Pat Carrigan has revealed the extent of a horror mouth wound that will see the battered Queensland ironman take 30 stitches into Wednesday night’s State of Origin opener.

Billy Slater has announced a new-look Queensland side to tackle the Blues in Game 1 after a weekend of injury chaos saw him forced into widespread changes.

Both NSW and Queensland are facing the prospect of being without some superstar players with team selection for the series opener rocked by injury carnage.