- Queensland Origin legend Corey Parker is excited
- He wants to see some aggression from the Maroons in Game 3.
- The series will be played on July 17 in Brisbane
Queensland Origin great Corey Parker has called on the Maroons to ‘beat someone’ and do whatever it takes to win the series decider against NSW at Suncorp Stadium.
This comes after Billy Slater’s men were beaten by the Blues in the second game at the MCG last month, with the match ending before half-time.
Parker, who played 19 games for his state before turning his attention to commentary, believes fitness will be key on July 17 in Brisbane.
“Can anyone in Queensland take on these guys?” he said.
‘(Jeremiah) Nanai and (Lindsay) Collins and company … start your engines. Have the mentality of saying ‘guys, if we have to put 10 on the bench for hitting somebody, do it.’
“We’re going to beat the Blues.”
Parker feels the third game will have a “gunpowder moment” where “something is going to explode.”
“Something big is brewing… Queensland need to get a pimp. They need to win the game, whether it’s with a run, a tackle or a decoy run,” he said. News Corporation.
Queensland Origin great Corey Parker (pictured left) has called on the Maroons to “beat someone” and do whatever it takes to win the series decider against NSW.
This comes after Billy Slater’s men were beaten by the rampant NSW Blues in the second game at the MCG last month, with the match ending before half-time (pictured: Maroons star Reuben Cotter)
Queensland had no answers for New South Wales stars Spencer Leniu (pictured right), Liam Martin and Cameron Murray.
“Let’s not let New South Wales intimidate us. If that’s our mentality, we’ll win this decisive match.”
Famed Maroons enforcer Gorden Tallis agreed with Parker, saying the onus is on the current team to be a modern version of Arthur Beetson, Petero Civoniceva or Shane Webcke.
“The boys need to regroup, regroup,” he said.
“Some say we were outnumbered (in Melbourne). Some say we were even intimidated.”
This comes after back-row Kurt Capewell denied the Maroons were beaten in Melbourne.
“I wouldn’t say we were pushed or mistreated… but they (New South Wales) definitely beat us,” he said.
‘Obviously they had all the momentum at the beginning of the game and we weren’t at our best, so they took advantage of that.
“We’ll just analyze ourselves and see where we think we went wrong and work on it… so we can do our best and get the job done in front of our crowd.”
