Maroons team-mates Corey Park and Jharal Yow Yeh were named on an extended bench by Brisbane coach Anthony Griffin, with their condition to be assessed after Origin I.
But niggling complaints to Lockyer (thigh/back), Thaiday (groin) and Hannant (calf) leading into the series opener have ensured their omission for Friday night.
Alex Glenn will skipper the Broncos while youngster Corey Norman will don Lockyer's number six jersey.
A man who was in the Origin mix last year - Ben Te'o - will make is Broncos comeback against the Sea Eagles after overcoming a broken arm.
Te'o slots in at lock after scoring two tries for Wynnum-Manly in the Queensland Cup last weekend - his first game in seven weeks.
Te'o, 21, was earmarked for Origin honours this year after 18th-man duties in 2010 before injury struck.
Wynnum winger Shea Moylan has been named as cover for Yow Yeh and Dane Gagai is on the opposite wing.
Young hooker Kurt Baptiste will make his NRL debut off the bench, Mitchell Dodds gets a start at prop for Hannant and Dunamis Lui has been named in the second row for Thaiday.
The clash, a home game for the Sea Eagles, will kick off a NRL double-header at the ground, with a Canterbury-Gold Coast clash to follow.
Broncos: Gerard Beale, Dane Gagai, Jack Reed, Dale Copley, Shea Moylan, Corey Norman, Peter Wallace, Mitchell Dodds, Andrew McCullough, Nick Kenny, Alex Glenn (c), Dunamis Lui, Ben Te'o. Interchange: Kurt Baptiste, Scott Anderson, Dane Carlaw, David Hala, Corey Parker, Jharal Yow Yeh (two to be omitted).
-ABC/AAP
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