Dragons props to take up charge

They are the fearsome front-row tag team that have swept all before them in the NRL this season.Now inseparable Dragons hardmen Michael Weyman and Justin Poore are charged with the task of taking on the best in the business - Queensland and Australian props Petero Civoniceva and Steve Price in State of Origin I next Wednesday.The pair travelled to Melbourne yesterday morning where they joined the rest of the NSW squad in camp at Werribee.NSW coach Craig Bellamy selected both of them on the Blues bench in the hope of recreating the devastating impact they have for the Dragons in the Origin battle at Etihad Stadium."We're here today because the team has been playing well," Poore said from Melbourne yesterday."If I'm not taking the ball up, it's Mick, or the other forwards, or big Dell or someone else, all the boys have put in."Mick has done the hard yards this year and I'm pretty happy to be selected in the team with him."I'm ecstatic to be here, it's great that it's all fallen into place."I'm just stoked and hopefully I can do a job next week."With Dragons team-mate Ben Creagh winning a place in the starting line-up, Poore and Weyman now form a heavyweight front-row combination with Port Kembla-bred Gold Coast prop Luke Bailey and Manly's Brent Kite.After being named in the 40-man preliminary squad last month, it appeared Poore's star was fading as he battled a thumb injury and was only chosen on the bench for Country Origin.But that all changed when Poore produced two sensational efforts against the Bulldogs and Sharks to barge the selection door down.Poore said: "To be totally honest I didn't really think of (Origin)."I still got 50 minutes (for Country) and the Dragons are going well, so I wasn't sure."His representative call-up comes as Poore faces one of the biggest decisions of his career, with Parramatta and the embattled Sharks making big money offers to steal him from the Dragons.While Poore's rise to prominence has been a steady progression over the past two seasons, Weyman's NSW selection is nothing short of remarkable.Last year Weyman struggled for form and fitness at Canberra, spending much of the year in the Queensland Cup.But the move to Wollongong this year has given the Moruya junior a new lease of life.Both 24, Poore and Weyman are close friends, playing Australian Schoolboys together in 2002.However, Poore admitted his bond with the man known as "Horse" had its moments."I enjoy my time away from big Michael," Poore said, with Weyman standing just metres away."I can't get rid of him, he turns up at my place and I have to get my missus to tell him I've gone out just to get some peace."He's always stalking me."