Maroon coach Billy Slater will have some crucial decisions to make at the selection table following calls that Broncos young gun Selwyn Cobbo should be given an opportunity. Cobbo, in just his 17th first-grade game on Friday night, starred for the Broncos with a hat-trick performance as Brisbane thrashed Manly 38-0. While the 19-year-old never featured in any junior Maroons sides before becoming a regular starter in the NRL this season, rugby league great Paul Vautin said that means little given the winger's rapid rise. "No doubt they will," Vautin said. "If there is a spot for him in the team. If there's an injury, I'd play him. "Some kids don't make under-17s, under-18s or under-19s, but in the space of a year, they go from not making those teams to finding themselves. "They become such a better player in one year." Cobbo didn't hold back when asked about featuring for the Maroons this season. "It would mean the world to me to play for my state," he told Nine after his side's win. "Growing up, I didn't play for any of the Queensland sides. To be able to play for the big one would be so exciting. "I would love to represent my state." Broncos coach Kevin Walters was also asked about Cobbo's bid to put on a Maroons jersey.
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