Origin: Maroons coach Billy Slater was on edge after a journalist asked him a follow-up to his 'we're still Queenslanders' claim after game II.
Mitchell Moses has announced himself as an Origin star, putting to bed concerns over his form and fitness to deliver a statement performance on Wednesday night.He also kicked for 431 metres and earnt man of the match honours , returning to the team in place of Nicho Hynes after he was sidelined for the series opener due to a foot injury.
First spotted by the Sydney Morning Herald’s Michael Chammas, it shows Moses flooring Maroons forward Rueben Cotter in the opening seconds of the game as the Blues chased down Zac Lomax’s kick off.It was a defining performance from Moses who faced questions over his form leading into the match after underwhelming outings for the Eels in recent weeks.“Outstanding. been outstanding all week. spoke really well and the boys laid the platform. He’s clinical,” Dylan Edwards said post-match.
“I felt we just had a simple game plan, we stuck to it, got to our spots, kicked to the corners and played simple footy,” Moses said post-match. “The second half was a bit tougher, but, yeah, we just had to get the job done and that’s what we did. It’s a good feeling. I thought it was a team performance.“I’m not going to be able to do the things that I did on the field without the forwards laying an outstanding platform. Our back five were unbelievable. It was a team performance.”
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