JT’s ‘remorse’ fuels Maroons’ bid for uncommon Origin sweep

Johnathan Thurston has handed on the recommendation he first acquired from Darren Lockyer and revealed his nice State of Origin remorse as Queensland chase their first 3-0 win in 13 years.

Billy Slater’s males have already claimed the sequence due to spectacular victories in Adelaide and Brisbane.

However the Maroons assistant coach and former nice has ensured the present crop do not enter Wednesday’s third conflict in Sydney with complacency, delivering an uncharacteristically severe deal with in camp this week.

“Folks keep in mind clear sweeps,” Thurston informed reporters on Saturday of what he had handed onto the crew.

“They’re extremely laborious to do; that is why there has solely been a handful over the 40-odd years.”

Certainly, Queensland have simply 4 and the Blues three since three-game sequence started in 1982, Thurston a part of the newest in 2010.

That outcome got here after the Maroons had led 2-0 within the 2009 sequence and misplaced the third recreation 28-16, a marketing campaign Thurston admits nonetheless eats away at him.

“Yep, there’s some choices that I made in these camps that I remorse,” Thurston, who performed 37 instances for Queensland, stated.

“That is what I spoke about to the boys.

“We received one other alternative in 2010 and, studying from these errors, we received the sweep.

“I all the time keep in mind what Locky stated to me, that’s that folks keep in mind clear sweeps and that is definitely one of many best recollections I’ve received within the Maroons jersey.

“They’re very uncommon; these boys have not been on this place earlier than and are trying ahead to the problem.”

Thurston stated back-rower Jeremiah Nanai skilled strongly on Saturday, exhibiting no indicators of the hip grievance that had him grimacing on Thursday.

He stated former teammate Daly Cherry Evans, poised to go Allan Langer when he performs a document sixteenth consecutive recreation at No.7, was “in all probability in career-best type”.

“He is going within the document books … he is proper up there with the very best,” Thurston stated.

“He is needed to face quite a lot of adversity as effectively; when he got here into the crew he was taking part in within the center, tackling the massive boys, folks neglect about that.

“Would not see me doing that, however that is what he does for the crew … did not drop his lip, received on together with his recreation.

“It is one hell of a resume he is received, however he is not resting on his laurels or worrying about this previous.”

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