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PROPS are as fashionable in State of Origin as Ford Falcons are on the roads.
They do the job just fine, and sometimes beautifully — as well as they ever did. It's just that the people that count want the job done differently these days.
Mal Meninga has chosen only one full-time, six-cylinder NRL prop for Queensland in the first two games, Matt Scott.
NSW have two to start, but none off the bench.
Josh McGuire's chances of a Maroons call-up look limited at best. Source: News Corp Australia
Bronco Josh McGuire, unwanted by Queensland so far, might be best off taking up a chance to play representative football for New Zealand this year.
History would caution the 24-year-old, 100-gamer to wait if playing for Queensland and Australia is his heart's desire, but more of that later.
Meninga plainly does not rate what McGuire has done so far as the makings of an Origin go-forward player, otherwise he would be in already.
CHAMBERS OUT AND SLATER AND INGLIS FIRM
McGuire was even left out of a Queensland Emerging Origin squad last summer.
And the fact that Queensland ran for 80m more than NSW in their game one loss tends to indicate that whatever was responsible for the Maroons being down 1-0, carting the ball up effectively was not one of the bigger factors.
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For game one, Meninga felt he could get enough go-forward out of Scott and Nate Myles and some smaller, quick backrow types.
In terms of bigger bodies, for game two, he has also summoned Sam Thaiday and Jacob Lillyman. Plus Dave Taylor, as another for running a wider angle.
BIG DOG TAYLOR TO BE LET OFF THE LEASH
Informed speculation has it that if Meninga wanted another prop, it would more likely be that Manly prop Brenton Lawrence would be next cab off the rank.
That amounts to a lot of names separating McGuire from the Queensland jersey he covets.
Jacob Lillyman is ahead of McGuire in the Maroons prop queue. Source: News Corp Australia
Noise coming out of those around McGuire is that New Zealand selection is emerging as an option for him. He can qualify for the Kiwis as he has a New Zealand-born mother, Karlene.
Plainly, Scott deserves to be the first prop picked for Queensland.
McGuire's consistent NRL form, with a 35-tackle average and exactly 120m a game in metres made, has not yet made the decision up for the selectors.
CLOCK TICKING ON DCE
But props eating up the metres in the NRL who are eligible for Queensland and aged in their 20s are not thick on the ground.
At the established end of the scale, Lawrence is 30 and Scott turns 30 next month.
Petro Civoniceva remains the benchmark for Maroons props. Source: News Limited
Few last as long as Petero Civoniceva, who played his last Origin game at 36.
So there is some encouragement for McGuire to remain eligible for Queensland for another year or two at least.
And here's more — Sam Backo was 27 and a first grader for five seasons with Canberra before he was chosen for Queensland.
Backo had two rollicking rep seasons for Queensland and Australia in 1988 and 1989.
In games two and three of the 1988 Origin series, Backo won consecutive man-of-the-match awards against the Blues.
Around the same era, Mark Hohn was 29 before he was first recognised by Queensland and he played his one, cherished Test for Australia at the age of 30. Good things come to those who can wait.
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