Fifita made headlines after the Blues' game-three failure when reports emerged that Daley had planned to start the Cronulla Sharks prop from the bench in favour of David Klemmer, before reversing that decision.

Daley said last month that a private conversation with Fifita in the lead-up to the decider prompted him to change his mind, although the latter maintains he was unaware there were behind-the-scenes discussions about a possible starting switch with Klemmer.

"As long as I'm in that 17 I'm happy, it really doesn't matter where I am, what's best for the coach is what's best for the team and that's what I'm all about," Fifita said ahead of Saturday's clash between Cronulla and North Queensland.

"In past Origins, I loved coming off the bench and I wouldn't have a problem with that. I loved playing an impact role, don't get me wrong.

"We [Fifita and Daley] sat down and we had a talk about a few things, what was going on around camp, more of a leadership kind of meeting.

"I'm not too sure where it went from there. I was hidden in the back about that whole kind of stuff, about starting and not starting.

"There's nothing wrong with me and Loz, I've had him for years now and not just at Origin level but off-field I've had him there. He's one of those blokes if I had a problem off the field I'd give him a buzz for some advice.

"I hope he's the NSW coach next year, he's just one of those blokes you want to play for. He's won one series but in saying that I think he's the perfect man for the job.

"He's been supportive through everything. He's always been there, why's everyone trying to cause something between me and Loz, there's nothing there."

Fifita's rampaging game one set NSW a superb platform to claim a first series win since 2014, but he was unable to maintain that form in games two and three after Queensland put a target on the damaging front-rower.

His turbulent lead-up to game three involved a racist social media post targeting him and his family, while his wife was heavily pregnant with the couple's third child.

"I'm all for going for me, words can't harm me, you can go for me all you want but when you're involving family, that's a different side of things," Fifita said.

"Say all that you want about me but you can't just bring family into it.

"If I had the worst dramas going off the field, the best place for myself is on that field. In a game of footy, there's nothing on a field.

"Anyone who comes out and plays a game like I did in game one ... it was most probably the hardest thing I've had to do coming up against the whole Queensland team pretty much coming after you.

"It was tough, once you're up the top of your game it's trying to find ways you can keep it up there and at Origin level I just couldn't.

"Every single time I ran the ball, they were at my face. Trying to get something on and they would shut it straight down.

"Things didn't go my way in the last two games.

"I really want to win an Origin series. It's in God's hands and if it wasn't meant to be it's going to give me the drive for next year. It's still a goal and at the end of the day I reckon I'll reach my potential and receive that goal one day."