- Queensland Origin legend Corey Parker is excited
- Want to see some Maroons aggression in game three
- The series is scheduled to air in Brisbane on July 17
Queensland Origin star Corey Parker has pleaded with the Maroons to “punch someone” and do everything they can to win the deciding match against NSW at Suncorp Stadium.
This came after Billy Slater’s men were overwhelmed by the Blues in the second leg at the MCG last month, meaning the match was over before half-time.
Parker, who played 19 games for his state before turning to commentary, believes physicality will be key on July 17 in Brisbane.
“Can anyone in Queensland fucking take on these guys?” he asked.
‘[Jeremiah] Nanai and [Lindsay] Collins and co….fire up. Have the mentality where you say ‘guys if we have to throw a 10 in the bin for hitting someone, do it’.
“Let’s make it difficult for the Blues.”
Parker expects the third match to be a “powder keg moment” where “something is going to blow up.”
“Something big is brewing… ‘Queensland have got to get a mongrel. They’ve got to win the game, whether that’s a run, a tackle, a decoy run,’ he said News Corp.
Queensland Origin star Corey Parker (pictured left) has pleaded with the Maroons to ‘punch someone’ and do whatever it takes to win the deciding match against NSW.
This comes after Billy Slater’s men were beaten by the ferocious NSW Blues in their second leg at the MCG last month, with the match ending before half-time (pictured Maroons star Reuben Cotter)
Queensland had no answers to NSW stars Spencer Leniu (pictured right), Liam Martin and Cameron Murray
“Don’t let NSW intimidate us. If that’s our mentality, we’ll win this decisive game.”
Famed Maroons enforcer Gorden Tallis agreed with Parker, saying the current roster has a responsibility to be a modern version of Arthur Beetson, Petero Civoniceva or Shane Webcke.
“The boys need to pull themselves together, get themselves back in order,” he said.
Some people say we’ve been outdone [in Melbourne]. Some say we were even bullied.’
This while backrower Kurt Capewell denied the Maroons were beaten in Melbourne.
‘I wouldn’t say they were pushed around or mustered… but they [NSW] “They absolutely beat us,” he said.
‘Of course they had the momentum at the beginning of the game and we weren’t at our best, so they took advantage of that.
“We just look at ourselves and where we think we went wrong and work on that… so we can put our best foot forward and get the job done for our home crowd.”