Here is what Ben Ikin said regarding calls from Mark Geyer and Greg Alexander to allow Moses Leota to play Origin despite not arriving in Australia until after his 13th birthday, making him ineligible. The comparrison being used in the media is Ronaldo Mulitalo, who NSW prevented playing origin because he didn't get to QLD until after his 13th birthday, but before he turned 14.
Ben Ikin said:
“I’m struggling to have any empathy for NSWRL or Moses Leota here,”
“Moses simply does not qualify to play State of Origin. The rules are the rules. We need to accept that some players might miss out by a week or a month, which might as well be three years.
“Making small exceptions on the run would be farcical. The first exemption would 13 years and four months, then it would be 13 years and seven months, and so on.
“I understand rugby league is built on drama, but we don’t need this kind of drama.”