Laurie Daley has given Jarryd Hayne a licence to roam on the opposite side of the field and shadow James Tedesco as a second fullback in attack as the NSW coach prepares to play his trump card in a bid for a series-clinching win.
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The Blues boss will unshackle Hayne from his left-edge role, freeing him to bob up any time he sees fit as NSW seek an attacking display even slicker than the one which powered them to an Origin I rout in Brisbane.
Part of that will be allowing Hayne to inject himself into the backline without notice after the one-time NFL running back – who vomited and was on the verge of collapsing at half-time during a breathless series opener – was largely restricted to his side of the field in a frenetic game one.
But the 29-year-old is relishing the prospect of featuring alongside Tedesco on the Blues' right side to add an extra dimension to NSW's attack at ANZ Stadium on Wednesday night.
"That's huge for me making me feel like I'm not stuck on one side of the field," Hayne said.
"I think the game's changing and Manly do it with Dylan Walker and the Storm do it with [Will] Chambers as well. I've seen him roaming on that left edge and give them an extra number.
"You kind of see every five to 10 years ... you see little things change and that's the new thing now – centres roaming.
"It's just one of those things if you see an opportunity you've just got to take a hold of it. Laurie sees that as well. Being an ex-player he understands when there's an opportunity – especially in Origin – you have to take them."
It could provide an extra headache for Kevin Walters' Queensland defence, who were shredded largely through the middle in their record game-one loss.
Daley's insistence Hayne is able to blend into the NSW attack on a whim is another sign he won't be content with a repeat performance from Suncorp Stadium in the face of a desperate Maroons.
It is a tactic Walters may also consider using with traditional No.1 Darius Boyd, who has reverted to the centres to accommodate the inclusion of Billy Slater at fullback.
Hayne vaunts his versatility – "I just see myself as a baller pretty much ... I can play anywhere" – but his representative days could be spent exclusively at centre, meaning he will not get a better chance to wrest Kangaroos honours from Queensland centre Will Chambers. The Storm stalwart will switch sides to combat Hayne in Sydney.
"He's a great centre," Hayne said. "He's a right centre as well, that's his preferred position. He's one of the best right centres in the game – from an out-and-out right centre he's probably the best.
"He loves a good out ball, he's strong, he's a good defender, a good reader of defence and can read the players real well. He gets involved, he's got a real high work rate so he's just a great player.
"He's a lot tougher player than [Justin] O'Neill as well so it's just going to be a harder job going up against him."
Hayne's free rein in attack might stifle the opportunities afforded to winger Brett Morris, who is adamant the pair's partnership is starting to blossom again after spending a World Cup in 2013 alongside each other on one side of the field.
"Our combination will be a bit better," Morris said. "We've had more time to train together. I played a little bit of footy outside him a couple of years ago and with game one. It helps with the unchanged side to work on those combinations."
