Please don’t go: Lockyer

QUEENSLAND Origin selector Darren Lockyer has appealed for Greg Inglis not to walk away from his NRL career today, warning the Maroons skipper could live to regret a sudden retirement.

D-Day has arrived for Inglis, with the Souths superstar to meet with Wayne Bennett today to inform the Rabbitohs coach whether he will sacrifice $1.5 million by quitting.

Bennett last week ordered Inglis to take a week’s rest to clear his head – fuelling speculation the Queensland captain is at breaking point and could drop a retirement bombshell as early as today.

However, Lockyer – Inglis’ first Origin captain – is adamant his former Queensland teammate, 32, is not a spent force. Lockyer remembers the shock retirement of former Broncos colleague Allan Langer, who sensationally quit eight rounds into the 1999 season.

“Greg has more in him. He’s not finished in my eyes,” Lockyer said. “When I think of the situation with Inglis, I think of the Alf (Langer) scenario.”