The world's best defensive centre Matt Cooper has offered his services to silence Queensland attacking superstar Greg Inglis as NSW chase State of Origin redemption.

Inglis destroyed the Blues in the Origin II as Queensland ran out 30-0 victors and Cooper said he would be prepared to cross the field to produce a defensive shutout on the game's most gifted player.

"That's what I pride my game on is defence and I suppose it would give me a bit of confidence if that was the case," said Cooper of possibly tackling Inglis.

"At the time nothing has been said about swapping sides but if they wanted to I would be more than happy to do it.

"Left side is my preferred side but if that was the case I would be more than happy to do it."

Test coach Ricky Stuart, the last man to lead NSW to a series win in 2005, raised the prospect of Cooper marking Inglis in his Sunday Telegraph column as it would protect Canberra's Joel Monaghan from the monumental task on debut.

"I wouldn't be surprised to see a positional switch here, with Matt Cooper, who is an outstanding defensive centre, shifting to the right side in a bid to combat Inglis," wrote Stuart.

"Watch for Cooper to virtually camp himself in the Queensland attacking line. His job will be to cut down Inglis's space and time to play at the defence.

"If Cooper is able to crowd Inglis, there is every chance that the Maroons will get frustrated, force passes and possibly make mistakes."

Cooper was adamant the issue had not been raised in NSW camp and highlighted the fact Monaghan is a natural right side player.

But Cooper has also proven himself on the right hand side, switching across the field just for defence in his last outing for St George Illawarra while remaining on the left in attack.

It is a ploy the Blues could adopt to negate Inglis on Wednesday night, even if Cooper insists leaving Monaghan to face the Melbourne star is the better option.

"(Monaghan) plays right centre for his club and I think that is his natural side. Switching him to the left side would probably make him a bit more nervous," said Cooper.

"Everyone in this side can tackle and they're just big fellas and we've got be aware when they've got the ball and do what we can to stop them.

"You'd be silly not to take anything out of the last game. They obviously had a good game and we've looked at the video and we're definitely going to be approaching it a bit different."

Meanwhile Cooper is hoping to add more spark to the NSW attack in the decider as he reunites with five-eighth Braith Anasta who returned to training to cast aside doubts over an ankle injury.

Cooper is expecting more opportunities in attack with Anasta at pivot and rookie Mitchell Pearce running the show at halfback.

"I always like a bit more ball being in the centres and Braith is a different five-eighth to Greg (Bird) and hopefully I do see a bit more ball," said Cooper.

"I don't think the game plan is going to change that much but they're (Anasta and Pearce) definitely two different players and they bring different aspects to the game.

"There's no panic, we're just concentrating on our game and we've had a really good preparation up until now.

"We're working really well and everyone seems to be quietly confident."

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