Michael Maguire has lifted the lid on his Blues team after squaring the State of Origin series to force a decider in Queensland.
It would be a huge move to bring Cleary back following current Blues halfback Mitchell Moses’ stellar Game II performance which saw the Maroons blown off the park in a 38-18 drubbing in Melbourne. “I have had a lot of discussions with Nathan all the way through and I know what he would say,” he said.
“Nathan came up and Tommy came up, and when I first sort of started I used those boys as leaders amongst the group to get a bit of an idea of how things were travelling.Michael Maguire couldn’t resist a cheeky dig at his Queensland counterpart with many expecting changes from the Maroons line-up following the Blues’ 38-18 Game II flogging.
“I’ll bring the group back together again and we’ll talk about how we want to be as a team and will keep it fairly focused within around how we go about things.” “And then going down into Melbourne and having 90,000 - we’ll go up there and everyone’s telling us about the hostility and as a group we’ll get together and talk about how we want to be as a team and go up there and get stuck in.”Latrell Mitchell made a barnstorming return to the Origin arena with a dominant Game II display following a mixed start to the season which saw him overlooked for the opening game of the series.
“I thought he was actually really strong defensively out on the edge. To be able to have those two boys out there on the edges. “When Angus came through I remember he was coming out of school and he was this young stary-eyed kid and I brought him to Souths,” Maguire said.