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Walsh, Ponga pairing a Maroons flashback to 2018

Fullbacks Kalyn Ponga (left) and Reece Walsh will play together for Queensland for the first time. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Queensland coach Billy Slater is confident fullbacks Reece Walsh and Kalyn Ponga can succeed in the same side, because he has played in a similar combination himself.

In game two of 2018 Slater was Maroons fullback and Ponga, in his State of Origin debut, came off the bench as a roving lock with great success. The Maroons lost that match 18-14, but Ponga was one of the best on the ground.

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