Mal Meninga calls on 'Steve' McQueen as Maroons plot another Origin "Great Escape" Rabbitohs backrower Chris McQueen has been called up for a Queensland Origin debut. MAL Meninga has already directed Queensland's version of "The Magnificent Seven." Now he has actor Steve McQueen to complete another Origin "Great Escape." South Sydney utility Chris McQueen was last night named the bolter of the 2013 Maroons, so unheralded that Meninga mistakenly referred to the 25-year-old as the late movie star. Well, Steve (McQueen)... oh sorry, Chris. Well he is one of my favourite actors actually," Meninga said. The selection of McQueen however poses another theatrical question: where are all the props? For the first time since the 2007 dead-rubber, which the Maroons lost, Meninga will head into an Origin without a recognised front-rower on his bench. While NSW have made the tactic their secret weapon in recent years, specifically the idea of Paul Gallen playing in the front row, Meninga wants to counter-punch with his own mobile pack. The Maroons have not won a game at the ANZ Stadium ice-rink since winning there twice in the 2010 clean sweep. But Meninga believes he needs more back rowers to match the Blues with forward versatility. Starting second-rowers Sam Thaiday and Nate Myles can both expect time in the engine room to relieve bookends Matt Scott and David Shillington. "We've got Sam and Nate who can push up into the front row," Meninga said. If you look at the NSW side they've got the same situation with Gallen playing in the front row and (Andrew) Fifita and (James) Tamou are the only real specialist props. So we've gone similar and we believe we needed more mobility around the park and that is why we picked the team we've picked. But it makes you wonder why, after seven dominant years, is Meninga second-guessing a formula that has served the Maroons well in the past. There is no doubt Myles and Thaiday have the potential to hold their own as Origin front-rowers. But it might be too risky expecting them to step into the middle after 20 minutes of high intensity action already in the back-row. Perhaps Meninga is keeping the real script hidden and his starting side was named that way just for the cameras.