Thurston has been hit with a grade two contrary conduct charge for making contact with a referee during North Queensland Cowboys' win over the Warriors on Saturday night.
Even with an early guilty plea, Thurston will miss two matches which will rule him out of the Origin decider on July 6.
Thurston will have to fight the charge, or the grading, to take his place in the decider.
The incident took place in the 23rd minute of their clash with the Warriors on Saturday night, when he ran into referee Matt Cecchin.
The grade two charge carries a penalty of 225 points - 100 points earns a week on sidelines.
An early guilty plea reduces this to 202 points, while challenging the ruling and being found guilty will leave him with a charge of 270 points.
This latest incident is sure to fuel Queensland speculation that there is a Blues judiciary conspiracy.
After NSW winger Akuila Uate was cleared by the judiciary to play in Origin II, Mal Meninga said:
"Well, what can I say?"
"I thought it warranted maybe a grade two but I don't make those decisions. He's very important to them so he's playing.
"Jarryd (Hayne) a year ago. But it's been happening for a long time now. Ever since I can remember, and I played game one."
Meanwhile, boom Cowboys forward Sika Manu has escaped a similar charge for a nasty looking tackle on Wests Tigers fullback Wade McKinnon in the Storm's win at Leichhardt Oval, but has been booked for dropping his knees on backrower Gareth Ellis.
The grade one dangerous contact charge means Manu will escape a ban with the early plea or miss one game with an unsuccessful challenge.
Tigers captain Robbie Farah was livid about both incidents following Sunday's match, saying he hoped the match review committee would look at the kneeing incident.
Farah also expressed his faith in the disciplinary system after Manu was placed on report for the alleged "crusher" tackle on McKinnon.
How has this even come about i saw it and was nothing in it at all.
NRL=Joke 
If sanity prevails and Thurston plays - QLD wins by a few, if he gets rubbed out via this blatant act of cheating, QLD wins by 20+. What these NSW fools fail to realise is that IF they carry through with this ridiculous act of cheating they'll be giving the Maroons + 53,000 of their fans at Suncorp Stadium probably the most enormous motherload of motivation in human history. NSW - you have been warned. 
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