Better than his wedding day

Manly prop Brenton Lawrence covets a Queensland State of Origin jersey so much it might just land him in the dog house.

The 32-year-old has been mentioned in dispatches as a possible bench option for Kevin Walters’ side for their rugby league series opener at Suncorp Stadium on May 31.

With Matt Scott missing due to injury, Lawrence is seen as in the running along with the likes of Jacob Lillyman and Jarrod Wallace.

He has received an endorsement from former Queensland Origin great Billy Moore to receive his State of Origin debut after finding career-best form for the Sea Eagles in 2017.

Asked what a Maroons jumper would mean to him, he says it would be the best day of his life and that includes his wedding last year.

While that sort of passion might endear him to Walters, his wife Casey might be asking him to sleep on the couch for the next few weeks.

‘‘I feel like I’m doing an all right job,’’ Lawrence said after Manly’s 24-14 loss to Brisbane.

‘‘If I get picked in Origin, that’d be the best thing that ever happened to me I reckon.

‘‘I think the cliche is to say ‘I’ll keep playing footy and see what happens’. If they pick me, I got married last year and it’d be better than that. It’d be unreal.’’

Asked how his wife might feel about that statement, he said: ‘‘She knows.’’