Brisbane Broncos teammates Josh McGuire, Corey Parker fight for Queensland Origin spot Josh McGuire is eyeing a spot on the Maroons' bench. MAROONS greats say Josh McGuire needs to do more to earn selection for Origin I because Broncos teammate Corey Parker should claim the last bench spot. With Mal Meninga's all-conquering line-up virtually naming itself, it could be only one spot that vacated by retired prop Petero Civoniceva up for grabs. Sam Thaiday, Nate Myles and Ashley Harrison, who missed last year's Origin decider but has been a part of the past five series wins, have a mortgage on the backrow. Matt Scott and Dave Shillington are likely to bookend captain Cameron Smith in the front-row. While incumbent winger Brent Tate looks certain to join the six backline teammates who lined up for the Kangaroos last week. With wayward Titan Dave Taylor tumbling down the pecking order, it appears to leave McGuire and Parker battling for a bench spot alongside Ben Hannant, Matt Gillett and Ben Te'o. Tyro prop McGuire, 23, shapes as a Maroon-in-waiting but is untested in rugby league's most combustible cauldron. Queensland legend Gary Larson says veteran Parker, 30 and with eight Origin caps, offers a tried and trusted workhorse off the bench. "If I had to pick one I'd go with the experience of Corey Parker," he said. It's a very hard one because Josh is a good player and is young, but in that sort of match you know what you get with Corey. Rod Morris, who played in the inaugural Origin contest, also backed the evergreen lock to edge out his clubmate, citing his goalkicking and offloading skills. I like Corey Parker. Josh McGuire is a very talented young man but Corey has a few other things that he can do," Morris said. I'm not saying that Josh hasn't got ability and he will make the side one day, but I'd go for Corey. Morris tipped a head-to-head NRL shootout between the pair in the next month to ultimately sway Meninga. "It will come down to the next month and who plays better," Morris said. Mal always said he'd pick his team based on form so whoever plays the better of those two will probably get the final spot. In a major blow to Taylor's hopes of a recall, Larson labelled the Gold Coast giant "lazy" and not yet deserving of a state return. "When Dave's on song Dave's on song," he said. But I see him as a lazy player. If I was on his team I'd be helping him out at training to lift his workrate. But how long do you give him? (His age) is no longer an excuse. For me, he's a bit complacent. Someone like Michael Jennings for NSW would exploit a lazy player on the edges.