When both State of Origin teams dropped on Monday morning, the general feeling was "wait, what, say that again?"
It seems as though both coaches tried to be clever about selections and out work the other.
Truthfully, keeping in mind I've played about 11 minutes of football in my life, I think both coaches missed a trick ... to say the least.
Laurie Daley overlooked one of the form players of the competition for two players no one had in their predicted line up.
Meanwhile Billy Slater has named a bench that has even the biggest Broncos fan asking "what gives?".
There are a host of players absolutely screaming out for Origin selection, who have been overlooked.
Players who, by all rights, should be there next Wednesday night.
Dolphins star Kulikefu Finefeuiaki should be in the run on side and not named as the reserve, but as he can be elevated on the night, he will be left off this list.
Below are seven players who should absolutely be there come Origin One, but were overlooked:
1. Lindsay Smith or Terrell May
The Blues have named one prop on their six man bench. One!?
Ford and Koloamatangi should be there, but they're not, meaning the Blues are a big man short on the bench, at very least.
If the other two walk up options are deemed so offensive, then surely Kangaroos representative and multiple time Premiership winner Linsday Smith is an easy fix?
If not, can we please finally select Terrell May? The bloke has been bodying other options for 18 months now but is yet again overlooked.
Why? Cause of a live stream 12 months ago?
It's beyond a joke the hoops May is being made to jump through while a bloke averaging 75 metres and 75 penalties a game is gifted a spot.
