "It's tough, fast, a lot faster than what [Holden] Cup is," he said. Warriors look at island switch After a successful Super Rugby game in Suva, the Warriors are looking at a possible NRL game in the islands. The Crusaders and Chiefs attracted 19,000 people over the weekend, giving rugby union a kick in a market where league still runs a distant second but is on the rise. Warriors CEO Jim Doyle said: "That's always a big opportunity for us. Because a large make-up of our team are Tongans and Samoans, the more we could do there the better and the more fan base and supporters we could get. We do community stuff there now, we've been to Tonga a few times and ran programs there. We recently had Tony Iro there, running some clinics." But Doyle said the NRL would have to pay some of the bills.

100 not out for Ticker Would you believe that Wednesday night will mark a century of Origins for one participant? That's right – 100 appearances in a tournament that only stages three games a year. The man in question is veteran journalist Wayne "Ticker" Heming, formerly of AAP and now of APN. "I am pretty sure this will be my last Origin," Heming, who made a similar claim in the 1990s, tells Set of Six. "I worked out, I spent over 100 weeks of my life covering State of Origin. I've seen almost 8000 minutes of Origin action over 36 years and written well over 1 million words. Best game I saw, and there were many amazing moments, was at the Sydney Football Stadium when Lewis scored that memorable try. Queensland had lost Langer, Meninga, Vautin, Hancock to injury and Bob Lindner played on with a fractured leg. Yeah, I am a cockroach and a turncoat. But after moving here in 1979 with my wife and having two children here I am OK with that." Footnote: Here's Heming's full take on Origin: "What better way to go on game No. 100 with a series win, maybe even a whitewash!! My favourite memories of Origin were the early years through the '80s and into the '90s when the team used to stay in Sydney at the Rushcutters Bay Travelodge and train in a park with no goal posts in front of a few startled vagrants hiding their refreshments in brown paper bags. Training would consist of Arthur Beetson yelling a few things to Wally Lewis. The players would kick the ball to each other and that was it. Bonding sessions were HUGE and celebrations after games dragged into the late hours of the morning with players staggering back to the team hotel just in time for breakfast and then pack and check out. One of my favourite things was going for the odd walk around the Bay and bump into the late, great team manager Dick "Tosser" Turner, who along with Chris "Choppy" Close were the most passionate Queenslanders I have ever met. Tosser was a lovely man and he would tell me stories about Origin – ones I could not print, and entertain me. He would always greet you with a smile and before he left he would give you a Mintie. "I remember a story about how he once gave some council workers money to put down their jack hammers and turn off their compressors and go to the pub so the Queensland team could get some rest. The conspiracy theory went that NSW found out where Queensland were staying and organised for the workmen to turn up in the afternoon only they didn't count on Tosser paying them double the money they were on to knock-off early.