Former assistant coach parted ways with North Queensland after a drink-driving incident, but continues to work with playmaker Tom Dearden to help the club to a premiership.
James Maloney is still working behind the scenes helping North Queensland playmaker Tom Dearden try to deliver the Cowboys an NRL premiership despite having been sacked by the club two weeks ago after being charged with drink-driving.
He also encouraged Dearden to unlock left centre Valentine Holmes with earlier passes, and make him realise he was not required to dig into the line on every play.North Queensland Cowboys “I still hope they go on to win the comp. I’ve got a lot of time for Tommy. He’s so coachable and anything you tell him, he puts into practice the very next session. For most players, it takes a long time to break habits. But not with Tommy.”Running through the elimination-final highlights with this masthead during the week, Maloney praised Dearden for using his blistering pace in the 52nd minute, which led to a Jordan McLean try.
“But It all started with Tom. He ran at the perfect spot, not directly at Brailey, and stopped the Newcastle defensive line .”
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