Brisbane coach Anthony Griffin says Queensland State of Origin stars Ben Hannant and Matt Gillett will back up in the Broncos’ top-of-the-table NRL clash with Melbourne on Friday night.

Griffin initially named only Gillett of Brisbane’s five Origin players for the Storm showdown, but on Thursday he added fellow Origin bench player Hannant after he recovered well from Queensland’s 18-10 game one win over NSW in Melbourne on Wednesday night.

Griffin resisted calling on Origin starting players Justin Hodges, Sam Thaiday and Petero Civoniceva.

Melbourne are expected to include their Origin stars in the match at Melbourne’s AAMI Park.