Reuben Cotter and Murray Taulagi, part of the Cowboys' quartet in the Maroons squad, are aiming to build on their debut Origin appearances from last year.
For Cotter, his mentality going into his second Origin campaign was to “keep things simple” but he was looking to prepare in a similar fashion to his debut match which saw him play 80 minutes at lock."I just like to keep things simple and I'll keep it the same as I as I did last year and just do what works for me.
Taulagi, who joins Cotter, Val Holmes and Tom Dearden as the Cowboys in the squad, said he was grateful to be back after a COVID-19 diagnosis saw him sidelined after his Game Two debut last year. “My debut game wasn’t the result we wanted and I had all the emotions in that game and it was pretty unfortunate not to play a Game Three.
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