Clarity and calm: Maroons insist they can see through COVID fog
If you were playing press conference bingo ahead of the traditional Monday captain’s briefing with Daly Cherry-Evans, talk of clarity amid the chaos of the Queensland camp would have been a long shot.
Now, it falls to rookie Maroon Tom Dearden, in partnership with Cherry-Evans and Ben Hunt, to try to navigate a path to a series victory that bookmakers have deemed almost impossible. There’s no reverse psychology here; Queensland will have to conjure something extraordinary to lift the shield. He’s right to be cautious and only has to go back a few days to see how things can go wrong rapidly. Suncorp Stadium had been a happy hunting ground for the Wallabies, as well, before they were smashed from pillar to post for the first 30 minutes against England.A rugby crowd is a more demure assembly than its league counterpart but they were quickly silenced, nonetheless.
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