State of Origin: Victor Radley added to NSW Blues squad as 19th man

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Sydney Roosters utility Victor Radley has been added to the New South Wales squad as 19th man.

The 21-year-old joins the Blues squad on Tuesday for their training camp at the NSWRL Centre of Excellence.

Radley generally plays in the backrow but has filled in at lock and hooker at various times in his short career.

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He is yet to make an appearance for his state, though was included in the Emerging Blues squad.

Radley has played 39 first-grade games for the Roosters since his 2017 debut.

He quickly built a reputation as one of the league's hardest hitters, regularly putting shots on men well out of his weight class.

Radley played 25 matches in the club's victorious 2018 campaign.

The young Rooster joins former teammate Ryan Matterson as the extra men in the squad, with the Tigers backrower added on Monday.

NSW team for Origin I:

1. James Tedesco. 2. Nick Cotric. 3. Latrell Mitchell, 4. Josh Morris, 5. Josh Addo-Carr, 6. Cody Walker, 7. Nathan Cleary, 8. David Klemmer, 9. Damien Cook, 10. Paul Vaughan. 11. Boyd Cordner, 12. Tyson Frizell, 13. Jake Trbojevic  

Interchange: 14. Jack Wighton, 15. Payne Haas, 16. Cameron Murray, 17. Angus Crichton, 18. Ryan Matterson 19. Victor Radley

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