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"I'm fine now. It was more how I felt last night with the headaches and all that."

Not for the first time over the weekend, NSW coach Brad Fittler entered the dressing rooms at half-time of a game to check on a Blues hopeful.

After realising Luke Keary was in a bad way on Friday night, Fittler said Frizell was not much better on Sunday.

"Obviously watching the game I was nervous for him and worried," Fittler said. "When I spoke to him, I don't think he knew who I was.

"He had that stupid smile going and talking about seeing the doc to go back on.

"Given the year he has had with the severed teste, the [poked] eye and now the concussion, there will be protocols we follow and the actual rest for him will be great.

"He'll be allowed to do stuff by Friday."

Frizell admitted he was not in the greatest form coming into an Origin campaign and had not been helped by the run of injuries.

The lacerated testicle he suffered in a freak accident happened in week one, then the poke in the eye occurred against Parramatta earlier this month, forcing him from the field because of poor vision.

Frizell was one of the first players pencilled in by Fittler when he was asked about selections a few weeks ago. His desperate chase of Dane Gagai during Origin II in 2016 remains one of the best moments that defines the Blues' spirit under Fittler.

"It hasn't been the ideal start for myself and I haven't been in this position before with so many different injuries happening so frequently,'' Frizell said.

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"I'm not in the best form coming into Origin, I know that, and that could be due to all these hiccups.

"But I've been on this stage before and know what's needed and I will be able to produce what I've been able in the past.

"The teste is all healed. There were complications that could have happened, but I made sure I saw the right people and that everything was OK. I don't have to wear the [protector] any more, but I still do, just for peace of mind."

The corresponding day in Origin camp last year was a celebration for St George Illawarra with Jack de Belin, Paul Vaughan and Tariq Sims all given the nod for the squad alongside seasoned campaigner Frizell.

The circumstances surrounding de Belin have hung over the Dragons since the start of the year and Frizell said: "You'd love to see him a part of this team, but things have happened, he's not able to play, but he'll be cheering for us and wishing us the best."