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GREG Bird has vowed the foot injury he will battle for the remainder of the season won't keep him from playing a major part in the Blues' push for Origin glory.
Bird injured his plantar fascia — the connective tissue which supports the arch on the bottom of the foot — while playing for Australia in last month's Anzac Test.
And while it would not have prevented him from taking the field for the Origin opener, his unavailability through suspension allowed him to rest the injury, with the second-rower believing he will return at peak fitness as the NSW bid to win the series for the first time since 2005.
Greg Bird looks on during a New South Wales Blues State of Origin training. Source: Getty Images
Bird's two-week ban for a dangerous tackle on South Sydney's Bryson Goodwin means he will have just one club game under his belt before he heads into camp with the Blues.
But he is confident he will be ready.
"I've been doing a lot of work in fitness in the altitude chamber, so I actually feel I'm fresh and ready to go,'' he said.
"Sometimes when you have a couple of weeks off if you don't put the work in off the field you can get a bit lazy but I feel ready to go. My foot's freshened up and my back and my legs are ready to go.''
Greg Bird celebrates a win. Source: News Corp Australia
Bird said he would have played through the pain if he had been available for the Origin opener, risking a complete tear of the fascia, an injury similar to the one that sidelined Blues captain Paul Gallen from the series decider last year.
"It wouldn't have been that bad but it's something that can get worse or can get better and it's something that I'll probably have to manage for the rest of the season,'' Bird said.
"I've had scans, it's not the regular part of the plantar fascia that you usually have problems with … you can't just strap it up and try to manage it, you've got to do a few different things but I've got it all under control and it'll be right.''
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