Origin II Looms and Hunt Moves--Announcers Beware

Although Armchair Playmaker had been excited about the possibility of Darren Lockyer returning to the Queensland side for tomorrow's second match of the State of Origin series, that possibility was snuffed out a few days back. After losing the first match of the three-match series 18-10, Queensland will introduce a new playmaker combination. Scott Prince will come into the side at halfback, Jonathan Thurston will slide from halfback to five-eighth, and Karmichael Hunt slides from five-eighth all the way to the bench despite capable at a number of other positions.

Hunt must be disappointed at having to watch at least some of the match from the bench, having recently noted that he finds watching rugby league boring. The good news is for the announcers, who will have less chance of an embarrassing slip-up over his name, as this clip from last year's series appears to show. Did Ray "Rabbits" Warren really say what it sounds like he said? You be the judge (Caution: clip contains apparent accidental profanity):