James Tamou will have no heitation in hammering likely NSW teammates James Maloney and Mitchell Pearce North Queensland enforcer James Tamou will wear specially-designed pink boots tonight. The Roosters travel to north Queensland full of confidence, with Waerea-Hargreaves, despite his suspension. ENDORSING James Maloney and Mitchell Pearce as the Blues halves won't limit James Tamou's intent to bulldoze the pair. Putting on his NSW cap ahead of tonight's clash at 1300SMILES Stadium, giant prop Tamou salivated at the prospect of laying the platform for the Sydney Roosters duo in State of Origin this month. He is adamant the pair's red-hot form together at club level make them the obvious Origin choice, just edging the equally impressive scrum-base pairing of Adam Reynolds and John Sutton from Souths. "It's their time," Tamou said as NSW look to snap a seven-series losing streak against Queensland. But as quickly as it went on, Tamou's Blues cap came off and was replaced by a full-brim 10-gallon Cowboy hat. Tamou predicted Pearce and Maloney would lift another level against Cowboys and Queensland's attacking maestro Johnathan Thurston tonight, just to eliminate any doubts NSW coach Laurie Daley might have. He said he would have no hesitation in bringing his potential future teammates unstuck tonight. "None at all, that's what playing rugby league is all about," Tamou said. It will be exciting to come up against the Roosters. They've always got a big pack and they're always fiery. They're one of the top teams in the competition, so this will test us out and we know we need to step it up. Johnathan Thurston is hoping to reignite the Cowboys season. Picture: Wesley Monts Source: The Daily Telegraph Which is exactly why Thurston said gaining an Origin edge over the pair would be the furthest thing from his mind. While he also believes Pearce has "sewn up the No. 7 jersey" for the Blues, returning North Queensland to the winner's list and reigniting their campaign is the 30-year-old five-eighth's only concern. "It's all Cowboys for me, we need to turn the corner somehow and get our groove on," Thurston said. The Roosters are one of the benchmark teams of the competition. They've had a few shut-outs this year and it's hard to score points against them. So it's going to be a challenge, but we'll try and do our best. The equal second-placed Roosters are favourites, but potentially fatigued coming off a short turnaround and a brutal Monday night clash against Manly, North Queensland will be anything but outsiders. Winger Antonio Winter-stein said a fast start would be crucial to the Cowboys' hopes of an upset. "They're going to want to come up here and embarrass us in front of our home crowd . . . so if we can get off to a good start, keep them at their end and defend aggressively I think we can hold them out," he said. But if we give them time to play, with blokes like Sonny Bill (Williams) and (Michael) Jennings out wide they can cause damage. Tamou and Thurston will wear specially-designed pink boots tonight that will be signed after the game and auctioned off for charity. All money raised goes to The McGrath Foundation as part of the competition's Women in League round.