Queensland have been advised to carefully manage Darren Lockyer's latest injury comeback after his match-winning return for Brisbane against Parramatta on Friday night.

Lockyer helped snatch a nail-biting 30-26 win from the Eels with only seconds remaining in a high class game that even had the players raving.

He will now be named captain of Queensland for Wednesday week's must-win return Origin but Brisbane's performance director Jeremy Hickmans will be contacting the Maroons medical staff with a list of "do's and don'ts" to follow.

Lockyer pulled up with no signs of soreness after his first game back following clean out surgery on his reconstructed right knee.

His deft chip kick for winger Denan Kemp's fourth try with two seconds left in the clash is why Queensland desperately want him on deck for the Origin clash at Suncorp Stadium.

Lockyer played for 52 minutes on Friday night, 32 minutes in the first half and the last 20 minutes of the second half in a plan devised by coach Wayne Bennett.

Hickman said despite Lockyer's knee coming through the game he was still not out of the woods and would need to be managed for the rest of the season.

"His knee is not unlike the injury Shane Webcke played with at the back end of his career," said Hickmans.

"He pulled up very well through the week and he's pulled up very well after the game which is good.

"Darren had some residual damage (in the knee) from the original surgery but that's been cleaned up and it's pretty tidy in there now.

"Coming back from these kind of operations there's no way he's going to be out of the woods just yet.

"We'll speak to the Queensland medical staff and tell them what we think he can and can't do and specify what we think he needs to be doing.

"They'll have to identify which (training) sessions they most need him at and Darren's pretty good that way himself."

Lockyer said after setting up the dramatic 30-26 win his fitness would not be a problem for Origin.

"I've got another 12 days to go and I'll do everything I can to prepare myself for a big game," he said.

Hickmans said Lockyer was one of those athletes whose fitness was never really called into question.

He said there was merit in speculation the champion five-eighth will play the Origin match off the bench because of the intensity of the game.

The make up of both Origin sides will be determined by the NRL's match view committee and judiciary.

Brisbane and Queensland centre Justin Hodges and Parramatta and NSW back Jarryd Hayne will have to escape lifting charges after being put on report by referee Jason Robinson.

A first half tackle by Queensland forward Sam Thaiday could come under scrutiny although Thaiday's Brisbane teammate Michael Ennis, who was involved in the hit on Weller Hauraki, felt it was "a really good tackle".

"I'm praying they don't stamp it out of the game," he said.

"Sam Thaiday's probably got one of the best techniques in the game.

"He hit him straight under the ball but anything that gets lifted these days seems to be a penalty.

"I can understand when they get in a dangerous position but when a bloke gets picked up and driven back towards his own goal line and lands on his back .... that's what we've been taught to do for 20 years.

"I don't know why we're getting penalised for that."

Meanwhile, Queensland legend Shane Webcke believes Maroons wrecking ball Carl Webb would be far more effective playing off the bench in Origin II.

Cowboys enforcer Webb has been heavily criticised following his lacklustre performance as a starting prop in Queensland's 18-10 loss to NSW in the opening match in Sydney.

With New Zealand Warriors skipper Steve Price set to be rushed into the Maroons side, even a big game against Penrith in Townsville on Saturday night is unlikely to save Webcke from being relegated to the bench for the second Origin clash in Brisbane on June 11.

"I don't think we did Carl any favours starting him (in Origin I)," Webcke told AAP at a Queensland Former Origin Greats (FOGS) function at Suncorp Stadium.

"I guess the selectors had very good reason for doing that, which I wouldn't know about.

"I've always reckoned Charlie (Webb) is better off the bench. It better suits his level of fitness.

"He gets a lot of bum raps about his fitness but I think he's just such an explosive player.

"He's never going to be a player who stays out there for long stretches but if he gets out there and finds his mark, he can give you 15 destructive minutes where he can turn the game on its head."

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