No Thurston and no Slater tonight – but never fear Queenslanders, Cameron Smith will make history by being the first Origin player to chalk up 40 games when he leads the Maroons into Origin 1.
Blues-loving footy commentators have been going on with a lot of nonsense this week about Queensland looking on the weak side going into game one, 2017, but we all know talk is cheap on this side of the border.
The call is out for a bronzed statue of Smith to stand alongside those of Lockyer, Lewis, Beetson and Meninga at Suncorp Stadium, and what true Queenslander wouldn’t agree?
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