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Reconciliation.
“Here we had a Torres Strait islander, an Aborigine and a non-Indigenous player all combining showing how we can combine and connect and it is a good message towards Reconciliation,” he said.
“My advice to all players is not to try to be 100 per cent better than the opposition but 1 per cent better.”
Everybody said they were looking forward to the second Origin clash on Wednesday 21 June at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium, when the Maroons can wrap up the series with a victory.
Maroons Win Ladies Origin
Meanwhile the Queensland Maroons ladies team defeated NSW 18-10 in the first Ampol State of Origin game at CommBank Stadium in Parramatta last Thursday night in front of a crowd of 12,972. The game was broadcast live on FOX Sport.
The second and final ladies Origin series match will be played in Townsville on Thursday 22 June.
Under this year’s points aggregate rules system, anything other than a loss by eight points or more will be enough to take control of the shield, which NSW won in 2022.
